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Alan Wake Compilation
calamity
- a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering (Cambridge)
A series of calamities ruined them
- an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction or personal distress (Collins Cobuild)
He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age
//nesreca, propast
Calamity Jane 
glisten
- to shine by reflecting light from a wet, oily or smooth surface (Cambridge)
His eyes glistened with tears
- if something glistens, it shines, usually because it is wet or oily (Collins Cobuild)
The calm sea glistened in the sunlight
// blistati, sijati
Alan Wake: Axe glistened with the blood of the victim.
[phrasal verb] dwell on
- to keep thinking or talking about something, especially something bad or unpleasant (Cambridge)
- if you dwell on something, especially something unpleasant you think, speak, or write about it a lot or for quite a long time (Collins Cobuild)
Alan Wake: ... But since then there hasn't been anyone, not like her. And I'm not saying I dwell on her or haven't moved on. I like my life, I'm not living in the past. I do miss the way she completed me..
glitter
- to produce a lot of small bright flashes of reflected light (Cambridge)
Her diamond necklace glittered under the spotlights
// svetlucati
Alan Wake: ... like black pearls glittering in the darkness.
raffle ticket
- tickets with different numbers, some of which are later chosen to win prizes, which is arranged in order to make money for a good social purpose (Cambridge)
smug face
- The look on your face when your lying about something and making a joke at the same time. (Urban dictionary)
^ "You indeed have a unique voice" (smug face).
^ "Uniquely bad, unfortenately"
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Alan Wake Compilation, part 2
churn
- 1. to mix something, especially a liquid, with a great force(Cambridge)
The sea was churned up by heavy winds
- 2. a large container for transporting milk or for making milk into butter (Cambridge)
a milk churn
- 3. [churn out] to produce large amounts of something quickly, usually of low quality (Cambridge)
The sea was churned up by heavy winds
Alan Wake: my books stayed in print, still selling, the licensing machine churned away.
adversary
- an enemy [formal] (Cambridge)
Alan Wake: Mr. Scratch is the main adversary in the game.
// neprijatelj
<< ... If it wouldn't be for Serena ... >> -- << ... da nije bilo Serene ... >>
twinkle
- to shine repeatedly strongly then weakly, as if flashing on and off very quickly (Cambridge)
Alan Wake: ... And then there was that easy grin that never seemed quite as quick or natural on my own lips, the dark, malicious twinkle in the eyes, and I knew who I was looking at...
// bljeckati
tackle
- deal with something or someone (Cambridge)
Alan Wake: A complicated problem is best tackled with a simple solution.
[SPORT]
football --> tackle - to try to take the ball from a player in the other team.
fishing --> tackle - equipment for fishing
- if you tackle someone, you attack them and fight them (Collins Cobuild)
He claims Pasolini overtook and tackled him, pushing him into the dirt
twofer
1. A coupon offering two items, especially tickets for a play, for the price of one (The free dictionary).
2. An offer, a deal, or an arrangement in which a single expense yields a dual return (The free dictionary)
3. One who belongs to two minority groups and can be counted, as by an employer, as part of two quotas.
Alan Wake: The magnum is slow and somewhat cumbersome. It's a twofer.
// cumbersome - kabast (glomazan, tezak)
belt buckle
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curb - ivičnjak
tureen - činija za supu
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