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1 ridiculous
[rə'dikjuləs] 1. adjective(very silly; deserving to be laughed at: That's a ridiculous suggestion; You look ridiculous in that hat!) směšný- ridiculousness
- ridicule 2. noun(laughter at someone or something; mockery: Despite the ridicule of his neighbours he continued to build a spaceship in his garden.) posměch* * *• směšný -
2 at the expense of
1) (being paid for by; at the cost of: He equipped the expedition at his own expense; At the expense of his health he finally completed the work.) na útraty; na úkor2) (making (a person) appear ridiculous: He told a joke at his wife's expense.) na účet -
3 sight
1. noun1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) zrak2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) dohled3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) pozoruhodnost4) (a view or glimpse.) pohled5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) podívaná6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) muška2. verb1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) spatřit2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) namířit•- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of* * *• zrak• památka• pamětihodnost -
4 farce
1) (a (kind of) comic play in which both the characters and the events shown are improbable and ridiculous: The play is a classic farce.) fraška2) (any funny or stupid situation in real life: The meeting was an absolute farce.) fraška, komedie•- farcical* * *• fraška -
5 come on
1) (to appear on stage or the screen: They waited for the comedian to come on.) vystoupit (o herci)2) (hurry up!: Come on - we'll be late for the party!) spěchat, pospíšit si3) (don't be ridiculous!: Come on, you don't really expect me to believe that!) ale no tak; ale jdi* * *• pospíšit si• rozběhnout se• nastat• objevit se• blížit se -
6 mimic
['mimik] 1. past tense, past participle - mimicked; verb(to imitate (someone or something), especially with the intention of making him or it appear ridiculous or funny: The comedian mimicked the Prime Minister's way of speaking.) napodobit2. noun(a person who mimics: Children are often good mimics.) napodobitel, -ka- mimicry* * *• imitátor• napodobit -
7 caricature
['kærikətjuə](a drawing or imitation (of someone or something) which is so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous: Caricatures of politicians appear in the newspapers every day.) karikatura* * *• karikovat• karikatura -
8 farcical
adjective (completely ridiculous, and therefore usually humorous: The whole idea was farcical.) směšný, groteskní* * *• fraškovitý -
9 fright
1) (a sudden fear: the noise gave me a terrible fright.) úlek, zděšení2) (a person who looks ridiculous: She looks a fright in those clothes.) strašák•- frighten
- frightened
- frightful
- frightening
- frightfully
- take fright* * *• vystrašit• zděšení• leknutí -
10 laugh at
(to make it obvious that one regards something or someone as humorous, ridiculous or deserving scorn: Everyone will laugh at me if I wear that dress!; The others laughed at his fears.) vysmívat se* * *• vysmívat se -
11 nonsense
['nons'ns, ]( American[) -sens](foolishness; foolish words, actions etc; something that is ridiculous: He's talking nonsense; The whole book is a lot of nonsense; What nonsense!) nesmysl* * *• nesmysl -
12 make a fool of oneself
(to act in such a way that people consider one ridiculous or stupid: She made a fool of herself at the party.) zesměšnit se
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