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krnji sastav

English translation: rump


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Croatian term or phrase:krnji sastav
English translation:rump
Entered by: Katarina Delic
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20:29 Jun 22, 2008
Croatian to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
Croatian term or phrase: krnji sastav
Predsjedništvo je u utorak zasjedalo u krnjem sastavu
Katarina Delic
Serbia
Local time: 10:13
rump
Explanation:
"Britain and the Balkans: 1991 Until the Present (By Carole Hodge)
...
The conditions laid down in the letter from the rump presidency in Belgrade, namely, that the troops be placed...
...
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]
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Vesna Stankovic
Local time: 10:13
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1rump
Vesna Stankovic
3 +1incomplete
eleonora_r


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
incomplete


Explanation:
The presidency was incomplete

eleonora_r
Local time: 10:13
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Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian
PRO pts in category: 7

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agree  Veronica Prpic Uhing
5 hrs
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
rump


Explanation:
"Britain and the Balkans: 1991 Until the Present (By Carole Hodge)
...
The conditions laid down in the letter from the rump presidency in Belgrade, namely, that the troops be placed...
...
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]

Vesna Stankovic
Local time: 10:13
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Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Larisa Djuvelek-Ruggiero
5 hrs
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