Kaj pomeni roll over?

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Rebecca
Beseda roll overtukaj pomeni predati, se strinjati, da bomo storili, kar hoče nekdo drug. Običajno je to posledica pritiska ali nadzora. Fizično to pomeni tudi prevrnitev. Primer: Their lawyers are trying to get us to roll over and agree to their terms. (Njihovi odvetniki nas poskušajo prepričati, da popustimo in se strinjamo z njihovimi zahtevami.) Primer: I rolled over onto the blanket and fell asleep. (prevrnil sem pokrove in zaspal.) Primer: They won't just roll over and do as we say. We have to persuade them. (Ne bodo se samo predali in storili, kar jim rečemo, da storijo, moramo jih prepričati.)