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2 heart
1. noun1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) srdce; srdeční; na srdce2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) srdce; jádro; střed3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) srdce4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) odvaha, statečnost5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) srdíčko; (ve tvaru) srdce6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) srdce•- - hearted- hearten
- heartless
- heartlessly
- heartlessness
- hearts
- hearty
- heartily
- heartiness
- heartache
- heart attack
- heartbeat
- heartbreak
- heartbroken
- heartburn
- heart failure
- heartfelt
- heart-to-heart 2. noun(an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.) důvěrná rozmluva- at heart
- break someone's heart
- by heart
- from the bottom of one's heart
- have a change of heart
- have a heart!
- have at heart
- heart and soul
- lose heart
- not have the heart to
- set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
- take heart
- take to heart
- to one's heart's content
- with all one's heart* * *• srdce• odvaha• drahoušek• duše -
3 presentation
[pre-]1) (the act of presenting: the presentation of the prizes; the presentation of a new play; ( also adjective) a presentation ceremony; a presentation gold watch.) udělení; uvedení; uváděcí; slavnostně předaný2) (the manner in which written work etc is presented or set out: Try to improve the presentation of your work.) prezentace, uvedení3) (a performance, or set of repeated performances, of a play, opera etc: This is the best presentation of `Macbeth' that I've ever seen.) představení* * *• podání• prezentace -
4 store
[sto:] 1. noun1) (a supply of eg goods from which things are taken when required: They took a store of dried and canned food on the expedition; The quartermaster is the officer in charge of stores.) zásoba2) (a (large) collected amount or quantity: He has a store of interesting facts in his head.) bohatství3) (a place where a supply of goods etc is kept; a storehouse or storeroom: It's in the store(s).) sklad4) (a shop: The post office here is also the village store; a department store.) obchod2. verb1) (to put into a place for keeping: We stored our furniture in the attic while the tenants used our house.) uskladnit2) (to stock (a place etc) with goods etc: The museum is stored with interesting exhibits.) naplnit•- storage- storehouse
- storeroom
- in store
- set great store by
- set store by
- store up* * *• sklad• krám• obchod• akumulovat -
5 flat
[flæt] 1. adjective1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) plochý2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) nudný, všední3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) rozhodný, jasný4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) prázdný, splasklý5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) zvětralý6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) nižší o půl tónu2. adverb(stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) roztažený3. noun1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) byt2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) předznamenání bé3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) dlaň4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) nížina•- flatly- flatten
- flat rate
- flat out* * *• byt -
6 picket
['pikit] 1. noun1) ((any one of) a number of people employed at a factory etc who are on strike and who try to persuade workers not to go to work there, not to deliver goods there etc: The men set up a picket to stop lorries getting into the factory; ( also adjective) a picket line.) stávková hlídka2) (a soldier or a small group of soldiers on special duty, usually to guard against a sudden attack by the enemy: The commander placed pickets at various points round the camp; ( also adjective) picket duty.) stráž2. verb1) (to place a group of soldiers, strikers etc somewhere as a picket: The strikers' leaders decided to picket the factory; The commander picketed the camp.) postavit hlídky2) (to act as a picket (at): In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp.) hlídkovat* * *• tyčka• plaňka• kůl• laťka v plotě• kolík• druhák• demonstranti• demonstrant -
7 relief
[rə'li:f]1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) úleva2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) pomoc, pomocný3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) směna, střídání4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) osvobození5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) reliéf•- relieve- relieved* * *• ulehčení• úleva• útěcha• vysvobození• posila• pomoc• podpora materiální• plastika• profil• reliéf• střídání stráže• osvobození• odpočinek• obrys• kontrast -
8 ruby
['ru:bi]plural - rubies; noun1) (a kind of deep red precious stone: a ring set with rubies; ( also adjective) a ruby necklace.) rubín(ový)2) (( also adjective) (of) its colour: a ruby dress.) rubínová červeň; rubínově červený* * *• rubín• rubínová barva -
9 ballet
['bælei, ]( American[) bæ'lei]1) (a theatrical performance of dancing with set steps and mime, often telling a story: Swan Lake is my favourite ballet.) balet2) (the art of dancing in this way: She is taking lessons in ballet; ( also adjective) a ballet class.) balet(ní)•* * *• balet -
10 bay
