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1 mercy
['mə:si]plural - mercies; noun1) (kindness towards a person, especially an enemy, who is in one's power: He showed his enemies no mercy.) slitování2) (a piece of good luck or something for which one should be grateful: It was a mercy that it didn't rain.) štěstí•- merciful- mercifully
- merciless
- mercilessly
- at the mercy of
- have mercy on* * *• milosrdenství• milost -
2 mercy killing
• euthanasie -
3 at the mercy of
(wholly in the power of, liable to be harmed by: A sailor is at the mercy of the sea.) vydaný na milost -
4 have mercy on
(to give kindness to (an enemy etc who is in one's power): Have mercy on me!) mít soucit s -
5 grace
[ɡreis] 1. noun1) (beauty of form or movement: The dancer's movements had very little grace.) půvab2) (a sense of what is right: At least he had the grace to leave after his dreadful behaviour.) slušnost3) (a short prayer of thanks for a meal.) modlitba při jídle4) (a delay allowed as a favour: You should have paid me today but I'll give you a day's grace.) odklad5) (the title of a duke, duchess or archbishop: Your/His Grace.) milost6) (mercy: by the grace of God.) milost•- graceful- gracefully
- gracefulness
- gracious 2. interjection(an exclamation of surprise.) proboha!- graciousness
- with a good/bad grace
- with good/bad grace* * *• ušlechtilost• půvab• grácie• milost• milosrdenství• ctnost -
6 knee
[ni:]1) (the joint at the bend of the leg: He fell and cut his knee; The child sat on her father's knee; She was on her knees weeding the garden; He fell on his knees and begged for mercy.) koleno2) (the part of an article of clothing covering this joint: He has a hole in the knee of his trousers.) koleno•- kneecap- knee-deep* * *• koleno -
7 merciless
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8 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) čtvrtina, čtvrt2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) čtvrťák3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) čtvrť4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) strana, směr5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) milost6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) čtvrtina7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) čtvrť8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) čtvrtina9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) trimestr2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) (roz)čtvrtit2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) dělit čtyřmi3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) ubytovat•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) čtvrtletně4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) čtvrtletník- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters* * *• ubytovat• rozčtvrtit• kvartál• čtvrtdolar• čtvrt• čtvrtina -
9 show
[ʃəu] 1. past tense - showed; verb1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) ukázat2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) být vidět3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) hrát; ukazovat4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) ukázat5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) dovést, provést6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) ukázat7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) ukazovat8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) prokázat2. noun1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) výstava, hra, revue2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) demonstrování, ukázka3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) zdání, dojem4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) pohled, efekt5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) výkon•- showy- showiness
- show-business
- showcase
- showdown
- showground
- show-jumping
- showman
- showroom
- give the show away
- good show!
- on show
- show off
- show up* * *• ukazovat• ukázat• výstava• podívaná• předvést• prokazovat• projevovat• projevit• představení• promítat• show/showed/showed• show/showed/shown• show• jevit• objevit -
10 spare
[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) obejít se bez2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) vyšetřit (si)3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) ušetřit4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) šetřit (někoho)5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) šetřit, litovat6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) ušetřit2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) rezervní2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) volný3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) náhradní díl2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) náhradní pneumatika•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
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11 supplicant
(a person begging humbly and earnestly eg for mercy.) prosebník, -ice* * *• žadatel• prosebník• snažně prosící• modlící se -
12 temper
['tempə] 1. noun1) (a state of mind; a mood or humour: He's in a bad temper.) nálada2) (a tendency to become (unpleasant when) angry: He has a terrible temper.) povaha3) (a state of anger: She's in a temper.) zlost2. verb1) (to bring metal to the right degree of hardness by heating and cooling: The steel must be carefully tempered.) popouštět, kalit2) (to soften or make less severe: One must try to temper justice with mercy.) mírnit•- - tempered- keep one's temper
- lose one's temper* * *• vznětlivost• vztek• zmírnit• rozpoložení -
13 mercies
plural; see mercy
См. также в других словарях:
Mercy — (engl: Gnade, Mitleid, Barmherzigkeit) bezeichnet: Personen: Claudius Florimund Mercy (1666–1734), kaiserlicher Feldmarschall Dominique Mercy (* 1950), französischer Tänzer und Choreograf Eugéne Guillaume Alexis, Graf von Mercy Argenteau (1743… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Mercy — [mɛr si], 1) Anton Graf Mercy d Argenteau [ darʒã to], österreichischer Feldmarschall, * Lothringen 20. 11. 1692, ✝ Osijek 22. 1. 1767, Neffe und Adoptivsohn von 2); kämpfte im Türkenkrieg 1737 39 und im Österreichen Erbfolgekrieg (1740/1741 … Universal-Lexikon
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mercy — ► NOUN (pl. mercies) 1) compassion or forgiveness shown towards an enemy or offender in one s power. 2) something to be grateful for. 3) (before another noun ) motivated by compassion: a mercy killing. ► EXCLAMATION archaic ▪ used to express… … English terms dictionary
mercy — index benevolence (disposition to do good), clemency, condonation, consideration (sympathetic regard), humanity (humaneness), lenience, pity … Law dictionary
Mercy — f English: 1 From the vocabulary word denoting the quality of magnanimity, and in particular God s forgiveness of sinners, a quality much prized in Christian tradition. The word is derived from Latin mercēs, which originally meant ‘wages’ or… … First names dictionary
mercy — (n.) late 12c., God s forgiveness of his creatures offenses, from O.Fr. mercit, merci (9c.) reward, gift; kindness, grace, pity, from L. mercedem (nom. merces) reward, wages, pay hire (in V.L. favor, pity ), from merx (gen. mercis) wares,… … Etymology dictionary
Mercy — Mercy, 1) Franz v. M., geb. in Longwy in Lothringen, trat in baierische Dienste u. stieg bald zum General; er befehligte 1640 u. 41 ein liguistisches Corps am Niederrhein, wurde bei Kempten 1642 geschlagen u. nebst Lamboi gefangen, aber bald… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
