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laymen

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1. A man who is not a cleric.
2. A man who is a nonprofessional

лаик

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windfall

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1. A sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain.
2. Something, such as a ripened fruit, that has been blown down by the wind.

неочекувана среќа

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vested

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Law Settled, fixed, or absolute; being without contingency

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contingent

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Liable to occur but not with certainty; possible: "All salaries are reckoned on contingent as well as on actual services"

Dependent on conditions or occurrences not yet established; conditional: arms sales contingent on the approval of Congress. See Synonyms at dependent.

случаен
зависен

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unvested shares

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We could describe them as provisional; you can give someone shares but reserve the right to take them away again. Whereas, vested shares belong to someone fully, and cannot be taken away.

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presto

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веднаш

immediately, suddenly, or at once (esp in the phrase hey presto)

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ingrained

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вроден; вкоренет

ingrain, ingrained - Ingrain literally means "work into the grain" (originally, of fabric), and ingrained is metaphorically "deep-seated."

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deep-seated

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1. Being so far below the surface as to be unsusceptible to superficial examination, study, or treatment: a deep-seated infection.
2. Deeply rooted; ingrained: deep-seated ideological differences.

всаден

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wit

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духовитост
памет
снаодливост

The natural ability to perceive and understand; intelligence

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unwiting

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1. Not knowing; unaware: an unwitting subject in an experiment.
2. Not intended; unintentional: an unwitting admission of guilt.

adv. не сакајќи, без да сака, без да биде свесен: I may have unwittingly offended her Можеби без да сакам сум ја навредил

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ascendancy

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качување, превласт, доминација

Superiority or decisive advantage; domination: "Germany only awaits trade revival to gain an immense mercantile ascendancy"

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surreal

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1. нереален, нестварен.
2. надреален

Having an oddly dreamlike quality

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nib

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врв од перо

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wallop

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силен удар галопира

1. To beat soundly; thrash.
2. To strike with a hard blow.
3. To defeat thoroughly.

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formidable

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застрашувачки; страшен
опасен

1. Arousing fear, dread, or alarm: the formidable prospect of major surgery.
2. Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder: "Though a true hero, he was also a thoroughgoing bureaucrat and politician, a formidable combination" (Mario Puzo).
3. Difficult to undertake, surmount, or defeat: a formidable challenge; a formidable opponent.

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austerity

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ограничување, суровост, строгост


1. Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave: the austere figure of a Puritan minister.
2. Strict or severe in discipline; ascetic: a desert nomad's austere life. See Synonyms at severe.
3. Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare: an austere style.

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obscure

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1 a. темен, мрачен; /2/ нејасан
2 нејасен

1. Deficient in light; dark.
2.
a. So faintly perceptible as to lack clear delineation; indistinct. See Synonyms at dark.
b. Indistinctly heard; faint.
c. Linguistics Having the reduced, neutral sound represented by schwa ().
3.
a. Far from centers of human population: an obscure village.
b. Out of sight; hidden: an obscure retreat.
4. Not readily noticed or seen; inconspicuous: an obscure flaw.
5. Of undistinguished or humble station or reputation: an obscure poet; an obscure family.
6. Not clearly understood or expressed; ambiguous or vague: "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"

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toil

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1. To labor continuously; work strenuously.
2. To proceed with difficulty: toiling over the mountains.

мака, тешка работа

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appease

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1. To bring peace, quiet, or calm to; soothe.
2. To satisfy or relieve: appease one's thirst.
3. To pacify or attempt to pacify (an enemy) by granting concessions, often at the expense of principle. See Synonyms at pacify.

смирува

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conjecture

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1. Inference or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork.
2. A statement, opinion, or conclusion based on guesswork: The commentators made various conjectures about the outcome of the next election.

претпоставка

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nocturnal

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Of, relating to, or occurring in the night: nocturnal stillness.

ноќен

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deliberation

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намерност, размислување

1. The act or process of deliberating.

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not have a leg to stand on

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Fig. [for an argument or a case] to have no support. You may think you're in the right, but you don't have a leg to stand on. My lawyer said I didn't have a leg to stand on, so I shouldn't sue the company.

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peu à peu

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Borrowing from French peu à peu.
[edit] Adverb

peu à peu

bit by bit, little by little

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cognizant

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Fully informed; conscious. See Synonyms at aware.

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prevailing

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1. широко прифатен/распространет (верување/мислењс/обичај).
2. актуелен, денешен (ситуација/услови/стил/цени/вкус).
3. тогашен, од тоа време.
4. prevailing wind предоминантен/иостојан ветар

1. Most frequent or common; predominant.
2. Generally current; widespread.

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thigh

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a. The portion of the human leg between the hip and the knee.

крак, бут, бедро

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upholstery

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тапацирање

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lumbar

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Of, near, or situated in the part of the back and sides between the lowest ribs and the pelvis (карлица).

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castor

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дабар

1. An oily, brown, odorous substance obtained from glands in the groin of the beaver and used as a perfume fixative.
2. A hat made of beaver fur or an imitation.
3. A heavy wool fabric used especially for overcoats.

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scurrilous

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груб, навредлив

1. Given to the use of vulgar, coarse, or abusive language; foul-mouthed.
2. Expressed in vulgar, coarse, and abusive language.

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lackluster

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Lacking brightness, luster, or vitality; dull. See Synonyms at dull.

lacking brilliance or vitality; "a dull lackluster life"; "a lusterless performance"

матен

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bout

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1. A contest between antagonists; a match: a wrestling bout.

натпревар

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apt to

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склон, способен

1. Exactly suitable; appropriate: an apt reply.
2. Having a natural tendency; inclined: She is apt to take offense easily. See Usage Notes at liable, likely.
3. Quick to learn or understand: an apt stud

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opt out Slang

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To choose not to participate in something: "give individual schools the right to opt out of the local educational authority"

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abstruse

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неразбирлив, матен, скришен, темен, нејасен

Difficult to understand; recondite. See Synonyms at ambiguous.

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contend

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1. To strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle: armies contending for control of strategic territory; had to contend with long lines at the airport.
2. To compete, as in a race; vie.
3. To strive in controversy or debate; dispute. See Synonyms at discuss.

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prima facie

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At first sight; before closer inspection: They had, prima facie, a legitimate complaint.

1. True, authentic, or adequate at first sight; ostensible: prima facie credibility.
2. Evident without proof or reasoning; obvious: a prima facie violation of the treaty.

law Latin прима фацие, на прв поглед

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ineluctable

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Not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable

impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"

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epistemology

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the branch of philosophy that studies the origin, nature, methods, validity, and limits of human knowledge.

the philosophical theory of knowledge

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refute

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побива, соборува

refute - overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"
rebut
repudiate, disown, renounce - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
controvert, contradict, oppose - be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"
answer - give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument); "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution"

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glut

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преполнува, пренатрупува, презаситува

supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"

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linchpin

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1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a pin placed transversely through an axle to keep a wheel in position
2. a person or thing regarded as an essential or coordinating element the linchpin of the company

клин од оска на тркало, важен дел (член)

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parsimonious

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скржав, штедлив, стиснат, титиз

excessively unwilling to spend

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strain

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напргање, напор, крутост

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to club

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unite with a common purpose; "The two men clubbed together"
gather into a club-like mass; "club hair"

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mundane

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секојдневен, обичен, световен,
земски

1. Of, relating to, or typical of this world; secular.
2. Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary.

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thug

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разбојник, убиец

a tough and violent man, esp a criminal

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eradicate

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искоренува

1. To tear up by the roots.
2. To get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots: Their goal was to eradicate poverty. See Synonyms at abolish, eliminate.