| connection | veza |
| friendship | prijateljstvo |
| Between us there is a strong connection and a long friendship. | Između nas je jaka veza i dugo prijateljstvo. |
| weak | slab |
| Today the wind is weak. | Danas je vjetar slab. |
| so that | tako da |
| barely | jedva |
| Tonight I am tired and I am barely studying Croatian. | Večeras sam umoran i jedva učim hrvatski. |
| The internet connection is weak, so we can barely hear each other. | Internet veza je slaba, tako da se jedva čujemo. |
| even more | još više |
| I want to study Croatian even more every day. | Želim još više učiti hrvatski svaki dan. |
| to appreciate | cijeniti |
| Because of small things I appreciate our friendship even more. | Zbog malih stvari još više cijenim naše prijateljstvo. |
| opportunity | prilika |
| to accept | prihvatiti |
| offer | ponuda |
| I have the opportunity to accept a new job offer. | Imam priliku prihvatiti novu ponudu za posao. |
| That offer is a good opportunity, so I will probably accept it. | Ta ponuda je dobra prilika, tako da ću je vjerojatno prihvatiti. |
| My parents have finally accepted that I want to move to another city. | Roditelji su napokon prihvatili da se želim seliti u drugi grad. |
| useful | koristan |
| harmful | štetan |
| too large | prevelik |
| This coat is too big. | Ovaj kaput je prevelik. |
| amount | količina |
| The internet can be useful, but also harmful if we spend too large an amount of time in front of the screen. | Internet može biti koristan, ali i štetan ako provodimo preveliku količinu vremena pred ekranom. |
| smoking | pušenje |
| They know that smoking is harmful. | Oni znaju da je pušenje štetno. |
| lungs | pluća |
| to ban | zabraniti |
| The parents want to ban cigarettes in the yard. | Roditelji žele zabraniti cigarete u dvorištu. |
| Smoking is harmful for the lungs, so the city wants to ban cigarettes in cafés. | Pušenje je štetno za pluća, tako da grad želi zabraniti cigarete u kafićima. |
| moment | trenutak |
| While we breathe deeply in the park, we feel that our lungs are being cleaned and that this moment is useful for our health. | Dok duboko dišemo u parku, osjećamo da nam se pluća čiste i da je taj trenutak koristan za zdravlje. |
| explanation | objašnjenje |
| complicated | kompliciran |
| detail | detalj |
| Her explanation of why she is late was complicated and full of details. | Njeno objašnjenje zašto kasni bilo je komplicirano i puno detalja. |
| professor (female) | profesorica |
| The professor (female) explains the Croatian language in the course. | Profesorica objašnjava hrvatski jezik na tečaju. |
| to mention | spomenuti |
| I forgot to mention our plan at the meeting. | Zaboravio sam spomenuti naš plan na sastanku. |
| even | i |
| I like both books and movies. | Volim i knjige i filmove. |
| The professor (female) appreciates it when we mention even small details in the explanation of a task. | Profesorica cijeni kada u objašnjenju zadatka spomenemo i male detalje. |
| to drop | pasti |
| The snow will fall at night. | Snijeg će pasti noću. |
| concentration | koncentracija |
| to make | praviti |
| She often makes soup for the family. | Ona često pravi juhu za obitelj. |
| to continue | nastaviti |
| When my concentration drops, I try to be patient and take a short break so that I can continue studying. | Kad mi padne koncentracija, pokušavam biti strpljiv i pravim kratku pauzu, tako da mogu nastaviti učiti. |
| weaker | slabiji |
| Today the wind is weaker than yesterday. | Danas je vjetar slabiji nego jučer. |
| His concentration is weaker tonight, but the coach is patient and explains the exercises slowly. | Njegova koncentracija je večeras slabija, ali trener je strpljiv i objašnjava vježbe polako. |
| to make use of | iskoristiti |
| Sometimes we do not know how to make use of an opportunity that happens only once. | Ponekad ne znamo kako iskoristiti priliku koja se dogodi samo jednom. |
| reading | čitanje |
| Reading novels in the evening helps me feel more relaxed. | Čitanje romana navečer mi pomaže da se osjećam opušteniji. |
| quality | kvaliteta |
| On weekends I try to make use of every quiet moment for reading, because the quality of my rest is more important to me than the amount of work. | Vikendom pokušavam iskoristiti svaki miran trenutak za čitanje, jer mi je kvaliteta odmora važnija od količine posla. |
| to take care of | paziti na |
| In the hall we have to watch the children. | U dvorani moramo paziti na djecu. |
| to reduce | smanjivati |
| The doctor says that the restaurant has to reduce the amount of salt in the dishes. | Doktor kaže da restoran mora smanjivati količinu soli u jelima. |
| The restaurant takes care of the quality of the food, so it reduces the amount of salt in the dishes. | Restoran pazi na kvalitetu hrane, tako da smanjuje količinu soli u jelima. |
| to overdo | pretjerivati |
| to reduce | smanjiti |
| The doctor says that we have to reduce the amount of salt in the dishes. | Doktor kaže da moramo smanjiti količinu soli u jelima. |
