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Kaj pomeni "take something for granted"?

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Rebecca

Take something for grantedpomeni podcenjevati vrednost osebe ali stvari. V bistvu pomeni, da mislite, da bo nekaj ali nekdo vedno tam samoumevno in da ga nikoli ne boste izgubili. Primer: She complains all the time. She is taking her job for granted when others would happily do her job. (Ves čas se pritožuje; zdi se ji samoumevno, ko so drugi pripravljeni opraviti njeno delo.) Primer: I find myself taking things for granted. If I were to lose access to fresh water, I don't know what I'd do. (vem, da vse jemljem za samoumevno; če ne morem dobiti sveže vode, ne vem, kaj naj storim) Primer: He takes his mother for granted when she does everything for him. (Samoumevno je, da bo njegova mati storila karkoli zanj)

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