[bei] I noun(a wide inward bend of a coastline: anchored in the bay; Botany Bay.) záliv, zátokaII noun(a separate compartment, area or room etc (usually one of several) set aside for a special purpose: a bay in a library.) oddělení, kójeIII 1. adjective((of horses) reddish-brown in colour.) kaštanově hnědý; hnědák2. noun((also bay tree) the laurel tree, the leaves of which are used for seasoning and in victory wreaths.) vavřín3. verb((especially of large dogs) to bark: The hounds bayed at the fox.) štěkat* * *• vavřín• záliv -
11 cable
['keibl] 1. noun1) ((a) strong rope or chain for hauling or tying anything, especially a ship.) lano, kotevní lano2) ((a set of) wires for carrying electric current or signals: They are laying (a) new cable.) kabel3) ((a rope made of) strands of metal wound together for supporting a bridge etc.) ocelové lano4) ((also cablegram) a telegram sent by cable.) kabelogram5) (cable television.) kabelová televize2. verb(to telegraph by cable: I cabled news of my mother's death to our relations in Canada.) kabelovat- cable television
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12 camp
[kæmp] 1. noun1) (a piece of ground with tents pitched on it.) tábořiště2) (a collection of buildings, huts or tents in which people stay temporarily for a certain purpose: a holiday camp.) tábor, kemp3) (a military station, barracks etc.) kemp4) (a party or side: They belong to different political camps.) kemp2. verb((also go camping) to set up, and live in, a tent / tents: We camped on the beach; We go camping every year.) kempovat- camper- camping
- camp bed
- camp-fire
- campsite* * *• tábořit• tábor -
13 cassette
[kə'set](a plastic container holding photographic film or magnetic tape: I've put a new cassette in my camera; I bought a cassette of Scottish music; ( also adjective) a cassette recorder.) kazeta, kazetový* * *• kazeta -
14 combination
[-bi-]1) ((the result of) combining or being combined: The town was a combination of old and new architecture.) kombinace, spojení2) (a set of numbers used to open certain types of lock: He couldn't open the safe as he had forgotten the combination; ( also adjective) a combination lock.) kombinace* * *• kombinace -
15 headphones
noun plural ((also earphones) a pair of electronic instruments held over a person's ears, by a metal band over the head, which are connected to a radio: a set of headphones.) sluchátka* * *• sluchátka -
16 music
['mju:zik] 1. noun1) (the art of arranging and combining sounds able to be produced by the human voice or by instruments: She prefers classical music to popular music; She is studying music; ( also adjective) a music lesson.) hudba; hudební2) (the written form in which such tones etc are set down: The pianist has forgotten to bring her music.) noty•- musical2. noun(a film or play that includes a large amount of singing, dancing etc.) muzikál- musician* * *• hudební• hudba• muzika -
17 race
I 1. [reis] noun(a competition to find who or which is the fastest: a horse race.) závod, dostih2. verb1) (to (cause to) run in a race: I'm racing my horse on Saturday; The horse is racing against five others.) přihlásit k závodu, závodit2) (to have a competition with (someone) to find out who is the fastest: I'll race you to that tree.) běžet o závod s3) (to go etc quickly: He raced along the road on his bike.) jet plnou parou•- racer- racecourse
- racehorse
- racetrack
- racing-car
- a race against time
- the races II [reis]1) (any one section of mankind, having a particular set of characteristics which make it different from other sections: the Negro race; the white races; ( also adjective) race relations.) rasa; rasový2) (the fact of belonging to any of these various sections: the problem of race.) rasa3) (a group of people who share the same culture, language etc; the Anglo-Saxon race.) kmen•- racial- racialism
- racialist
- the human race
- of mixed race* * *• závodit• závod• rasa• jet dostih• dostih -
18 railway
1) (a track with (usually more than one set of) two (or sometimes three) parallel steel rails on which trains run: They're building a new railway; ( also adjective) a railway station.) železnice; železniční2) ((sometimes in plural) the whole organization which is concerned with the running of trains, the building of tracks etc: He has a job on the railway; The railways are very badly run in some countries.) železnice; dráha* * *• trať• železniční dráha• železnice• železniční• dráha -
19 recipe
['resəpi](a set of instructions on how to prepare and cook something: a recipe for curry; ( also adjective) a recipe book.) recept* * *• recept -
20 release
[rə'li:s] 1. verb1) (to set free; to allow to leave: He was released from prison yesterday; I am willing to release him from his promise to me.) propustit; zprostit2) (to stop holding etc; to allow to move, fall etc: He released (his hold on) the rope.) uvolnit3) (to move (a catch, brake etc) which prevents something else from moving, operating etc: He released the handbrake and drove off.) uvolnit4) (to allow (news etc) to be made known publicly: The list of winners has just been released.) uvolnit ke zveřejnění5) (to offer (a film, record etc) to the general public: Their latest record will be released next week.) uvést2. noun1) (the act of releasing or being released: After his release, the prisoner returned to his home town; the release of a new film; ( also adjective) the release catch.) propuštění; uvedení; uvolněný2) (something that is released: This record is their latest release; The Government issued a press release (= a statement giving information about something, sent or given to newspapers, reporters etc).) zpráva, komuniké* * *• uvolnit• uvolnění• vydání• propuštění
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