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1 starch
1. noun1) (a white food substance found especially in flour, potatoes etc: Bread contains starch.) škrob2) (a powder prepared from this, used for stiffening clothes.) škrob2. verb(to stiffen (clothes) with starch.) škrobit- starchy- starchiness* * *• škrob• škrobit -
2 boil
I [boil] verb1) (to turn rapidly from liquid to vapour when heated: I'm boiling the water; The water's boiling.) vařit (se)2) (to cook by boiling in water etc: I've boiled the potatoes.) (u)vařit•- boiler- boiling-point
- boil down to
- boil over II [boil] noun(an inflamed swelling on the skin: His neck is covered with boils.) nežit* * *• vařit• uvařit -
3 jump
1. verb1) (to (cause to) go quickly off the ground with a springing movement: He jumped off the wall / across the puddle / over the fallen tree / into the swimming-pool; Don't jump the horse over that fence!) (pře)skočit; přimět ke skoku2) (to rise; to move quickly (upwards): She jumped to her feet; He jumped into the car.) (v)skočit3) (to make a startled movement: The noise made me jump.) vyskočit4) (to pass over (a gap etc) by bounding: He jumped the stream easily.) přeskočit2. noun1) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) skok2) (an obstacle to be jumped over: Her horse fell at the third jump.) překážka3) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) skok4) (a startled movement: She gave a jump when the door suddenly banged shut.) vyskočení5) (a sudden rise, eg in prices: There has been a jump in the price of potatoes.) náhlý vzestup•- jumpy- jump at
- jump for joy
- jump on
- jump the gun
- jump the queue
- jump to conclusions / jump to the conclusion that
- jump to it* * *• vzestup• skočit• skákat• skok -
4 peel
[pi:l] 1. verb1) (to take off the skin or outer covering of (a fruit or vegetable): She peeled the potatoes.) loupat2) (to take off or come off in small pieces: The paint is beginning to peel (off).) loupat se2. noun(the skin of certain fruits, especially oranges, lemons etc.) kůra, slupka- peeler- peelings* * *• slupka• kůra• loupat se• loupat -
5 space
[speis] 1. noun1) (a gap; an empty or uncovered place: I couldn't find a space for my car.) místo; mezera2) (room; the absence of objects; the area available for use: Have you enough space to turn round?; Is there space for one more?) prostor; vůle3) ((often outer space) the region outside the Earth's atmosphere, in which all stars and other planets etc are situated: travellers through space.) mimozemský prostor2. verb((also space out) to set (things) apart from one another: He spaced the rows of potatoes half a metre apart.) rozmístit- spacing- spacious
- spaciously
- spaciousness
- space-age
- spacecraft
- spaceship
- spacesuit* * *• vesmír• prostranství• prostor• mezera• místo -
6 eke out
1) (to make (a supply of something) last longer eg by adding something else to it: You could eke out the meat with potatoes.) nastavit2) (to manage with difficulty to make (a living, livelihood etc): The artist could scarcely eke out a living from his painting.) protloukat se -
7 strain off
(to remove (liquid) from eg vegetables by using a sieve etc: When the potatoes were cooked, she strained off the water.) scedit
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