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Definitions

1. 1.
   for (expressing a reason)

   • гласати за некога

     to vote for somebody

   • продати нешто за 100 долара

     to sell something for a hundred dollars

   • платити за радозналост

     to pay for one's curiosity

2. 2.
   behind, in back of, at (without change of position, answering the question гдје̏/где̏)

   • сједити/седети за столом

     to sit at the table

   • Иди за мном.

     Follow me. (Go behind me.)

3. 3.
   during

   • за дана

     during the day, during daylight

   • за живота

     during one's life

   • за вр(иј)еме рата

     during the war

4. 4.
   to, toward

   • цеста за Беч

     the road to Vienna

   • путовати за Беч

     to travel to Vienna

5. 5.
   in (in expressions with time)

   • доћи опет за неколико дана

     to come back in a few days

   • претрчати 100 метара за 9 секунди

     to run 100 meters in 9 seconds

6. 6.
   by

   • узети за руку

     to take by the hand

   • ухватити за руку

     to grab by the arm

   • вући за уши

     to pull by the ears

7. 7.
   for, as (with verbs denoting naming, appointing, declaring, considering etc)

   • поставити некога за предс(ј)едника

     to appoint somebody president

   • држати некога за паметног чов(ј)ека

     to consider somebody a smart person

8. 8.
   after

   • један за другим

     one after another

   • правити грешку за грешком

     to make one error after another; to make errors repeatedly

   • поновите за мном.

     Repeat after me.

9. 9.
   for

   • туговати за неким

     to grieve for somebody

   • чезнути за срећом

     to yearn for happiness

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