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popásti¹ (zgrabiti) to seize, to grasp; to attack, to assail, to assault

popadla ga je želja, da... he suddenly felt the urge to..., arhaično he was smitten with the desire to...

popásti² (travo) to graze

prílika¹ (priložnost) opportunity, occasion; chance

ob tej príliki on this occasion
ob prvi príliki at the first opportunity
ugodna prílika a favourable (ali lucky) chance (ali opportunity)
zlata prílika golden opportunity
ob vsaki príliki at every opportunity, on every occasion
po vsej príliki presumably
ob príliki one day or (the) other
dati komu príliko to give (ali to afford) someone an opportunity
izgubiti, zamuditi príliko to lose, to miss one's opportunity, to let one's chance slip by
izrabiti vsako príliko to take every opportunity
dobiti príliko to get the chance
izkoristiti príliko to avail oneself of the opportunity
ko se ponudi prílika when the opportunity crops up, when opportunity offers
ponudila se je prílika the opportunity happened to occur (ali cropped up)
popasti, zgrabiti príliko to seize (ali to take) the opportunity, figurativno to strike while the iron's hot
prílika naredi tatú temptation makes a thief
prílika zamujena ne vrne se nobena time and tide wait for no man