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  • 1 in association with

    (together with: We are acting in association with the London branch of our firm.) v spojení s

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  • 2 secure

    [si'kjuə] 1. adjective
    1) ((often with against or from) safe; free from danger, loss etc: Is your house secure against burglary?; He went on holiday, secure in the knowledge that he had done well in the exam.) bezpečný; pokojný
    2) (firm, fastened, or fixed: Is that door secure?) pevný
    3) (definite; not likely to be lost: She has had a secure offer of a job; He has a secure job.) zaručený, istý
    2. verb
    1) ((with against or from (something bad)) to guarantee or make safe: Keep your jewellery in the bank to secure it against theft.) zabezpečiť
    2) (to fasten or make firm: He secured the boat with a rope.) prizvať
    - security
    - security risk
    * * *
    • uväznit
    • v bezpecí
    • zabezpecit
    • zabránit
    • zabezpecený
    • zaistit
    • zarucený
    • zastavit krvácanie
    • zadovážit si
    • zadovážit
    • získat si
    • zaistený
    • zohnat
    • solídny
    • spolahlivý
    • upevnený
    • urcitý
    • upevnit
    • upevnovat
    • prestat pracovat
    • priviazaný
    • prepustit
    • dosiahnut
    • dostat
    • istý
    • bezpecný
    • bez starostí
    • bez obáv
    • bezstarostný
    • docielit co
    • dat volno
    • pevný
    • pevne zavriet
    • poistit
    • podviazat cievu
    • pokojný
    • poistený
    • koniec poplachu
    • nic netušiaci
    • ochránit
    • obstarat si
    • obsadit

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  • 3 grip

    [ɡrip] 1. past tense, past participle - gripped; verb
    (to take a firm hold of: He gripped his stick; The speaker gripped (the attention of) his audience.) zovrieť; upútať
    2. noun
    1) (a firm hold: He had a firm grip on his stick; He has a very strong grip; in the grip of the storm.) zovretie
    2) (a bag used by travellers: He carried his sports equipment in a large grip.) taška
    3) (understanding: He has a good grip of the subject.) pochopenie
    - come to grips with
    - lose one's grip
    * * *
    • zovriet
    • stisknutie
    • stisk
    • svorka
    • uchopit
    • uchopenie
    • držadlo
    • rúcka

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  • 4 boycott

    ['boikot] 1. verb
    (to refuse to have any dealings with (a firm, country etc).) bojkotovať
    2. noun
    (a refusal to deal with a firm etc.) bojkot
    * * *
    • bojkotovat

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  • 5 invest

    I [in'vest] verb
    ((with in) to put (money) into (a firm or business) usually by buying shares in it, in order to make a profit: He invested (two hundred dollars) in a building firm.) investovať
    - investor II [in'vest] verb
    (to establish (a person) officially in a position of authority etc: The governor will be invested next week.) uviesť do úradu
    * * *
    • vkladat
    • vložit
    • vydávat
    • vybavit
    • vynaložit
    • vydat
    • udelit
    • investovat
    • oblahnút (mesto)
    • obliehat
    • obklopovat
    • odievat (koho)
    • odiet (koho)
    • obklúcit
    • obdarit

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  • 6 trust

    1. verb
    1) (to have confidence or faith; to believe: She trusted (in) him.) dôverovať, veriť
    2) (to give (something to someone), believing that it will be used well and responsibly: I can't trust him with my car; I can't trust my car to him.) zveriť
    3) (to hope or be confident (that): I trust (that) you had / will have a good journey.) dúfať
    2. noun
    1) (belief or confidence in the power, reality, truth, goodness etc of a person or thing: The firm has a great deal of trust in your ability; trust in God.) dôvera, viera
    2) (charge or care; responsibility: The child was placed in my trust.) opatera
    3) (a task etc given to a person by someone who believes that they will do it, look after it etc well: He holds a position of trust in the firm.) zodpovednosť
    4) (arrangement(s) by which something (eg money) is given to a person to use in a particular way, or to keep until a particular time: The money was to be held in trust for his children; ( also adjective) a trust fund) poručníctvo
    5) (a group of business firms working together: The companies formed a trust.) trust
    - trustworthy
    - trustworthiness
    - trusty
    - trustily
    - trustiness
    * * *
    • verit
    • úver
    • zodpovednost
    • zverovat
    • zverit
    • spoliehanie
    • trust
    • dôverovat
    • dôvera
    • dovolit
    • dúfat
    • dovolovat
    • byt presvedcený
    • opatrovníctvo
    • porucníctvo
    • povinnost
    • nádej

