Glossary entry

Croatian term or phrase:

krnji sastav

English translation:

rump

Added to glossary by Katarina Delic
Jun 22, 2008 20:29
15 yrs ago
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Croatian term

krnji sastav

Croatian to English Other Government / Politics
Predsjedništvo je u utorak zasjedalo u krnjem sastavu
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 rump
3 +1 incomplete

Proposed translations

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rump

"Britain and the Balkans: 1991 Until the Present (By Carole Hodge)
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The conditions laid down in the letter from the rump presidency in Belgrade, namely, that the troops be placed...
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West did not recognise the four member rump presidency."
( http://books.google.com/books?id=7ywz66COjPAC&pg=PT36&lpg=PT... )


krnja vlada - (BE) rump
(Ignjatić Z. et al, ESSE Dictionary)

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Note added at 17 hrs (2008-06-23 14:27:35 GMT)
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rump - [sing.] (BrE) - the small or unimportant part of a group or an organization that remains when most of its members have left:
The election reduced the party to a rump.
[Oxford (OALD) Dictionary]
Peer comment(s):

agree Larisa Djuvelek-Ruggiero (X)
5 hrs
hvala
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+1
1 hr

incomplete

The presidency was incomplete
Peer comment(s):

agree Veronica Prpic Uhing
5 hrs
Hvala!
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