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1 way
[wei] 1. noun1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) vchod; východ; priechod2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) cesta, smer, trať3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) ulica4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) ďaleko; kúsok5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) spôsob, metóda6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) ohľad, zreteľ7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) spôsob8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) cesta2. adverb((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) ďaleko, dlho- wayfarer- wayside
- be/get on one's way
- by the way
- fall by the wayside
- get/have one's own way
- get into / out of the way of doing something
- get into / out of the way of something
- go out of one's way
- have a way with
- have it one's own way
- in a bad way
- in
- out of the/someone's way
- lose one's way
- make one's way
- make way for
- make way
- under way
- way of life
- ways and means* * *• vzdialenost• zamestnanie• zvyk• sféra• smer• situácia• stav• spôsob• susedstvo• ulica• dosah• hladisko• cestovanie• cesta• chodník• rozsah• povolanie• postup• pokrok• metóda• mrav• okolie• odbor• odvetvie• okruh• oblast• ohlad• obycaj -
2 follow up
1) (to go further in doing something: The police are following up a clue.) sledovať ďalej2) (to find out more about (something): I followed up the news.) hľadať ďalšie podrobnosti (o)* * *• sledovat -
3 might
I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) možno2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) mohol by3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) mohol by aspoň•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) moc, sila- mighty- mightily
- mightiness* * *• smel by• sila• mohol by• moc -
4 practical
['præktikəl]1) (concerned with the doing of something: practical difficulties; His knowledge is practical rather than theoretical.) praktický2) ((of a thing, idea etc) useful; effective: You must try to find a practical answer to the problem.) užitočný3) ((negative unpractical) (of a person) able to do or deal with things well or efficiently: He can look after himself - he's a very practical child.) praktický•- practically
- practical joke* * *• praktický -
5 surprise
1. noun((the feeling caused by) something sudden or unexpected: His statement caused some surprise; Your letter was a pleasant surprise; There were some nasty surprises waiting for her when she returned; He stared at her in surprise; To my surprise the door was unlocked; ( also adjective) He paid them a surprise visit.) prekvapenie; neočakávaný2. verb1) (to cause to feel surprise: The news surprised me.) prekvapiť2) (to lead, by means of surprise, into doing something: Her sudden question surprised him into betraying himself.) prekvapiť (tak, že...)3) (to find, come upon, or attack, without warning: They surprised the enemy from the rear.) prepadnúť•- surprising
- surprisingly
- take by surprise* * *• útok• úžas• žasnút• zaútocit• údiv• prepadnút• prekvapovat• prekvapenie• premôct• prekvapivý pokrm• prepadnutie• prekvapit• byt prekvapením• byt prekvapený• divit sa• chytit• dobyt• nachytat• náhle zaútocit• napadnút• neocakávane sa objavit -
6 catch red-handed
(to find (a person) in the act of doing wrong: The police caught the thief red-handed.) chytiť pri čine -
7 make heavy weather of
(to find surprising difficulty in doing: He said he'd finish the job in half an hour, but he's making rather heavy weather of it.) poriadne sa zapotiť
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