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  • 7 fix

    [fiks] 1. verb
    1) (to make firm or steady: He fixed the post firmly in the ground; He fixed his eyes on the door.) upevniť; uprieť
    2) (to attach; to join: He fixed the shelf to the wall.) pripevniť
    3) (to mend or repair: He has succeeded in fixing my watch.) opraviť
    4) (to direct (attention, a look etc) at: She fixed all her attention on me.) zamerať
    5) ((often with up) to arrange; to settle: to fix a price; We fixed (up) a meeting.) stanoviť; dohodnúť
    6) (to make (something) permanent by the use of certain chemicals: to fix a photgraphic print.) ustáliť
    7) (to prepare; to get ready: I'll fix dinner tonight.) pripraviť
    2. noun
    (trouble; a difficulty: I'm in a terrible fix!) nepríjemnosť
    - fixed
    - fixedly
    - fixture
    - fix on
    - fix someone up with something
    - fix up with something
    - fix someone up with
    - fix up with
    * * *
    • ustálit sa
    • vyriadit si to
    • zabit
    • zariadit
    • zafixovat
    • zaznamenat
    • zameranie polohy
    • zasadit
    • zaistit
    • zamknút
    • zostavit
    • zorganizovat
    • spevnit sa
    • skrotit
    • sfalšovat
    • strik
    • stav
    • stanovit
    • sústredit
    • upevnit sa
    • upravit
    • upriet zrak
    • usadit
    • upevnit
    • upnút pozornost
    • uprene hladiet
    • uložit
    • upútat
    • usadit sa
    • tažká situácia
    • pripútat k miestu
    • pripevnit
    • fixovat
    • dávka drogy
    • dat do poriadku
    • dat dokopy
    • dat drogu
    • dohodnút sa
    • rozriešit
    • rozhodnút sa
    • plánovat
    • pevne uzavriet
    • podplatit
    • podvodne manipulovat
    • podvodne získat
    • nastavit
    • nespustit z ocí

    English-Slovak dictionary > fix

  • 8 screw

    [skru:] 1. noun
    1) (a type of nail that is driven into something by a firm twisting action: I need four strong screws for fixing the cupboard to the wall.) skrutka
    2) (an action of twisting a screw etc: He tightened it by giving it another screw.) otočenie skrutky
    2. verb
    1) (to fix, or be fixed, with a screw or screws: He screwed the handle to the door; The handle screws on with these screws.) (za)skrutkovať
    2) (to fix or remove, or be fixed or removed, with a twisting movement: Make sure that the hook is fully screwed in; He screwed off the lid.) (za / od)skrutkovať
    3) ((slang, vulgar) to fuck; to have sex (with).) súložiť
    4) ((slang) to cheat or take advantage of: They screwed you - these are not real diamonds.) oklamať, podviesť
    - be/get screwed
    - have a screw loose
    - put the screws on
    - screw up
    - screw up one's courage
    * * *
    • utahovanie skrutky
    • vreteno
    • vrtula
    • utahaný kôn
    • vrtula lietadla
    • utlacovat
    • vrtulový
    • vôl (slang.)
    • vystavit tlaku
    • vymackat
    • vytlacit
    • vycicat
    • vývrtka
    • vytlácat
    • vyklopit
    • za mak
    • vydriduch
    • vysolit
    • vypadnút
    • vyžmýkat
    • zatocit
    • zaskrutkovanie
    • závitok
    • zaskrutkovat
    • závitovka
    • zmiznút
    • zovriet skrutkou
    • zotriet
    • skrivenie
    • skrutkový závit
    • špirála
    • skrútenie
    • šetrit
    • skrutkovica
    • skrutkovat
    • škrtit
    • skrutka
    • stiahnut skrutkou
    • sprdnút
    • strážnik
    • súložit
    • tocená lopta
    • tocit sa
    • tlak
    • tlacit
    • priskrutkovat
    • pritahovat
    • pritiahnut strunu
    • pripevnit skrutkou
    • privriet oko
    • falš (šport.)
    • herka
    • gáža
    • falšovaná lopta (šport.)
    • driet
    • hlupák (slang.)
    • klúc
    • hnat
    • hnat vrtulou
    • byt lakomý
    • bachár
    • otocit vretenom
    • otácat sa
    • plat
    • otocenie skrutkou
    • pokrútenie
    • pohánaný vrtulou
    • policajt
    • pohybovat sa skrutkou
    • povolit strunu
    • lodná skrutka
    • krútit sa
    • kúsok
    • kovboj
    • krútenie
    • lakomec
    • mackat
    • lod pohánaná skrutkou
    • mucit palcovnicou
    • mzda
    • naladit
    • nerád zaplatit
    • naskrutkovat
    • odstredit
    • oklamat
    • okradnút

