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1 middle age
(the years between youth and old age: She is well into middle age.) střední věk* * *• střední věk -
2 middle-age
• střední věk -
3 middle
['midl] 1. noun1) (the central point or part: the middle of a circle.) střed2) (the central area of the body; the waist: You're getting rather fat round your middle.) pas2. adjective(equally distant from both ends: the middle seat in a row.) prostřední- middling- middle age
- middle-aged
- Middle Ages
- Middle East
- middleman
- be in the middle of doing something
- be in the middle of something* * *• uprostřed• prostředek• prostřední• střed• střední -
4 age
[ei‹] 1. noun1) (the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed: He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?) věk, stáří2) ((often with capital) a particular period of time: This machine was the wonder of the age; the Middle Ages.) věk, epocha3) (the quality of being old: This wine will improve with age; With the wisdom of age he regretted the mistakes he had made in his youth.) stáří4) ((usually in plural) a very long time: We've been waiting (for) ages for a bus.) věčnost2. verb(to (cause to) grow old or look old: He has aged a lot since I last saw him; His troubles have aged him.) (ze)stárnout, dělat starým- aged- ageless
- age-old
- the aged
- come of age
- of age* * *• věk• stáří• epocha• doba -
5 mellow
['meləu] 1. adjective1) ((of character) made softer and more mature, relaxed etc by age and/or experience: Her personality became more mellow as middle age approached.) vyrovnaný2) ((of sound, colour, light etc) soft, not strong or unpleasant: The lamplight was soft and mellow.) jemný3) ((of wine, cheese etc) kept until the flavour has developed fully: a mellow burgundy.) vyzrálý2. verb(to make or become softer or more mature: Old age has mellowed him.) zjemnit* * *• uvolněný• vyzrálý• zjemnit• příjemný• jemný• měkký -
6 prime
I 1. adjective1) (first or most important: the prime minister; a matter of prime importance.) první; nejdůležitější2) (best: in prime condition.) nejlepší2. noun(the best part (of a person's etc life, usually early middle age): He is in his prime; the prime of life.) nejkrásnější doba- primary- primarily
- primary colours
- prime minister
- prime number
- prime time 3. adjectiveprime-time advertising.) reklama v hlavním vysílacím časeII verb(to prepare (something) by putting something into or on it: He primed (=put gunpowder into) his gun; You must prime (=treat with primer) the wood before you paint it.) nabít; nanést podklad- primer* * *• začátek• základní• podbarvit• první• prvočíslo• primární• prvotní• hlavní -
7 go to seed
1) ((of a person) to become careless about one's clothes and appearance: Don't let yourself go to seed when you reach middle age!) zanedbávat2) ((of a place) to become rather shabby and uncared for: This part of town has gone to seed recently.) upadat3) ((also run to seed) (of a plant) to produce seeds after flowering.) zakládat na semeno
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