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1 against
[ə'ɡenst]1) (in opposition to: They fought against the enemy; Dropping litter is against the law (= illegal).) proti2) (in contrast to: The trees were black against the evening sky.) (o)proti3) (touching or in contact with: He stood with his back against the wall; The rain beat against the window.) proti, do4) (in order to protect against: vaccination against tuberculosis.) proti* * *• proti• oproti -
2 discourage
1) (to take away the confidence, hope etc of: His lack of success discouraged him.) odradit, zbavit odvahy2) (to try to prevent (by showing disapproval etc): She discouraged all his attempts to get to know her.) bránit, chtít zabránit3) ((with from) to persuade against: The rain discouraged him from going camping.) odrazovat od•* * *• zastrašit• odrazovat• odradit -
3 hit
[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) udeřit se2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) odpálit3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) postihnout4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) zasáhnout; dosáhnout2. noun1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) zásah2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) úspěšný zásah3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) hit; populární•- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
- make a hit with* * *• udeřit uhodit• trefit• udeřit• uhodit• zasáhnout• hit/hit/hit• hit• narazit• bít• bil -
4 hold off
1) ((of weather) to stay away: I hope the rain holds off.) nespustit, nepřijít2) (to keep off; to fight successfully against: The soldiers managed to hold off the enemy.) zadržet, odrazit* * *• zpozdit• zdržovat• odsunout• odložit• odkládat -
5 hope
[həup] 1. verb(to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) doufat2. noun1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) naděje2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) naděje3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) naděje•- hopeful- hopefulness
- hopefully
- hopeless
- hopelessly
- hopelessness
- hope against hope
- hope for the best
- not have a hope
- not a hope
- raise someone's hopes* * *• naděje• doufat -
6 shelter
['ʃeltə] 1. noun1) (protection against wind, rain, enemies etc: We gave the old man shelter for the night.) ochrana, úkryt2) (a building etc designed to give such protection: a bus-shelter.) útulek, chata, přístřeší2. verb1) (to be in, or go into, a place of shelter: He sheltered from the storm.) ukrýt se2) (to give protection: That line of trees shelters my garden.) chránit•* * *• ukrýt• úkryt• přístřešek• skrýš• skrývat• okop• krýt• kryt• bouda• budka• bunkr• bezpečí
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