Partitive Expressions

Poznavanje barem nekih fiksnih izraza iz ove kategorije će pomoći da vaš govor prirodnije. Često, pokušavajući pronaći ekvivalenti takvih izraza na engleskom jeziku, mi prevesti svaku riječ pojedinačno, koji ne mora uvijek donijeti željene rezultate, jer mnogi od njih su stabilne na engleskom jeziku, a u kombinaciji s riječima sama ne može u potpunosti biti u kombinaciji s drugima. Na žalost, to je praktično nemoguće «pogoditi» što je izraz koristi, iz tog razloga, kao i svi engleski riječi, trebalo bi barem pokušati zapamtiti. Postoji nekoliko grupa od izraza koji se koriste za kvantifikaciju. Većina od njih se koriste sa nebrojeno imenice, ali ne samo s njima. Ovi izrazi su:

• Riječ pozivajući kapaciteta.
• Riječi se koristi sa nebrojive imenice.
• Riječi se koristi s apstraktnim imenicama.
• Riječi se koristi s grupama objekata ili ljudi.

Food and substances

tub of butter	ulje paket	can of Coke	može koksa
packet of crisps	paket čipsa	ounce of gold	uncu zlata
loaf of bread	vekna hleba	jar of jam	Bank of Jam
joint of meat	komad mesa	roll of cloth	Roll tkanine
bunch of bananas / grapes	gomila banana / grožđa	carton of yogurt	šalicu jogurta
keg of beer	burence piva	ball of string	Hank od guma
slice of ham / bread	parče šunke / kruha	sack of potatoes	džak krompira
lump of sugar	kocka šećera	sheet of paper	lista papira
bar of chocolate	čokolade	cube of ice	Ice Cube

Food and substances 2

pile of magazines	stog časopisa	bundle of banknotes	svežanj računa
pile of sand	Sand Mountain	dozen of eggs	desetak jaja
goblet of wine	pehar vina	bale of hay	plast
bar of soap	sapun	pad of paper	notebook
bottle of champagne	bocu šampanjca	tin of dog’s food	Banka hrane za pse
string of pearls	uže od bisera	barrel oil	barel
crate of bottles	Kutija sa boce	box of matches	kutija šibica

Small quantities

drop of water / blood / oil	kap vode / krvi / ulje	scrap of paper	komad papira
ray of sunshine	zrak sunca	pinch of salt	prstohvat soli
speck of dust	Speck, Speck	hint of pepper / garlic	malo bibera / bijeli luk
breath of air	dah zraka	gust of wind	nalet
splinter of glass / wood	krhotina stakla / Sliver	pat of butter	komadića maslaca
grain of sand / rice	zrna / risinka	crumb of bread	beba
shred of cloth / truth	Rasturati, klaptik / pad od istine	puff of smoke	pufna
item of news	vijesti	segment of orange	orange slice
clod of earth	grumen zemlje	square of chocolate	«Kocka» od čokolade
flake of snow	pahuljica	rasher of bacon / ham	RASHER / šunka

People

band of musicians	grupa muzičara	team of hockey players	Tim igračima
horde of nomads	horde nomada	panel of advisers	tim stručnjaka
patrol of scouts	Odred izviđača	gang of criminals	bandu kriminalaca
platoon of infantry soldiers	odred marinaca	assembly of worshippers	grupa ljubitelja
circle of close friends	bliski prijatelji	staff of teachers	Nastavno osoblje
squadron of bomber pilots	eskadrila	crowd of spectators	gomila gledatelja
cavalry of horse riders	konjica	cast of actors in a film	baciti
mob of hooligans	gomili huligana	party of holidaymakers	gomili turista
crew of sailors	posada	troupe of travelling actors	lutanja trupa aktera
cabinet of ministers	ormar	board of directors	Odbor direktora

Things

set of cutlery	pribora za jelo	bunch of flowers / keys	Bouquet / privjesak
pack of playing cards	špila karata	clump of grass	TUFFET
quiver of arrows	tobolac strijela	tuft of hair	čuperak
cluster of stars	jato zvezda	block of flats	višespratnica
network of TV stations	Network televizijske stanice	plot of land	zemljište
pile of books	stog knjiga	chain of restaurants	lanac restorana
row of chairs	red stolica	make of a car	Brand strojevi

Abstract nouns

fit of anger	fit besa	piece of advice	savjet
act of courage	hrabar čin	flurry of excitement	nalet uzbuđenja
spot of trouble / bother	dilema	stroke of bad weather	«Otimanje» lošeg vremena
branch of science / knowledge	disciplina	wave of panic	val panike
pangs of conscience	žaljenje	pang of regret / anxiety	napad kajanja / alarma
shred of evidence	i najmanji dokaz	state of emergency	vanredno stanje
stroke of good / bad luck	uspjeh / neuspjeh; sretan / nesretan nesreće	bout of drinking / flu	pijanka / nastup gripe
stream of abuse	tok bitke	pack of lies	gomila laži

Animals

brood of chickens	leglo pilića	flock of birds	jato ptica
herd of elephants	krdo slonova	pack of wolves	čoporu vukova
swarm of hornets	roj osa	herd of cattle	stado (goveda)
plague of locusts	Rojevi skakavaca	shoal of fish	jato riba
cloud / swarm of flies	oblak mušica	stable of horses	stall konj
colony of ants	Family mravi	hive of bees	košnica
herd of sheep	stado ovaca	school of sharks / whales	Pack of Sharks / kitovi
litter of puppies	leglo štenaca	kennel of dogs	kućište (kutija) sa psima

Naravno, ovo je spisak nije potpun, ali nadam se da će vam pomoći da bolje razumiju ove izraze, i mali test će pomoći konsolidaciji materijal.

 

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