give someone or something a new lease of life
-udahnuti novi život komu, čemu The operation was such a success - it really has given her a new lease of life. I've had that blue sofa re-covered and it's really given it a new lease of life.
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fly blind
-ići na slijepo; ići na blef; djelovati bez potrebnih informacija I don't need to use this map, I guess I'll just be flying blind. Still trust me?
bleed someone dry
-izmusti koga; iscijediti komu zadnju paru; financijski iscrpsti koga I can't afford to take another bank loan because repayments on the new car are bleeding me dry.
small beer
-mačji kašalj; šaka jada He can certainly afford it. A thousand dollars is small beer to him.
Take someone’s word for it
-vjerovati što netko kaže But don’t just take our word for it…look at the testimonials!
Additional grammar and topics
GRAMMAR LESSONS Adjectives and adverbs (1) (quick/quickly) Adjectives and adverbs (2) (well/fast/late, hard/hardly) Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed Countable and uncountable nouns Countable and uncountable nouns 2 Countable nouns with a/an and some Present Simple: form, spelling and pronunciation Present Simple: use Present Simple: the verb TO BE Present Continuous: form and spelling Non-continuous verbs Present Continuous: use Practice the Present Continuous with scenes from TV shows Present Tenses for the Future Future Simple - Form Future Simple - Use Going to Future - Form Going to Future - Use Future Continous - Form Future Continuous - Use Future Perfect [...]
Negotiations quiz
[nbox type="notice"]In this lesson watch the video, look at the useful phrases for negotiations and take the quiz. [/nbox] [nbox type="success"]Negotiations Starting Could we begin now please? OK, let's get started, shall we? Refusing an offer I'm sorry, we can't accept that. I'm not sure about that. Exploring positions Can you, please, give me your best offer? What do you have in mind? How would you feel about a bigger discount? Accepting an offer I think we can agree to that. That sounds reasonable. Making offers and concessions If you order now, we'll give you a discount. We'd be prepared to offer [...]
Christmas comes but once a year.
Božić je jednom godišnje (tada trebamo biti dobri prema drugima, osobito onima u potrebi). Christmas comes but once a year, so we urge you to give to those less fortunate through this Christmas charity campaign.
at hand
-pri ruci (blizu vremenski ili prostorno) I don't happen to have your application at hand at the moment. With the holiday season at hand, everyone is very excited.
The sky’s the limit
-Samo nebo je granica "Then good luck, and remember the sky's the limit."
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