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1 the long and the short of it
(the whole story in a few words.) skrátka a dobre -
2 epic
['epik]1) (a long poem telling a story of great deeds.) epos2) (a long story, film etc telling of great deeds especially historic.) epopeja -
3 novel
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4 life
plural - lives; noun1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) život2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) život3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) život4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) život5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) roky6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) život7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) životopis8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) doživotie•- lifeless- lifelike
- life-and-death
- lifebelt
- lifeboat
- lifebuoy
- life-cycle
- life expectancy
- lifeguard
- life-jacket
- lifeline
- lifelong
- life-saving
- life-sized
- life-size
- lifetime
- as large as life
- bring to life
- come to life
- for life
- the life and soul of the party
- not for the life of me
- not on your life!
- take life
- take one's life
- take one's life in one's hands
- to the life* * *• vitalita• životnost• život• životopis• skutocnost• spôsob života• trvanie• energia• ludia• nová možnost -
5 saga
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6 swallow
I 1. ['swoləu] verb1) (to allow to pass down the throat to the stomach: Try to swallow the pill; His throat was so painful that he could hardly swallow.) prehltnúť2) (to accept (eg a lie or insult) without question or protest: You'll never get her to swallow that story!) prehltnúť2. noun(an act of swallowing.) prehltnutie- swallow up II ['swoləu] noun(a type of insect-eating bird with long wings and a divided tail.) lastovička* * *• vstrebat do seba• vziat spät• zbehnút• zhltnút• zniest• zmierit sa• sadnút na lep (slang.)• schopnost jest• strpiet• spotrebovat• tažko strávitelný• prehrýzt• prehltnút• prehltnutie• prehltat• prijat do seba• hltan• dúšok• hlt• hltat• hodit do seba• absorbovat• chut• pochopit• pokladat za pravdivé• pohltit• lastovicka• neuveritelný• nezretelne vyslovovat• nechat si pre seba• nevyslovit• odvolat• neznesitelný• odíst do výslužby -
7 wand
[wond](a long slender rod eg used as the symbol of magic power by conjurors, fairies etc: In the story, the fairy waved her magic wand and the frog became a prince.) kúzelná palička, prútik* * *• žezlo• snímacia ceruzka• takt• taktovka• tyc• carodejná palicka• carodejný prútik• cielová tyc• prútik• palicka• palica• maršalská palica
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