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81 bellyache
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82 flag down
past tense, past participle - flagged; verb (to wave at (a car etc) in order to make it stop: We flagged down a taxi.) zastaviť (mávaním) -
83 forswear
[fo:'sweə]past tense - forswore; verb(to give up; to stop: He has forsworn all his bad habits.) odriecť si, zrieknuť sa -
84 picket
['pikit] 1. noun1) ((any one of) a number of people employed at a factory etc who are on strike and who try to persuade workers not to go to work there, not to deliver goods there etc: The men set up a picket to stop lorries getting into the factory; ( also adjective) a picket line.) štrajková hliadka2) (a soldier or a small group of soldiers on special duty, usually to guard against a sudden attack by the enemy: The commander placed pickets at various points round the camp; ( also adjective) picket duty.) stráž; strážny2. verb1) (to place a group of soldiers, strikers etc somewhere as a picket: The strikers' leaders decided to picket the factory; The commander picketed the camp.) postaviť hliadky2) (to act as a picket (at): In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp.) hliadkovať -
85 placate
[plə'keit, ]( American[) 'pleikeit](to stop (an angry person) feeling angry: He placated her with an apology.) uzmieriť -
86 procrastinate
[prə'kræstineit](to delay or put off doing something: Stop procrastinating and do it now!) odkladať -
87 puff
1. noun1) (a small blast of air, wind etc; a gust: A puff of wind moved the branches.) závan2) (any of various kinds of soft, round, light or hollow objects: a powder puff; ( also adjective) puff sleeves.) labutienka; naberaný2. verb1) (to blow in small blasts: Stop puffing cigarette smoke into my face!; He puffed at his pipe.) fúkať; bafkať2) (to breathe quickly, after running etc: He was puffing as he climbed the stairs.) lapať po dychu, prudko dýchať•- puffed- puffy
- puff pastry
- puff out
- puff up
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