SOS in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for SOS in the English»Serbian Dictionary

SOS [ˌesəʊ'es] N

SOS

SOS m

SOS fig

poziv m u pomoć

I.so [səʊ] ADV

1. so (to an indicated degree):

so

toliko

he's quite nice, more so than I was led to believe

baš je fin, više nego što sam mislio da jeste

look, the gap was about so wide

vidi, razmak je bio toliko širok

2. so (to a great degree):

what are you looking so pleased about?

što si tako veseo?

I am so cold

baš mi je hladno

what's so wrong with that?

zašto je to toliko loše?

3. so (in such a way):

so

tako

so

ovako

so

na taj/ovaj način

gently fold in the eggs like so

jaja lagano umutite na ovaj način

4. so (perfect):

[to be] just so

biti savršen

I want everything just so

hoću da sve bude na svom mestu

5. so (also, likewise):

so

takođe

so

isto

I've got an enormous amount of work to do — so have I

imam mnogo posla — i ja

I [very much] hope so!

iskreno se nadam!

6. so (yes):

so

da

can I watch television? — I suppose so

mogu li da gledam televiziju? — pa, valjda bi mogao

I'm afraid so

bojim se da je tako

I'm afraid so

nažalost, tako je

7. so Am inf (contradicting):

haha, you don't have a bike — I do so

haha, ti nemaš bicikl — a ja imam

8. so (that):

so

tako

so they say

tako kažu

I'm sorry I'm late — so you should be

izvinjavam se što kasnim – i treba da se izviniš

I told you so

rekao sam ti

he looks like James Dean — so he does

liči na Džejmsa Dina — tako je

9. so:

so (as stated)

tako

so (true)

tačno

is that so?

je l' tako?

so it is

tako je

if so ...

ako je tako, ...

10. so (this way, like that):

so

tako

and so it was

i tako je bilo

and so it was that ...

i tako se dogodilo da ...

it so happened that I was in the area

slučajno sam se zadesio u blizini

and so forth [or on]

i tako dalje

so to speak

takoreći

so to speak

da tako kažem

Phrases:

so far so good

zasad je dobro

so long

zbogom

so what?

pa šta? inf

II.so [səʊ] CONJ

1. so (therefore):

so

tako da

so

pa

so

zato

I couldn't find you so I left

nisam mogao da te nađem, pa sam otišao

2. so inf (whereupon):

he said he wanted to come along, so I told him that ...

rekao je da bi pošao, pa sam mu rekao da ...

3. so (introducing a sentence):

so

dakle

so

pa

so

znači inf

so we leave on the Thursday

znači, krećemo u utorak

so where have you been?

pa, gde si ti bio?

so what's the problem?

u čemu je onda problem?

4. so (in order to):

so

da

be quiet so she can concentrate

stišaj se da bi mogla da se koncentriše

Phrases:

so long as ... (if)

ako

so long as ... (if)

ukoliko

so long as ... (for the time)

sve dok

so long as he doesn't go too far, ...

ukoliko ne pretera..

so there! hum

tako dakle!

III.so [səʊ] ADJ sl

so

tipično

so

tako inf

that's so 70's

to je tako tipično za sedamdesete

I.so-so ['səʊsəʊ] inf ADJ

so-so

prosečan

II.so-so ['səʊsəʊ] inf ADV

so-so

onako

so-so

i tako i tako

so-and-so ['səʊən(d)səʊ] N inf

1. so-and-so:

so-and-so (unspecified person)

taj i taj

so-and-so (unspecified thing)

to i to

2. so-and-so pej inf (disliked person):

oh, he was a right old so-and-so that Mr Baker

to je bio taj stari, da ne kažem šta, g. Bejker euph

'say-so N no pl inf

1. say-so (approval):

say-so

dozvola f

2. say-so (assertion):

say-so

tvrdnja f

so-called ['səʊkɔːld] ADJ attr

1. so-called (supposed):

so-called

tobožnji

so-called

nazovi

so-called

takozvani

2. so-called (with neologisms, commonly called):

so-called

takozvani

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deservedly so

zasluženo

deservedly so

sa dobrim razlogom

that is (so) last year

to je (tako) van mode

every so often

povremeno

every so often

s vremena na vreme

my head is so fuzzy

u glavi mi je zbrka

SOS Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

oh, he was a right old so-and-so that Mr Baker

to je bio taj stari, da ne kažem šta, g. Bejker euph

to stoop so low as to do sth

pasti nisko i uraditi nešto

look, the gap was about so wide

vidi, razmak je bio toliko širok

what are you looking so pleased about?

što si tako veseo?

gently fold in the eggs like so

jaja lagano umutite na ovaj način

so far so good

zasad je dobro

I couldn't find you so I left

nisam mogao da te nađem, pa sam otišao

so far so good

zasada je sve u redu

that dog of his is so annoying!

taj njegov pas me tako nervira!

[and so on] and so forth

i tako dalje

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She continued to work on the mechanism of the SOS response until she retired in 1991.

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At the time of the collision the wireless operator had immediately sent out an SOS.

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The lack of an SOS call from the aircraft indicated that it had crashed into the sea whilst attempting to fly below the low cloudbase.

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It also has support for a built-in phone tracker and SOS messages.

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Several ships were despatched to assist when her SOS message was received, but most were obliged to turn back due to the poor weather.

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These may be regarded as mnemonics, but SOS does not actually stand for anything and is not an abbreviation, acronym or initialism.

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They were usually sent in conjunction with the SOS distress code.

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Poor banana SOS in the sea of summer! 1990-09-02 103.

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By the time SOS set about restoring the school, it had been completely looted and then reduced to frameless structures standing in an open yard.

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Single screens watchers will have more affinity towards an action film such as SOS.

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