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  • 9 set

    [set] 1. present participle - setting; verb
    1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) položiť
    2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) prestrieť
    3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) určiť
    4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) dať
    5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) prinútiť
    6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) zapadať
    7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) stuhnúť
    8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) nastaviť
    9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) upraviť
    10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) zasadiť
    11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) napraviť
    2. adjective
    1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) stanovený
    2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) rozhodnutý
    3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) premyslený
    4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) ustrnutý
    5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) vyhranený
    6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) vykladaný
    3. noun
    1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) sada, súbor
    2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) prijímač
    3) (a group of people: the musical set.) skupina
    4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) úprava (vlasov)
    5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) scéna
    6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) set
    - setback
    - set phrase
    - set-square
    - setting-lotion
    - set-to
    - set-up
    - all set
    - set about
    - set someone against someone
    - set against someone
    - set someone against
    - set against
    - set aside
    - set back
    - set down
    - set in
    - set off
    - set something or someone on someone
    - set on someone
    - set something or someone on
    - set on
    - set out
    - set to
    - set up
    - set up camp
    - set up house
    - set up shop
    - set upon
    * * *
    • vsadit
    • vyregulovat
    • vyhasnút
    • zasychat
    • zatlct
    • zasadit
    • zapadnút (o slnci)
    • zošlachtit
    • situovat
    • skupina
    • sada
    • sformovat
    • súbor
    • súprava
    • stuhnút
    • stavat
    • umiestnit
    • usadit sa
    • primontovat
    • pritlacit
    • prístroj
    • pripravit sa
    • garnitúra
    • klesnút na obzor
    • aparát
    • dat niekde
    • dat
    • rozmiestnit
    • postavit
    • položit
    • množina
    • nastavit (hodiny)
    • nastavenie
    • nastavit
    • narovnat

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  • 10 contract

    1. [kən'trækt] verb
    1) (to make or become smaller, less, shorter, tighter etc: Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled; `I am' is often contracted to `I'm'; Muscles contract.) sťahovať (sa)
    2) ( to promise legally in writing: They contracted to supply us with cable.) zmluvne sa zaviazať
    3) (to become infected with (a disease): He contracted malaria.) nakaziť sa
    4) (to promise (in marriage).) sľúbiť
    2. ['kontrækt] noun
    (a legal written agreement: He has a four-year contract (of employment) with us; The firm won a contract for three new aircraft.) zmluva
    - contractor
    * * *
    • uzavriet zmluvu
    • zmenšit
    • zmluva
    • zmenšit (sa)
    • skrátit
    • stiahnut
    • dohoda
    • kontrakt

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  • 11 hard

    1. adjective
    1) (firm; solid; not easy to break, scratch etc: The ground is too hard to dig.) tvrdý
    2) (not easy to do, learn, solve etc: Is English a hard language to learn?; He is a hard man to please.) ťažký
    3) (not feeling or showing kindness: a hard master.) prísny
    4) ((of weather) severe: a hard winter.) drsný
    5) (having or causing suffering: a hard life; hard times.) ťažký
    6) ((of water) containing many chemical salts and so not easily forming bubbles when soap is added: The water is hard in this part of the country.) tvrdý
    2. adverb
    1) (with great effort: He works very hard; Think hard.) usilovne
    2) (with great force; heavily: Don't hit him too hard; It was raining hard.) silno
    3) (with great attention: He stared hard at the man.) uprene
    4) (to the full extent; completely: The car turned hard right.) úplne
    - hardness
    - hardship
    - hard-and-fast
    - hard-back
    - hard-boiled
    - harddisk
    - hard-earned
    - hard-headed
    - hard-hearted
    - hardware
    - hard-wearing
    - be hard on
    - hard at it
    - hard done by
    - hard lines/luck
    - hard of hearing
    - a hard time of it
    - a hard time
    - hard up
    * * *
    • tvrdý
    • tažký
    • usilovne
    • tvrdo
    • tažko
    • prísny
    • pevný
    • krutý
    • namáhavý
    • namáhavo

