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1 descent
[-t]1) (the act of descending: The descent of the hill was quickly completed.) sestup2) (a slope: That is a steep descent.) svah3) (family; ancestry: She is of royal descent.) původ* * *• pokles• původ• sestup• sklon• klesání -
2 blood
1) (the red fluid pumped through the body by the heart: Blood poured from the wound in his side.) krev2) (descent or ancestors: He is of royal blood.) krev•- bloody
- bloodcurdling
- blood donor
- blood group/type
- blood-poisoning
- blood pressure
- bloodshed
- bloodshot
- bloodstained
- bloodstream
- blood test
- bloodthirsty
- bloodthirstiness
- blood transfusion
- blood-vessel
- in cold blood* * *• krev• krevní -
3 generation
1) (one stage in the descent of a family: All three generations - children, parents and grandparents - lived together quite happily.) generace2) (people born at about the same time: People of my generation all think the same way about this.) generace* * *• výroba• pokolení• generace -
4 black
[blæk] 1. adjective1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) černý2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) temný3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) černý, špinavý4) (without milk: black coffee.) černý5) (evil: black magic.) černý6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) černý, černošský7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) míšenec2. noun1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) čerň, černá barva2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) čerň, černá barva3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) černoch3. verb(to make black.) (na)černit- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) dát na černou listinu5. noun(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) vydírání- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
- in black and white* * *• tmavý• začernit• temný• černošský• čerň• černoch• černý• černo -
5 drop
[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) kapka2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) troška3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) pokles4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) spád2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) (u)pustit2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) spadnout3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) opustit4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) vysadit5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) naškrábnout; utrousit•- droplet- droppings
- drop-out
- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
- drop in
- drop off
- drop out* * *• upustit• pokles• propad• spustit• spouštět• pád• klesnout• kapka• klesat -
6 parachute
['pærəʃu:t] 1. noun(an umbrella-shaped piece of light, strong cloth etc beneath which a person etc is tied with ropes so that he etc can come slowly down to the ground from a great height: They made the descent from the plane by parachute; ( also adjective) a parachute-jump.) padák, padákem2. verb(to come down to the ground using a parachute: The troops parachuted into France.) seskočit padákem* * *• padák -
7 pedigree
['pediɡri:] 1. noun1) (a list of the ancestors from whom a person or animal is descended: a dog's pedigree.) rodokmen2) (distinguished descent or ancestry: a man of pedigree.) urozený původ2. adjective((of an animal) pure-bred; from a long line of ancestors of the same breed: a herd of pedigree cattle.) čistokrevný* * *• plemenný• původ• rodokmen -
8 white
1. adjective1) (of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: The bride wore a white dress.) bílý2) (having light-coloured skin, through being of European etc descent: the first white man to explore Africa.) bílý3) (abnormally pale, because of fear, illness etc: He went white with shock.) sinalý4) (with milk in it: A white coffee, please.) bílý2. noun1) (the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: White and black are opposites.) bělost2) (a white-skinned person: racial trouble between blacks and whites.) běloch3) ((also egg-white) the clear fluid in an egg, surrounding the yolk: This recipe tells you to separate the yolks from the whites.) bílek4) ((of an eye) the white part surrounding the pupil and iris: The whites of her eyes are bloodshot.) bělmo•- whiten- whiteness
- whitening
- whitish
- white-collar
- white elephant
- white horse
- white-hot
- white lie
- whitewash 3. verb(to cover with whitewash.) bílit- white wine* * *• běloba• bílek• bílit• bělet• bledý• bílý• běloch• bílá
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