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1 long-winded
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2 deliver
[di'livə]1) (to give or hand over (something) to the person for whom it is intended: The postman delivers letters.) doručit2) (to give: He delivered a long speech.) pronést3) (to assist (a woman) at the birth of (a child): The doctor delivered the twins safely.) pomáhat při porodu•- delivery* * *• odevzdat• dodávat• dopravovat• dodat• doručit• doručovat -
3 monologue
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4 address
1. [ə'dres] verb1) (to put a name and address on (an envelope etc): Address the parcel clearly.) napsat adresu2) (to speak or write to: I shall address my remarks to you only.) adresovat, určit2. ( American[) 'ædres] noun1) (the name of the house, street, town etc where a person lives: His address is 30 Main St, Edinburgh.) adresa2) (a speech: He made a long and boring address.) projev•* * *• oslovovat• oslovit• adresovat• adresa -
5 harangue
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6 lecture
['lek ə] 1. noun1) (a formal talk given to students or other audiences: a history lecture.) přednáška2) (a long and boring or irritating speech, warning or scolding: The teacher gave the children a lecture for running in the corridor.) domluva2. verb(to give a lecture: He lectures on Roman Art; She lectured him on good behaviour.) přednášet- lecturer* * *• výtky• přednášet• přednáška• domluvy -
7 rambling
1) (aimless and confused; not keeping to the topic: a long, rambling speech.) nesouvislý2) (built (as if) without any plan, stretching in various directions: a rambling old house.) bez pevného řádu, nepravidelný3) ((of plants, usually roses) climbing.) pnoucí* * *• toulavý• neuspořádaný• nesouvislý• nepravidelný• neucelený• nestálý• nesourodý -
8 spin out
(to cause to last a long or longer time: He spun out his speech for an extra five minutes.) protahovat* * *• protahovat• prodlužovat -
9 suit
[su:t] 1. noun1) (a set of clothes usually all of the same cloth etc, made to be worn together, eg a jacket, trousers (and waistcoat) for a man, or a jacket and skirt or trousers for a woman.) oblek, kostým2) (a piece of clothing for a particular purpose: a bathing-suit / diving-suit.) úbor3) (a case in a law court: He won/lost his suit.) proces4) (an old word for a formal request, eg a proposal of marriage to a lady.) nabídka k sňatku5) (one of the four sets of playing-cards - spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs.) barva2. verb1) (to satisfy the needs of, or be convenient for: The arrangements did not suit us; The climate suits me very well.) vyhovovat2) ((of clothes, styles, fashions etc) to be right or appropriate for: Long hair suits her; That dress doen't suit her.) slušet, padnout3) (to adjust or make appropriate or suitable: He suited his speech to his audience.) přizpůsobit•- suited- suitor
- suitcase
- follow suit
- suit down to the ground
- suit oneself* * *• vyhovovat• žádost• vyhovět• žaloba• slušet• soudní proces• oblek -
10 talk
[to:k] 1. verb1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) mluvit; rozmlouvat2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) pomlouvat3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) diskutovat o2. noun1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) rozhovor2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) přednáška3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) drby4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) plané řeči•- talking book
- talking head
- talking-point
- talk show
- talking-to
- talk back
- talk big
- talk down to
- talk someone into / out of doing
- talk into / out of doing
- talk someone into / out of
- talk into / out of
- talk over
- talk round
- talk sense/nonsense
- talk shop* * *• vypravovat• vyprávět• pohovořit• proslov• řeč• rozhovor• hovor• hovořit• mluvit -
11 tedious
['ti:diəs](boring and continuing for a long time: a tedious speech/speaker.) suchopárný- tediousness
- tedium* * *• zdlouhavý• otravný• nudný
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