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  • 12 stiff

    [stif]
    1) (rigid or firm, and not easily bent, folded etc: He has walked with a stiff leg since he injured his knee; stiff cardboard.) tuhý; tvrdý
    2) (moving, or moved, with difficulty, pain etc: I can't turn the key - the lock is stiff; I woke up with a stiff neck; I felt stiff the day after the climb.) stuhnutý, zdrevenelý
    3) ((of a cooking mixture etc) thick, and not flowing: a stiff dough.) tuhý
    4) (difficult to do: a stiff examination.) prísny, ťažký
    5) (strong: a stiff breeze.) ostrý
    6) ((of a person or his manner etc) formal and unfriendly: I received a stiff note from the bank manager.) strohý
    - stiffness
    - stiffen
    - stiffening
    - bore
    - scare stiff
    * * *
    • vycerpávajúci
    • zdržanlivý
    • zdrevenený
    • zle pohyblivý
    • škrobený
    • silný
    • stuhnutý
    • stuha
    • strnulý
    • tvrdý
    • tažký
    • tvrdo
    • tuhý
    • upätý
    • prísny
    • drsný
    • hrdý
    • hustý
    • chladný
    • pyšný
    • ostrý
    • meravý
    • mrtvola
    • moták
    • nepoddajný
    • namáhavý
    • nepravdepodobný
    • neohybný
    • neprívetivý
    • nepohodlný
    • neoblomný
    • nepohyblivý
    • odmeraný

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  • 13 goodwill

    1) (the good reputation and trade with customers that a business firm has: We are selling the goodwill along with the shop.) zákazníci
    2) (friendliness: He has always shown a good deal of goodwill towards us.) dobrá vôľa
    * * *
    • priazen
    • dobrá vôla
    • povest
    • povest firmy
    • náklonnost
    • ochota

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  • 14 gum

    I noun
    ((usually in plural) the firm flesh in which the teeth grow.) ďasno
    II 1. noun
    1) (a sticky juice got from some trees and plants.) živica
    2) (a glue: We can stick these pictures into the book with gum.) lepidlo
    3) (a type of sweet: a fruit gum.) gumený cukrík
    4) (chewing-gum: He chews gum when he is working.) žuvačka
    2. verb
    (to glue with gum: I'll gum this bit on to the other one.) zlepiť
    - gumminess
    * * *
    • prilepit
    • guma
    • gumovat
    • dasno
    • lep
    • ocný sliz

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  • 15 hire

    1. verb
    1) ((often with from) to get the use of by paying money: He's hiring a car (from us) for the week.) (pre)najať si
    2) ((often with out) to give (someone) the use of in exchange for money: Will you hire me your boat for the week-end?; Does this firm hire out cars?) prenajať
    3) ((especially American) to employ (a workman etc): They have hired a team of labourers to dig the road.) najať si (pracovné sily)
    2. noun
    ((money paid for) hiring: Is this hall for hire?; How much is the hire of the hall?; We don't own this crane - it's on hire.) prenájom, prenajatie; nájomné
    - hire-purchase
    * * *
    • prenajat si
    • nájom
    • najat

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  • 16 jelly

    ['‹eli]
    plural - jellies; noun
    1) (the juice of fruit boiled with sugar until it is firm, used like jam, or served with meat.) želé
    2) (a transparent, smooth food, usually fruit-flavoured: I've made raspberry jelly for the party.) želé
    3) (any jelly-like substance: Frogs' eggs are enclosed in a kind of jelly.) želé
    4) ((American) same as jam I.)
    * * *
    • žlc
    • želé
    • zmrazit
    • zmrazovat
    • zrôsolovatiet
    • studeno
    • stuhnút
    • tuhnút
    • huspenina
    • puding
    • rôsol
    • pekné dievca
    • plastická výbušnina

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  • 17 labour

    ['leibə] 1. noun
    1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) práca
    2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) pracovné sily
    3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) pôrodné bolesti
    4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) labouristi
    2. verb
    1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) pracovať
    2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) predierať sa; vliecť sa
    - laboriously
    - laboriousness
    - labourer
    - labour court
    - labour dispute
    - labour-saving
    * * *
    • trpiet (cím)
    • úsilie
    • tažko sa plavit
    • tažká práca
    • byt v núdzi
    • robota
    • robit
    • robotníci
    • robotníctvo
    • robotnícka trieda
    • pôrodné bolesti
    • práca
    • pracovat
    • podrobne rozpracovat
    • márna snaha
    • námaha
    • namáhat sa

