Szerb-Horvát | Angol |
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svoj determiner {m} | one's(belonging to one) |
svojstvo noun {n}, crta {f} | feature [features](important or main item) |
svojèglav adjective {m} | maverick(showing independence in thoughts or actions) |
doživjeti svoj Waterloo, doživeti svoj Waterloo verb | meet one's Waterloo(to be defeated by an encounter with a powerful opponent or a problem that is too difficult) |
furam svoj fazon (slang: "I'm following my own ethics") adjective | real [realer, realest](signifying meritorious qualities or actions) |
otuđiti, prisvojiti verb | purloin [purloined, purloining, purloins](to take the property of another) |
povratno-posvojna zamjenica noun {f} | reflexive possessive pronoun(a type of pronoun) |
poznavati kao svoj dlan, poznavati kao svoj džep verb | know like the back of one's hand(be intimately knowledgable about) |
usvojenje (of children, generally) noun {n}, PloSvojenje {n} ((of child, Single inStance)), PloSvajanje {n} | adoption [adoptions](act of adopting, or state of being adopted) |
неосвојив /neosvojiv/, несавладив /nesavladiv/ adjective | inexpugnable(impregnable, unconquerable) |
сваком своје, svakom svoje phrase | to each his own(every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences) |
усвојити, usvojiti, posvojiti (Croatia) verb | adopt [adopted, adopting, adopts](to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen) |