| The doctor says that overdoing it with salt is harmful and that we should reduce how much of it we eat. | Doktor kaže da je pretjerivati sa solju štetno i da bismo trebali smanjiti koliko je jedemo. |
| to value | cijeniti |
| I appreciate your advice. | Cijenim tvoj savjet. |
| sleep | san |
| This dream is important to me. | Ovaj san mi je važan. |
| My friend does not like to overdo it with work in the evening, because she values a calm sleep. | Moja prijateljica ne voli pretjerivati s poslom navečer, jer cijeni miran san. |
| to register | prijaviti se |
| He wants to register for a free Croatian language course. | On se želi prijaviti na besplatan tečaj hrvatskog jezika. |
| She still has not registered for the course, although she has a good opportunity. | Još se nije prijavila na tečaj, iako ima dobru priliku. |
| to apply | prijaviti se |
| We want to register for a free Croatian language course tomorrow. | Želimo se prijaviti na besplatan tečaj hrvatskog jezika sutra. |
| competition | natječaj |
| fair | pošten |
| Tomorrow I will apply for the competition, because the offer looks fair. | Sutra ću se prijaviti na natječaj, jer ponuda izgleda pošteno. |
| to allow | dopustiti |
| The boss allowed us to take part in the competition because he thinks it is a good experience. | Šef nam je dopustio da sudjelujemo na natječaju, jer misli da je to dobro iskustvo. |
| late | kasni |
| The train is late because of the traffic jam. | Vlak kasni zbog gužve u prometu. |
| outing | izlazak |
| Tonight we are planning a calm outing to the park. | Večeras planiramo miran izlazak u park. |
| relationship | veza |
| Our relationship is important for the family. | Naša veza je važna za obitelj. |
| stable | stabilan |
| Her parents do not want to allow her to go out late, because they think that the relationship with her new boyfriend is not yet stable. | Roditelji joj ne žele dopustiti kasni izlazak, jer misle da veza s novim dečkom još nije stabilna. |
| studying | učenje |
| Learning Croatian helps me every day. | Učenje hrvatskog jezika mi pomaže svaki dan. |
| to switch off | isključiti |
| Tomorrow I will turn off the phone before the meeting. | Sutra ću isključiti mobitel prije sastanka. |
| Before studying I switch off my phone, so my concentration is better. | Prije učenja isključim mobitel, tako da mi je koncentracija bolja. |
| to turn off | isključiti |
| Please turn off the light in the room before going to sleep. | Molim te, isključi svjetlo u sobi prije spavanja. |
| The classroom was noisy, so the teacher had to turn off the music on the computer. | Učionica je bila bučna, pa je učiteljica morala isključiti glazbu na računalu. |
| conclusion | zaključak |
| For me this conclusion is clear. | Za mene je ovaj zaključak jasan. |
| At the end of the meeting we made a short conclusion, so that everyone knows what needs to be done. | Na kraju sastanka napravili smo kratak zaključak, tako da svi znaju što treba raditi. |
| to come to a conclusion | doći do zaključka |
| At the meeting we came to the conclusion that this plan is good. | Na sastanku smo došli do zaključka da je ovaj plan dobar. |
| to depend | ovisiti |
| on | o |
| Everything depends on the weather. | Sve ovisi o vremenu. |
| After a long conversation we came to the conclusion that the quality of a friendship does not depend on the amount of messages on the internet. | Nakon dugog razgovora došli smo do zaključka da kvaliteta prijateljstva ne ovisi o količini poruka na mreži. |
| patiently | strpljivo |
| The parents patiently wait for the children in front of the school. | Roditelji strpljivo čekaju djecu ispred škole. |
| For her this task is complicated, but the teacher patiently helps her. | Za nju je ovaj zadatak kompliciran, ali učitelj joj strpljivo pomaže. |
| She is looking for a stable job in which she will be able to plan the future without much stress. | Ona traži stabilan posao u kojem će moći planirati budućnost bez velikog stresa. |
| to manage | stići |
| We will arrive on time. | Stići ćemo na vrijeme. |
| After a short break we will continue studying so that we manage to revise all the sentences. | Nakon kratke pauze nastavit ćemo učiti, tako da stignemo ponoviti sve rečenice. |
| both | oba |
| Both friends are in the park tonight. | Oba prijatelja su večeras u parku. |
| side | strana |
| At the meeting everyone calmly explains their side of the story. | Na sastanku svatko mirno objašnjava svoju stranu priče. |
| to receive | dobiti |
| In the exam I want to get a good grade. | Na ispitu želim dobiti dobru ocjenu. |
| I like it when an agreement is fair and when both sides feel that they have received a good offer. | Volim kada je dogovor pošten i kada obje strane osjećaju da su dobile dobru ponudu. |
| right | pravi |
| For me that is real rest. | Za mene je to pravi odmor. |
| to thank | zahvaliti |
| I want to thank you for the help. | Želim ti zahvaliti na pomoći. |
| We stood in front of the school and waited for the right moment to thank her for the help. | Stajali smo pred školom i čekali pravi trenutak da joj zahvalimo na pomoći. |