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  • 18 melon

    ['melən]
    1) (a large, sweet fruit with many seeds.) melón
    2) (its firm yellow or red flesh as food: We started the meal with melon; ( also adjective) a melon seed.) melón; melónový
    * * *
    • zisky akcionárov
    • korist
    • melón

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  • 19 stand

    [stænd] 1. past tense, past participle - stood; verb
    1) (to be in an upright position, not sitting or lying: His leg was so painful that he could hardly stand; After the storm, few trees were left standing.) stáť
    2) ((often with up) to rise to the feet: He pushed back his chair and stood up; Some people like to stand (up) when the National Anthem is played.) vstať
    3) (to remain motionless: The train stood for an hour outside Newcastle.) stáť
    4) (to remain unchanged: This law still stands.) platiť
    5) (to be in or have a particular place: There is now a factory where our house once stood.) stáť
    6) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) stáť
    7) (to accept or offer oneself for a particular position etc: He is standing as Parliamentary candidate for our district.) kandidovať
    8) (to put in a particular position, especially upright: He picked up the fallen chair and stood it beside the table.) postaviť
    9) (to undergo or endure: He will stand (his) trial for murder; I can't stand her rudeness any longer.) stáť; zniesť
    10) (to pay for (a meal etc) for (a person): Let me stand you a drink!) zaplatiť
    2. noun
    1) (a position or place in which to stand ready to fight etc, or an act of fighting etc: The guard took up his stand at the gate; I shall make a stand for what I believe is right.) stanovisko; postoj
    2) (an object, especially a piece of furniture, for holding or supporting something: a coat-stand; The sculpture had been removed from its stand for cleaning.) stojan
    3) (a stall where goods are displayed for sale or advertisement.) stánok
    4) (a large structure beside a football pitch, race course etc with rows of seats for spectators: The stand was crowded.) tribúna
    5) ((American) a witness box in a law court.) svedecká lavica
    - standing 3. noun
    1) (time of lasting: an agreement of long standing.) trvajúci dlho
    2) (rank or reputation: a diplomat of high standing.) postavenie
    4. adjective
    ((of an airline passenger or ticket) costing or paying less than the usual fare, as the passenger does not book a seat for a particular flight, but waits for the first available seat.) náhradný
    5. adverb
    (travelling in this way: It costs a lot less to travel stand-by.) ako náhradník
    - standing-room
    - make someone's hair stand on end
    - stand aside
    - stand back
    - stand by
    - stand down
    - stand fast/firm
    - stand for
    - stand in
    - stand on one's own two feet
    - stand on one's own feet
    - stand out
    - stand over
    - stand up for
    - stand up to
    * * *
    • vanút
    • ustálit sa
    • vystavovat
    • vzdorovat
    • vylúhovat sa
    • zaplatit
    • zastavenie
    • zastávka
    • zniet
    • znášat
    • sledovat kurz
    • stojan
    • stát
    • stanovisko
    • stanovište
    • stolcek
    • stojaté postavenie
    • strpiet
    • statív
    • stoj
    • stánok
    • trvat
    • úroda
    • usadit sa
    • tribúna
    • pripustit
    • prenajímat
    • hladisko
    • držat
    • expozícia
    • hrat z ruky
    • byt zoradený
    • byt v platnosti
    • byt k dispozícii
    • byt stály
    • byt pripravený
    • byt situovaný
    • byt platný
    • celit
    • byt chovaný v stajni
    • byt vysoký
    • byt stojatý
    • rozkladat sa
    • regál
    • rozhodovat
    • platit
    • oplodnovat
    • pódium
    • podstavec
    • pozícia
    • policka
    • poloha
    • pozícia v stoji
    • podriadit sa
    • požiciavat
    • postavit
    • kúpit
    • kotvište
    • mat platnost
    • mat polohu
    • neblednút
    • nepúštat
    • natiahnut
    • obrana
    • odolat

    English-Slovak dictionary > stand

  • 20 good will

    1) (the good reputation and trade with customers that a business firm has: We are selling the goodwill along with the shop.) zákazníci
    2) (friendliness: He has always shown a good deal of goodwill towards us.) dobrá vôľa

    English-Slovak dictionary > good will

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