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07/12/2006 11:18:23
Dragan Nedeljkovich (Online)
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Zrenjanin, Serbia
 
 
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>>I usually stop somewhere halfway. Yesterday I saw the last few butts in my ashtray - they were about 2-3 times longer than they should be. I just forget them there and they go out. Actually they don't go anywhere, they just... sh*t, is there a word for "ugasiti se" in English? What fire and/or light (as in "not darkness") do when they stop being?
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>They extinguish.

The primary meaning of "extinguish" is "put an end to; kill". "Ugasiti se" is for fire and light only.

Found another two missing words in English yesterday: "trudnica" (pregnant woman) and "bolesnik" (ill person). Note that the latter is not the same as patient, because patient is a party in a treatment process; "bolesnik" is just ill, no treatment implied. From "bolest" - disease, "bolestan" - ill.

back to same old

the first online autobiography, unfinished by design
What, me reckless? I'm full of recks!
Balkans, eh? Count them.
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