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1 loose
[lu:s]1) (not tight; not firmly stretched: a loose coat; This belt is loose.) volný2) (not firmly fixed: This button is loose.) uvolněný3) (not tied; free: The horses are loose in the field.) volně vypuštěný4) (not packed; not in a packet: loose biscuits.) volně ložený•- loosely- looseness
- loosen
- loose-leaf
- break loose
- let loose* * *• vratký• ztratit• rozvázat• odvázat• odpoutat• nezpevněný• nedbalý• nesvázaný -
2 slack
[slæk]1) (loose; not firmly stretched: Leave the rope slack.) volný2) (not firmly in position: He tightened a few slack screws.) uvolněný3) (not strict; careless: He is very slack about getting things done.) nedbalý4) (in industry etc, not busy; inactive: Business has been rather slack lately.) váznoucí•- slacken- slackly
- slackness
- slacks* * *• pomalost -
3 firm
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4 insecure
[insi'kjuə]1) (unsure of oneself or lacking confidence: Whenever he was in a crowd of people he felt anxious and insecure.) nejistý2) (not safe or firmly fixed: This chair-leg is insecure; an insecure lock.) nepevný•- insecurity* * *• riskantní• nechráněný• nejistý -
5 square
[skweə] 1. noun1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) čtverec2) (something in the shape of this.) čtverec3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) náměstí4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) dvojmocnina2. adjective1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) čtvercový; hranatý2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) vyrovnaný3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) čtvereční4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) zastaralý3. adverb1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) v pravém úhlu2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) rovnou4. verb1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) upravit do čtverce2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) vyrovnat3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) být v souladu4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) umocnit•- squared- squarely
- square centimetre
- metre
- square root
- fair and square
- go back to square one
- a square deal* * *• hranatý• náměstí• druhá mocnina• čtverec• čtvereční -
6 stable
I ['steibl] adjective1) (firm and steady or well-balanced: This chair isn't very stable.) pevný, stabilní2) (firmly established and likely to last: a stable government.) pevný, stálý3) ((of a person or his character) unlikely to become unreasonably upset or hysterical: She's the only stable person in the whole family.) vyrovnaný4) ((of a substance) not easily decomposed.) stálý•- stabilize
- stabilise
- stabilization
- stabilisation II ['steibl] noun1) (a building in which horses are kept.) stáj2) ((in plural) a horse-keeping establishment: He runs the riding stables.) stáj, chov* * *• ustálený• pevný• stáj• stálý• stabilní• konírna -
7 uncompromising
(keeping firmly to a particular attitude, policy etc: You should not adopt such an uncompromising attitude.) neústupný* * *• nekompromisní• neústupný -
8 vice
I noun(a kind of strong tool for holding an object firmly, usually between two metal jaws: The carpenter held the piece of wood in a vice; He has a grip like a vice.) svěrákII noun1) (a serious moral fault: Continual lying is a vice.) nectnost2) (a bad habit: Smoking is not one of my vices.) neřest* * *• zlozvyk• svěrák• neřest
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