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1 black box
(a built-in machine for automatic recording of the details of a plane's flight: They found the black box two miles away from the wreckage of the crashed plane.) černá skříňka* * *• černá skříňka -
2 switch
[swi ] 1. noun1) (a small lever, handle or other device eg for putting or turning an electric current on or off: The switch is down when the power is on and up when it's off; He couldn't find the light-switch.) vypínač, spínač2) (an act of turning or changing: After several switches of direction they found themselves on the right road.) odbočení, změna3) (a thin stick.) proutek, hůlka2. verb(to change, turn: He switched the lever to the `off' position; Let's switch over to another programme; Having considered that problem, they switched their attention to other matters.) přepnout, obrátit- switchboard
- switch on/off* * *• vypínač -
3 find out
1) (to discover: I found out what was troubling her.) zjistit2) (to discover the truth (about someone), usually that he has done wrong: He had been stealing for years, but eventually they found him out.) přistihnout, vypátrat* * *• zjišťovat• zjistit -
4 fight
1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) bojovat, zápasit2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) bojovat (proti)3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) hádat se2. noun1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) boj, rvačka2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) boj3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) bojovnost4) (a boxing-match.) zápas (v boxu)•- fighter- fight back
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight one's way
- fight shy of
- put up a good fight* * *• potírat• spor• fight/fought/fought• bojovat -
5 hoax
[həuks] 1. noun(a trick played to deceive people: There wasn't a bomb in the school at all - it was just a hoax.) podvod, falešná zpráva2. verb(to trick: They found that they had been hoaxed.) napálit* * *• vystřelit si• podvodně nabytá věc• podvod• švindl• falešná zpráva• namluvit• napálit -
6 pension off
(to allow to retire, or to dismiss, with a pension: They pensioned him off when they found a younger man for the job.) penzionovat* * *• penzionovat• poslat do důchodu -
7 stowaway
noun (a person who stows away: They found a stowaway on the ship.) černý pasažér* * *• černý pasažér -
8 small arms
(weapons small and light enough to be carried by a man: They found a hoard of rifles and other small arms belonging to the rebels.) ruční zbraně -
9 trial and error
(the trying of various methods, alternatives etc until the right one happens to appear or be found: They didn't know how to put in a central-heating system, but they managed it by trial and error.) zkoušení -
10 mutiny
['mju:tini] 1. plural - mutinies; noun((a) refusal to obey one's senior officers in the navy or other armed services: There has been a mutiny on HMS Tigress; The sailors were found guilty of mutiny.) vzpoura2. verb((of sailors etc) to refuse to obey commands from those in authority: The sailors mutinied because they did not have enough food.) vzbouřit se- mutineer- mutinous* * *• vzpoura -
11 as for
(with regard to; concerning: The thief was caught by the police almost immediately: As for the stolen jewels, they were found in a dustbin.) pokud jde o -
12 strike oil
(to find oil under the ground: After drilling for several months, they finally struck oil; We've struck oil (= found what we have been looking for) in our search for a suitable house.) narazit na ropu
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