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da me zelja mine

English translation: indulge me

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Serbian term or phrase:da me zelja mine
English translation:indulge me
Entered by: Milena Taylor

12:05 Aug 21, 2014
Serbian to English translations [PRO]
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Serbian term or phrase: da me zelja mine
Poznato u nasem jeziku, ima li slicna fraza..?
Sanja S.
Local time: 12:30
indulge me
Explanation:
Da me želja mine

Uraditi nešto što se nikako ne može nazvati "kompletan doživljaj", zagrebati samo po površini, čisto da udovoljimo duši svojoj.
http://vukajlija.com/da-me-zelja-mine/204321
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in·dulge - to allow (yourself) to have or do something as a special pleasure
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indulge
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Milena Taylor
Serbia
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3indulge me
Milena Taylor
3Humor me
Jelena Jovanovic


Discussion entries: 1





  

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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
indulge me


Explanation:
Da me želja mine

Uraditi nešto što se nikako ne može nazvati "kompletan doživljaj", zagrebati samo po površini, čisto da udovoljimo duši svojoj.
http://vukajlija.com/da-me-zelja-mine/204321
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in·dulge - to allow (yourself) to have or do something as a special pleasure
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indulge


Milena Taylor
Serbia
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mark Daniels: Good solution, though maybe "indulge myself", u zavisnosti od konteksta.
13 mins
  -> Thanks!
disagree  Marija Ilievska: 'Indulge' se koristi više kad se neko celosno prepušti onome što želi da uradi, a ne samo kad malo od toga proba. Nekad za nešto malo se koristi 'whet the appetite', 'scratch the surface' ali u ovom primeru sa vodom nije baš primenljivo
1 day 18 hrs
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Humor me


Explanation:
Zavisi od konteksta..mada je ovo sinonim za 'indulge me'
Ponekad je sarkasticno...ne znam tacan kontekst

Example sentence(s):
  • Humor me thus means indulge me—in the sense of gimme some slack or gimme a break, but less aggressive than these. It is used most often as an appeal, at once gentle and ironic, to an interlocutor who interrupts one\'s discourse; it means, approximately,
Jelena Jovanovic
Serbia
Local time: 12:30
Native speaker of: Serbian
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