-
1 give up
1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) prestať, vzdať sa2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) zriecť sa3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) prenechať, prepustiť, vzdať sa (čoho)4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) venovať5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) považovať (za stratené)* * *• ustúpit (komu)• vzdat sa (coho)• vzdat sa• vydat (zbran) -
2 pass on
1) (to give to someone else (usually something which one has been given by a third person): I passed on his message.) dať ďalej, podať2) (to die: His mother passed on yesterday.) zomrieť -
3 commission
[kə'miʃən] 1.1) (money earned by a person who sells things for someone else.) provízia2) (an order for a work of art: a commission to paint the president's portrait.) poverenie3) (an official paper giving authority, especially to an army officer etc: My son got his commission last year.) menovací dekrét4) (an official group appointed to report on a specific matter: a commission of enquiry.) komisia2. verb1) (to give an order (especially for a work of art) to: He was commissioned to paint the Lord Mayor's portrait.) poveriť; zadať2) (to give a military commission to.) menovať dôstojníkom•- commissioner
- in/out of commission* * *• výbor• úloha• provízia• poverit• poverenie• komisia -
4 delegate
1. ['deləɡeit] verb(to give (a piece of work, power etc) to someone else: He delegates a great deal of work to his assistant.) prideliť2. [-ɡət, ]( American[) -ɡeit] noun(an elected representative (to a conference, Parliament, committee etc): The delegates met in the conference room.) delegát, -ka* * *• vyslat• zástupca• splnomocnit• pridelit• delegát• delegovat• postúpit• poverit -
5 dictate
[dik'teit, ]( American[) 'dikteit]1) (to say or read out (something) for someone else to write down: He always dictates his letters (to his secretary).) diktovať2) (to state officially or with authority: He dictated the terms of our offer.) diktovať3) (to give orders to; to command: I certainly won't be dictated to by you (= I won't do as you say).) prikázať•- dictator
- dictatorship* * *• ukladat• uložit• predpisovat• predpísat• príkaz• diktát• diktovat• nadiktovat -
6 sacrifice
1. noun1) (the act of offering something (eg an animal that is specially killed) to a god: A lamb was offered in sacrifice.) obeť2) (the thing that is offered in this way.) obeť3) (something of value given away or up in order to gain something more important or to benefit another person: His parents made sacrifices to pay for his education.) obeť2. verb1) (to offer as a sacrifice: He sacrificed a sheep in the temple.) obetovať2) (to give away etc for the sake of something or someone else: He sacrificed his life trying to save the children from the burning house.) obetovať•- sacrificially* * *• zmierit sa so stratou• strata• priniest za obet• prinášat obet• predat so stratou• Kristova obet na kríži• obetovat• obet• obeta -
7 sponge
1. noun1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) špongia2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) špongia3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) piškóta; piškótový koláč4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) umytie špongiou2. verb1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) umyť špongiou2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) žiť na účet (koho)•- sponger- spongy
- spongily
- sponginess
- sponge cake
- sponge pudding* * *• voš• vlhcit• vymámit• vycistit• vytriet• využívat• vysušit• žit na úcet• žit ako príživník• zmyt• šlahaná ovocná pena• špongia• sušit• tampón• umyt• umývat špongiou• príživník• cesto pred kysnutím• pumpnút (niekoho)• piškót• plynárska cistiaca špongi• parazit• ovocný sneh• pórovité cesto• kysnuté cesto• mycia huba• navlhcit• nákyp so snehom• naniest špongiou• natriet• ochlasta -
8 compensate
['kompənseit]1) (to give money to (someone) or to do something else to make up for loss or wrong they have experienced: This payment will compensate (her) for the loss of her job.) odškodniť2) (to undo the effect of a disadvantage etc: The love the child received from his grandmother compensated for the cruelty of his parents.) nahradiť•- compensation* * *• vyvážit• vyrovnávat• vyvažovat• kompenzovat• nahradit• odškodnit
См. также в других словарях:
let someone else do it — give someone else to responsibility to do something, place the duty on someone else … English contemporary dictionary
else — [ els ] adverb *** Else can be used in the following ways: after a pronoun such as something, nothing, anyone, or everyone : He married someone else. Is there anything else you wanted? after the adverbs somewhere, anywhere, everywhere, and… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
give someone a dose of their own medicine — give someone a taste/dose/of their own medicine phrase to treat someone in the same bad way that they have treated someone else It’s time those cheats got a taste of their own medicine. Thesaurus: to treat someone in the same bad way they treat… … Useful english dictionary
give your love to someone — give/send/your love to someone spoken phrase used for asking someone to give your greetings to someone else Give my love to your mother when you next see her. Thesaurus: to welcome or greet, and to say hellosynonym Main e … Useful english dictionary
give someone a taste of their own medicine — give someone a taste/dose/of their own medicine phrase to treat someone in the same bad way that they have treated someone else It’s time those cheats got a taste of their own medicine. Thesaurus: to treat someone in the same bad way they treat… … Useful english dictionary
give — 1 verb past tense gavepast participle given PROVIDE/SUPPLY 1 (T) to provide or supply someone with something: give sb sth: Researchers were given a 10,000 grant to continue their work. | Can you give me a ride to the office on Tuesday? | He went… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
give — give1 W1S1 [gıv] v past tense gave [geıv] past participle given [ˈgıvən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(present or money)¦ 2¦(put something in somebody s hand)¦ 3¦(let somebody do something)¦ 4¦(tell somebody something)¦ 5¦(make a movement/do an action)¦… … Dictionary of contemporary English
give — give1 [ gıv ] (past tense gave [ geıv ] ; past participle giv|en [ gıvn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 provide someone with something ▸ 2 make someone owner of something ▸ 3 put medicine in someone ▸ 4 cause effect/experience ▸ 5 communicate ▸ 6 perform action … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Give Yourself Goosebumps — The cover of The Curse of the Creeping Coffin, #8, showing the font used on the covers. Give Yourself Goosebumps was a children s horror fiction gamebook series by R. L. Stine. After the success of the regular Goosebumps books, Scholastic Press… … Wikipedia
give up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you give up something, you stop doing it or having it. [V P n/ ing] Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive. [V P] ...smokers who give up before 30. [Also V n P] 2) PHRASAL VERB If you give up, you… … English dictionary
give way — 1) if something gives way, it breaks or falls down because there is too much weight or pressure on it The bridge threatened to give way as the flood waters rose. 2) to agree to something that someone else wants instead of what you want The… … English dictionary
