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1 find
1. past tense, past participle - found; verb1) (to come upon or meet with accidentally or after searching: Look what I've found!) najít2) (to discover: I found that I couldn't do the work.) přijít na, zjistit3) (to consider; to think (something) to be: I found the British weather very cold.) shledat2. noun(something found, especially something of value or interest: That old book is quite a find!) objev- find out* * *• vyhledat• stihnout• find/found/found• hledej• nalézt• najít• nalézat• nález• nacházet• objevit• objev -
2 discover
1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) objevit2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) zjistit•* * *• odhalovat• odhalit• objevovat• objevit -
3 criticise
1) (to find fault (with): He's always criticizing her.) kritizovat2) (to give an opinion of or judgement on a book etc.) recenzovat, kriticky posoudit* * *• zkritizovat• kritizovat -
4 criticize
1) (to find fault (with): He's always criticizing her.) kritizovat2) (to give an opinion of or judgement on a book etc.) recenzovat, kriticky posoudit* * *• zkritizovat• kritizovat -
5 divide
1) (to separate into parts or groups: The wall divided the garden in two; The group divided into three when we got off the bus; We are divided (= We do not agree) as to where to spend our holidays.) (roz)dělit (se); rozcházet se2) ((with between or among) to share: We divided the sweets between us.) rozdělit (si)3) (to find out how many times one number contains another: 6 divided by 2 equals 3.) dělit•- dividers- divisible
- division
- divisional* * *• vydělit• rozdělit• rozdělovat• oddělit• dělit -
6 horrify
verb (to shock greatly: Mrs Smith was horrified to find that her son had a tattooed chest.) zděsit* * *• poděsit• šokovat• naplnit hrůzou• děsit -
7 multiply
1) (to add a number to itself a given number of times and find the total: 4 + 4 + 4 or 4 multiplied by 3 or 4 × 3 = 12.) (z)násobit2) (to (cause to) increase in number, especially by breeding: Rabbits multiply very rapidly.) rozmnožovat (se)•* * *• vynásobit• znásobit• násobit -
8 pry
(to try to find out about something that is secret, especially other people's affairs: He is always prying into my business.) strkat nos* * *• vrtat v• zdvihat• posunout• slídit -
9 readjust
((with to) to get used again to (something one has not experienced for a time): Some soldiers find it hard to readjust to civilian life when they leave the army.) přizpůsobit (se)* * *• poupravit• přizpůsobit -
10 sympathise
verb (to show or feel sympathy to: I find it difficult to sympathize with him when he complains so much.) mít soucit; sympatizovat* * *• sympatizovat -
11 sympathize
verb (to show or feel sympathy to: I find it difficult to sympathize with him when he complains so much.) mít soucit; sympatizovat* * *• projevit soustrast• sympatizovat• soucítit -
12 utilise
(to find a useful purpose for (something): The extra money is being utilized to buy books for the school library.) použít- utilisation* * *• upotřebit• využít -
13 utilize
(to find a useful purpose for (something): The extra money is being utilized to buy books for the school library.) použít- utilisation* * *• užít• upotřebit• využít• zpracovat• zužitkovat• použít -
14 experiment
[ik'sperimənt] 1. noun(a test done in order to find out something, eg if an idea is correct: He performs chemical experiments; experiments in traffic control; We shall find out by experiment.) pokus2. verb((with on or with) to try to find out something by making tests: He experimented with various medicines to find the safest cure; The doctor experiments on animals.) experimentovat- experimentally
- experimentation* * *• pokus• experiment• experimentovat -
15 test
[test] 1. noun1) (a set of questions or exercises intended to find out a person's ability, knowledge etc; a short examination: an arithmetic/driving test.) test2) (something done to find out whether a thing is good, strong, efficient etc: a blood test.) test, zkouška3) (an event, situation etc that shows how good or bad something is: a test of his courage.) zkouška4) (a way to find out if something exists or is present: a test for radioactivity.) zkouška5) (a test match.) mezinárodní zápas2. verb(to carry out a test or tests on (someone or something): The students were tested on their French; They tested the new aircraft.) zkoušet- test pilot
- test-tube* * *• test• testovat• vyzkoušet• zkouška• zkoušet• prověřit -
16 it
1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) to, ono2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?) (to)3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.) to4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!) to•- its- itself* * *• to• ono -
17 fault
[fo:lt] 1. noun1) (a mistake; something for which one is to blame: The accident was your fault.) chyba2) (an imperfection; something wrong: There is a fault in this machine; a fault in his character.) porucha, vada3) (a crack in the rock surface of the earth: faults in the earth's crust.) rozsedlina, zlom2. verb(to find fault with: I couldn't fault him / his piano-playing.) nalézt/vytknout chybu- faultlessly
- faulty
- at fault
- find fault with
- to a fault* * *• vina• porucha• chyba -
18 look
[luk] 1. verb1) (to turn the eyes in a certain direction so as to see, to find, to express etc: He looked out of the window; I've looked everywhere, but I can't find him; He looked at me (angrily).) (po)hledět2) (to seem: It looks as if it's going to rain; She looks sad.) vypadat3) (to face: The house looks west.) být orientován (na)2. noun1) (the act of looking or seeing: Let me have a look!) pohled2) (a glance: a look of surprise.) pohled3) (appearance: The house had a look of neglect.) vzhled•- - looking
- looks
- looker-on
- looking-glass
- lookout
- by the looks of
- by the look of
- look after
- look ahead
- look down one's nose at
- look down on
- look for
- look forward to
- look here!
- look in on
- look into
- look on
- look out
- look out!
- look over
- look through
- look up
- look up to* * *• vypadat• vzhled• pohled• pohlédnout• pohledět• hledat• hledět• dívat -
19 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 -
20 light
I 1. noun1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) světlo2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) světlo3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) oheň4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) světlo2. adjective1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) světlý2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) světlý3. [lit] verb1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) osvětlit2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) zapálit•- lighten- lighter- lighting
- lighthouse
- light-year
- bring to light
- come to light
- in the light of
- light up
- see the light
- set light to II1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) lehký2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) lehký3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) lehký4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) lehčí5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) lehký6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) lehký7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) lehký8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) drobný9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) lehký•- lightly- lighten- light-headed
- light-hearted
- lightweight
- get off lightly
- make light of
- travel light III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb(to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.) náhodou padnout na* * *• zapálit• zápalka• zapalovat• světlo• světlý• snadný• osvětlení• osvětlit• light/lit/lighted• lehký• lehce• nepatrný
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