When I was growing up everyone liked coming to my flat. My friends really enjoyed themselves hanging out. They looked forward to parties at my flat. During weekends there were gatherings which involved my friends from school and neighbourhood. My parents knew that I had a lot of friends and that I enjoyed parties. They did not have anything against parties but they set some rules.


They wanted my friends to feel comfortable and have fun but we lived in a small town and everyone was looking out for possible scandals to talk about. If there was only a hint of someone behaving in an inappropriate way at my party, my parents would call and ask about what was happening.

These are some of the rules my parents set for my teenage parties:

  • Rules must be followed. My parents set the rules because their purpose was to protect me. Discussing rules before putting them into force was important.  My friends knew the rules in my home and also the consequences if we broke them.
  • Go through rules with guests. While people were gathering, my parents would be present at the flat. When everyone was there they would read the rules to people and they wanted to make sure that the rules were understood. Breaking them meant calling the other parents and asking guests to leave.
  • The rules were simple - no cursing, no illegal drugs and alcohol, no inappropriate displays of affection, no closed doors and the music was at a reasonable volume.
  • Respect. My mother and father wanted to respect my privacy and they wanted me to respect myself. The atmosphere they provided made it easy to make the right choices that avoided embarrassing situations. If there was an incident, we agreed to deal with it in private. Luckily, I was dealing with minor problems and it was never necessary to settle things after the party.


When I look back at the things I was doing when I was a teenager, I think that my parents were right. Hosting parties was a great opportunity for me to practice my social skills. It was always possible for something to go wrong and having rules was important.

 

Vocabulary

Nouns (imenice):Verbs (glagoli):
flat-stan
gathering-okupljanje
neighbourhood-susedstvo
rule-pravilo
scandal-skandal
hint-nagoveštaj
purpose-svrha
consequence-posledica
cursing-psovanje
display-iskazivanje
affection-naklonost, nežnost
respect-poštovanje
privacy-privatnost
atmosphere-atmosfera
incident-incident
opportunity-prilika
skill-veština
hosting-vođenje		 hang out-“visiti”, družiti se
look forward-jedva čekati
involve-uključivati
look out-pripravno gledati, paziti
protect-zaštititi
put into force-staviti na snagu
respect-poštovati
provide-obezbediti
settle-rešiti, razrešiti
Adjectives and adverbs
(pridevi i prilozi):		Prepositions and conjunctions
(predlozi i veznici):
comfortable-ugodan, prijatan
inappropriate-neprikladan, neodgovarajući
simple-jednostavan
illegal-ilegalan
right-pravi, u pravu
embarrassing-neprijatni
luckily-srećom
minor-manji
social-društveni, socijalni
wrong-pogrešno, naopako		  -

 

Synonyms

Nouns (imenice):Verbs (glagoli):

flat - apartment
gathering - assemblage
neighbourhood - district, community
rule - regulation, concept
scandal -disgrace, shame
hint - clue
purpose - intention
consequence - effect, result
cursing - swearing
display -show, demonstration
affection - fondness, liking
respect - appreciation
privacy - privateness
atmosphere - ambiance
incident - scene
opportunity - chance, possibility
skill - ability 

 

hang out - get together
involve - include  
look out - to be watchful or careful; take care
protect - defend 
respect - honour
provide - determine, supply
settle - resolve, work out

 
Adjectives and adverbs
(pridevi i prilozi):		Prepositions and conjunctions
(predlozi i veznici):

comfortable - pleasant
inappropriate - improper, unsuitable
simple - uncomplicated
illegal - unlawful, forbidden, prohibited
right - correct
embarrassing - humiliating
luckily - fortunately
minor - small
wrong - incorrect, faulty

 

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Antonyms

Nouns (imenice):Verbs (glagoli):

gathering-division, separation
neighbourhood- distance
rule- disorganisation
scandal- good deed
hint-information
consequence-cause, origin
display-hiding
affection-carelessness,dislike
respect-disrespect, ignorance
privacy-publicity
opportunity-misfortune, bad luck
skill-clumsiness, ignorance

hang out-disagree
look forward-ignore, neglect
involve-cancel, abandon
look out - ignore, disregard, neglect
protect-abandon, destroy, ignore
respect-disrespect, ignorance
provide-give up
settle-unsettle

 
Adjectives and adverbs
(pridevi i prilozi):		Prepositions and conjunctions
(predlozi i veznici):

comfortable-uncomfortable
inappropriate-appropriate, correct
simple-difficult, complicated
illegal-legal
right-incorrect, unreal
embarrassing-convenient, easy
luckily-unluckily, unhappily
minor-major
social-unsociable, abnormal
wrong-good, right

 
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