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1 come to grips with
(to deal with (a problem, difficulty etc).) vysporiadať sa s -
2 labour
['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) práca2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) pracovné sily3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) pôrodné bolesti4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) labouristi2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) pracovať2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) predierať sa; vliecť sa•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving* * *• trpiet (cím)• úsilie• tažko sa plavit• tažká práca• byt v núdzi• robota• robit• robotníci• robotníctvo• robotnícka trieda• pôrodné bolesti• práca• pracovat• podrobne rozpracovat• márna snaha• námaha• namáhat sa -
3 hammer
['hæmə] 1. noun1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) kladivo2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) kladivko3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) kladivo2. verb1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) zatĺcť kladivom2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) vtĺkať•- give someone a hammering- give a hammering
- hammer home
- hammer out* * *• tlct kladivom• kladivo• kladivko• búšit• kohútik pušky -
4 stiff
[stif]1) (rigid or firm, and not easily bent, folded etc: He has walked with a stiff leg since he injured his knee; stiff cardboard.) tuhý; tvrdý2) (moving, or moved, with difficulty, pain etc: I can't turn the key - the lock is stiff; I woke up with a stiff neck; I felt stiff the day after the climb.) stuhnutý, zdrevenelý3) ((of a cooking mixture etc) thick, and not flowing: a stiff dough.) tuhý4) (difficult to do: a stiff examination.) prísny, ťažký5) (strong: a stiff breeze.) ostrý6) ((of a person or his manner etc) formal and unfriendly: I received a stiff note from the bank manager.) strohý•- stiffly- stiffness
- stiffen
- stiffening
- bore
- scare stiff* * *• vycerpávajúci• zdržanlivý• zdrevenený• zle pohyblivý• škrobený• silný• stuhnutý• stuha• strnulý• tvrdý• tažký• tvrdo• tuhý• upätý• prísny• drsný• hrdý• hustý• chladný• pyšný• ostrý• meravý• mrtvola• moták• nepoddajný• namáhavý• nepravdepodobný• neohybný• neprívetivý• nepohodlný• neoblomný• nepohyblivý• odmeraný -
5 eke out
1) (to make (a supply of something) last longer eg by adding something else to it: You could eke out the meat with potatoes.) pridať2) (to manage with difficulty to make (a living, livelihood etc): The artist could scarcely eke out a living from his painting.) pretĺcť sa* * *• vyrovnat• doplnit -
6 fumble
1) (to use one's hands awkwardly and with difficulty: He fumbled with the key; She fumbled about in her bag for her key.) pohrávať sa; šmátrať2) (to drop a ball (clumsily), or fail to hold or catch it.) nezachytiť letiacu loptu* * *• tápat -
7 hobble
['hobl](to walk with difficulty, usually taking short steps (eg because one is lame or because one's feet are sore): The old lady hobbled along with a stick.) krívať* * *• krívat -
8 pick out
1) (to choose or select: She picked out one dress that she particularly liked.) vybrať si2) (to see or recognize (a person, thing etc): He must be among those people getting off the train, but I can't pick him out.) rozoznať3) (to play (a piece of music), especially slowly and with difficulty, especially by ear, without music in front of one: I don't really play the piano, but I can pick out a tune on one with one finger.) vyťukať* * *• vybrat -
9 plough
1. noun(a type of farm tool pulled through the top layer of the soil to turn it over.) pluh2. verb1) (to turn over (the earth) with such a tool: The farmer was ploughing (in) a field.) orať2) (to travel with difficulty, force a way etc: The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through.) brázdiť; prehrýzť sa3) (to crash: The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus.) nabúrať (sa)* * *• pluh• orat -
10 slog
[sloɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - slogged; verb1) (to hit hard (usually without aiming carefully): She slogged him with her handbag.) udrieť2) (to make one's way with difficulty: We slogged on up the hill.) pachtiť sa3) (to work very hard: She has been slogging all week at the shop.) drieť (sa)2. noun1) ((a period of) hard work: months of hard slog.) drina, lopota2) (a hard blow: He gave the ball a slog.) tvrdý úder* * *• zásah• zasiahnut• udriet• úder• tvrdá práca• trieskat• driet• drina• prudko napálit• rezat• robit• mlátit -
11 struggle
1. verb1) (to twist violently when trying to free oneself: The child struggled in his arms.) zmietať sa2) (to make great efforts or try hard: All his life he has been struggling with illness / against injustice.) zápasiť3) (to move with difficulty: He struggled out of the hole.) predierať sa2. noun(an act of struggling, or a fight: The struggle for independence was long and hard.) boj* * *• vzpierat sa• zápasit• zápas• snažit sa• snaha• šarvátka• spor• svár• usilovat sa• úsilie• predierat sa• bojovat• boj• razit si cestu• potýcka• prebíjat sa• pokúšat sa• namáhat sa -
12 wheeze
[wi:z] 1. verb(to breathe with a hissing sound and with difficulty.) dychčať, fučať, chripieť2. noun(such a sound.) dychčanie, fučanie- wheezy- wheezily
- wheeziness* * *• fucanie• fucat• chrcanie• chrcat -
13 worm
[wə:m] 1. noun(a kind of small creeping animal with a ringed body and no backbone; an earth-worm.) červík2. verb1) (to make (one's way) slowly or secretly: He wormed his way to the front of the crowd.) votrieť sa2) (to get (information etc) with difficulty (out of someone): It took me hours to worm the true story out of him.) vytiahnuť (z koho)* * *• vyvábit (tajomstvo)• závitnica• závit• zbavit hlístov• škrkavka• špirála• úbožiak (pren.)• hlísta• bedár (pren.)• cerv -
14 elicit
[i'lisit](to succeed in getting (information etc) from a person, usually with difficulty.) vylákať* * *• vylákat• zistit -
15 flounder
(to move one's legs and arms violently and with difficulty (in water, mud etc): She floundered helplessly in the mud.) hádzať sa* * *• uviaznut na mrtvom bode• zmietanie• zmietat sa• tápat• predierat sa• hádzat sa• búchat okolo seba• borit sa v bahne• brodit sa• robit chybu za chybou• potácanie• morský jazyk -
16 peer
I [piə] noun1) (a nobleman (in Britain, one from the rank of baron upwards).) šľachtic, pér2) (a person's equal in rank, merit or age: The child was disliked by his peers; ( also adjective) He is more advanced than the rest of his peer group.) seberovný•- peerage- peeress
- peerless II [piə] verb(to look with difficulty: He peered at the small writing.) uprene sa pozerať* * *• šlachtic• seberovný• roven• pozriet• nazriet -
17 restrain
[rə'strein](to prevent from doing something; to control: He was so angry he could hardly restrain himself; He had to be restrained from hitting the man; He restrained his anger with difficulty.) ovládať sa* * *• uväznit• zabránit• zdržiavat• zavriet• zdržovat• zatvorit• znižovat• prekážat• držat pod kontrolou• držat na uzde• bránit• dat do väzenia• dat do ústavu• potlácat• kontrolovat• krotit• obmedzit -
18 fight one's way
(to make one's way with difficulty: She fought her way through the crowd.) pretlačiť sa -
19 hard-earned
adjective (earned by hard work or with difficulty: I deserve every penny of my hard-earned wages.) ťažko zarobený -
20 lug
past tense, past participle - lugged; verb(to drag with difficulty: She lugged the heavy trunk across the floor.) vliecť
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