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1 chicken out
(to avoid doing something because of cowardice: He chickened out at the last minute.) zbaběle couvnout* * *• zbaběle couvnout -
2 chicken
[' ikin]1) (a young bird, especially a young hen: She keeps chickens.) kuře2) (its flesh used as food: a plate of fried chicken.) kuře (kuřecí maso)3) ((slang.) a coward.) zbabělec•- chicken-pox
- chicken out* * *• kuřecí• kuře -
3 run
1. present participle - running; verb1) ((of a person or animal) to move quickly, faster than walking: He ran down the road.) běžet2) (to move smoothly: Trains run on rails.) sunout se3) ((of water etc) to flow: Rivers run to the sea; The tap is running.) téci4) ((of a machine etc) to work or operate: The engine is running; He ran the motor to see if it was working.) běžet, spustit5) (to organize or manage: He runs the business very efficiently.) řídit6) (to race: Is your horse running this afternoon?) závodit7) ((of buses, trains etc) to travel regularly: The buses run every half hour; The train is running late.) jezdit, jet8) (to last or continue; to go on: The play ran for six weeks.) běžet, dávat se9) (to own and use, especially of cars: He runs a Rolls Royce.) mít, jezdit (čím)10) ((of colour) to spread: When I washed my new dress the colour ran.) rozpíjet se, pouštět11) (to drive (someone); to give (someone) a lift: He ran me to the station.) (do)vézt12) (to move (something): She ran her fingers through his hair; He ran his eyes over the letter.) prohrábnout, projít13) ((in certain phrases) to be or become: The river ran dry; My blood ran cold (= I was afraid).) stávat se2. noun1) (the act of running: He went for a run before breakfast.) běh2) (a trip or drive: We went for a run in the country.) procházka, projížďka3) (a length of time (for which something continues): He's had a run of bad luck.) období4) (a ladder (in a stocking etc): I've got a run in my tights.) puštěné očko5) (the free use (of a place): He gave me the run of his house.) volné použití6) (in cricket, a batsman's act of running from one end of the wicket to the other, representing a single score: He scored/made 50 runs for his team.) přeběh7) (an enclosure or pen: a chicken-run.) ohrada, výběh•- runner- running 3. adverb(one after another; continuously: We travelled for four days running.) nepřetržitě- runny- runaway
- rundown
- runner-up
- runway
- in
- out of the running
- on the run
- run across
- run after
- run aground
- run along
- run away
- run down
- run for
- run for it
- run in
- run into
- run its course
- run off
- run out
- run over
- run a temperature
- run through
- run to
- run up
- run wild* * *• utíkat• utéct• utéci• průběh• provozovat• řídit• spravovat• téct• téci• spusť• klusat• běhat• běh• běžet• chod -
4 defrost
[di:'frost]1) (to remove frost or ice from (eg a refrigerator): I keep forgetting to defrost the freezer.) odmrazit, rozmrazit2) ((of frozen food etc) to thaw (out): Make sure you defrost the chicken thoroughly.) rozmrazit* * *• rozmrznout• rozmrazit -
5 dish
[diʃ]1) (a plate, bowl etc in which food is brought to the table: a large shallow dish.) mísa2) (food mixed and prepared for the table: She served us an interesting dish containing chicken and almonds.) jídlo, pokrm•- dish-washing
- dishwater
- dish out* * *• jídlo• mísa• chod -
6 joint
[‹oint] 1. noun1) (the place where two or more things join: The plumber tightened up all the joints in the pipes.) spoj2) (a part of the body where two bones meet but are able to move in the manner of eg a hinge: The shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles are joints.) kloub3) (a piece of meat for cooking containing a bone: A leg of mutton is a fairly large joint.) kýta2. adjective1) (united; done together: the joint efforts of the whole team.) spojený2) (shared by, or belonging to, two or more: She and her husband have a joint bank account.) společný3. verb(to divide (an animal etc for cooking) at the, or into, joints: Joint the chicken before cooking it.) rozčtvrtit- jointed- jointly
- out of joint See also:- join* * *• společný• spojený• kloub -
7 pluck
1. verb1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) (vy)trhnout, (za)tahat2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) (o)škubat3) (to pick (flowers etc).) trhat4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) vytrhat5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) brnkat2. noun(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) odvaha- plucky- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
- pluck up courage
- energy* * *• trhnout• trhat• škubat• droby
См. также в других словарях:
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chicken out (of something) — in. to manage to get out of something, usually because of fear or cowardice. □ Come on! Don’t chicken out now! □ Freddy chickened out of the plan at the last minute … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions