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[reiz] 1. verb1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) zvednout, vztyčit2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) zvýšit3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) pěstovat, chovat4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) vychovat5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) vznést6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) sebrat; shromáždit se7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) vyvolat8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) zvednout, způsobit9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) postavit10) (to give (a shout etc).) vydat11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) navázat spojení2. noun(an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) zvýšení platu- raise hell/Cain / the roof
- raise someone's spirits* * *• vychovat• vypěstovat• zdvihat• zvedat• zvednout• zdvihnout• zvýšit
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