Porivi

English translation: instincts, impulses, compulsions

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Serbian term or phrase:Porivi
English translation:instincts, impulses, compulsions
Entered by: Bogdan Petrovic

13:02 Dec 3, 2013
Serbian to English translations [PRO]
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Serbian term or phrase: Porivi
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Bogdan Petrovic
Serbia
Local time: 19:49
instincts, impulses, compulsions
Explanation:
impulses, drives, compulsions, urges

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Note added at 12 min (2013-12-03 13:15:28 GMT)
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pander |ˈpandər|
verb [ no obj. ] (pander to)
gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such a desire, etc.): newspapers are pandering to people's baser instincts.
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LogosART
Croatia
Local time: 19:49
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4 +1instincts, impulses, compulsions
LogosART
5instincts
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instincts, impulses, compulsions


Explanation:
impulses, drives, compulsions, urges

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Note added at 12 min (2013-12-03 13:15:28 GMT)
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pander |ˈpandər|
verb [ no obj. ] (pander to)
gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such a desire, etc.): newspapers are pandering to people's baser instincts.


LogosART
Croatia
Local time: 19:49
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 24
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agree  Davor Ivic: impulses
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porivi
instincts


Explanation:
tabloids are pandering to people's basest instincts.

nothing really new



Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:49
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 28
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