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1 meals on wheels
(free meals delivered by car etc to the elderly and the sick.) donáška jedla -
2 board
[bo:d] 1. noun1) (a strip of timber: The floorboards of the old house were rotten.) doska2) (a flat piece of wood etc for a special purpose: notice-board; chessboard.) doska3) (meals: board and lodging.) plná penzia4) (an official group of persons administering an organization etc: the board of directors.) rada2. verb1) (to enter, or get on to (a vehicle, ship, plane etc): This is where we board the bus.) nastúpiť do2) (to live temporarily and take meals (in someone else's house): He boards at Mrs Smith's during the week.) stravovať sa•- boarder- boarding-house
- boarding-school
- across the board
- go by the board* * *• výbor• stravovat (sa)• stôl• tabula• doska• riadenie• rada• pult• panel• paluba• lepenka• nastúpit -
3 meal
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4 between
[bi'twi:n]1) (in, to, through or across the space dividing two people, places, times etc: between the car and the pavement; between 2 o'clock and 2.30; between meals.) medzi2) (concerning the relationship of two things or people: the difference between right and wrong.) medzi3) (by the combined action of; working together: They managed it between them.) medzi4) (part to one (person or thing), part to (the other): Divide the chocolate between you.) medzi•* * *• medzi dvomi• medzi -
5 boarder
noun (a person who temporarily lives, and takes his meals, in someone else's house.) stravník* * *• žiak v internáte• stravník -
6 boarding-house
noun (a house where people live and take meals as paying guests.) penzión* * *• ubytovna• penzión -
7 cafe
['kæfei, ]( American[) kæ'fei](a (usually small) shop where meals and (non-alcoholic) drinks are served.) kaviareň* * *• kabaret• káva• bar• biela káva• lacná ludová reštaurácia• nocný lokál -
8 canteen
[kæn'ti:n]1) (a place where meals are sold in a factory, barracks etc.) kantína, (vojenská študentská) jedáleň2) (a case for, or of, cutlery.) kazeta s príborom3) (a small container used by soldiers for holding water etc.) poľná fľaša, ešus* * *• vojenský ešus• závodná jedálen• jedálna miska• kantína• jedálen• bufet• polná flaša• menza -
9 gobble
['ɡobl]1) (to swallow food etc quickly: You'll be sick if you keep gobbling your meals like that.) hltať2) ((of turkeys) to make a noise in the throat: We could hear the turkeys gobbling in the farmyard.) hudrovať* * *• hudrat• pažravo hltat -
10 hearty
1) (very friendly: a hearty welcome.) srdečný2) (enthusiastic: a hearty cheer.) vrelý3) (very cheerful; too cheerful: a hearty person/laugh.) veselý4) ((of meals) large: He ate a hearty breakfast.) výdatný5) ((of a person's appetite) large.) poriadny* * *• vydatný• srdecný• dôkladný• riadny -
11 marvel
1. noun(something or someone astonishing or wonderful: the marvels of the circus; She's a marvel at producing delicious meals.) zázrak, div2. verb((often with at) to feel astonishment or wonder (at): They marvelled at the fantastic sight.) obdivovať- marvellously* * *• vzor• zázrak• príklad• cudo• div• divit sa• cudovat sa -
12 napkin
['næpkin]1) ((also table napkin) a small piece of cloth or paper for protecting the clothes from drips etc and for wiping the lips at meals.) servítka2) (full form of nappy.) plienka* * *• servítok• plienka• obrúsok -
13 on demand
(when asked for: I'm expected to supply meals on demand.) na požiadanie* * *• podla volby• na požiadanie -
14 restaurant
['restront, ]( American[) -tərənt](a place where meals may be bought and eaten.) reštaurácia* * *• reštaurácia -
15 skimp
[skimp]1) ((with on) to take, spend, use, give etc too little or only just enough: She skimped on meals in order to send her son to college.) šetriť2) (to do (a job) imperfectly: He's inclined to skimp his work.) pracovať (povrchne)•- skimpy- skimpily
- skimpiness* * *• žobrácky• šetrit• sotva dostacujúci• slabý• skúpy• tesný• tenký• fušovat• držat nakrátko• byt lakomý• chudý• pracovat lajdácky• lakomý• mizerný• malicherne šetrit -
16 stodgy
1) ((of meals etc) consisting of stodge: stodgy food.) ťažký, nestráviteľný2) ((of people, books etc) dull; not lively.) nezáživný* * *• staromódny• tažko strávitelný• fádny• banálny• podsaditý• nestrávitelný• nezaujímavý• nezáživný• nemotorný• nudný -
17 table
['teibl]1) (a piece of furniture consisting of a flat, horizontal surface on legs used eg to put food on at meals, or for some games: Put all the plates on the table.) stôl2) (a statement of facts or figures arranged in columns etc: The results of the experiments can be seen in table 5.) tabuľka, stĺpec3) (the people sitting at a table: The whole table heard what he said.) stôl•- table linen
- tablespoon
- tablespoonful
- table tennis
- lay/set the table* * *• zaradit do tabulky• zostavit tabulku• tabulka• stôl• stolcek• tabula• priemetna• doska• dlan• planina• polovica• položit na stôl• povrch ihriska• konferencia• lemovat• obrazová plocha -
18 au pair
[,ou 'pə(r)](a young person from abroad employed by a family to look after the children and help with the housework in return for room, meals, pocket money and an opportunity to learn the language: a French au pair; an au pair girl.) mladá opatrovkyňa detí v cudzej krajine -
19 heartburn
noun (a burning feeling in the chest caused by indigestion: She suffers from heartburn after meals.) pálenie záhy -
20 keep back
1) (not to (allow to) move forward: She kept the child back on the edge of the crowd; Every body keep back from the door!) držať (sa) vzadu2) (not to tell or make known: I feel he's keeping the real story back for some reason.) skrývať, zatajiť3) (not to give or pay out: Part of my allowance is kept back to pay for my meals; Will they keep it back every week?) dávať bokom
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