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1 Britain
• Británie• Britain -
2 Great Britain
• Velká Británie -
3 backward
['bækwəd]1) (aimed or directed backwards: He left without a backward glance.) obrácený zpět, směřující vzad2) (less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one's age: a backward child.) opožděný (ve vývoji)3) (late in developing a modern culture, mechanization etc: That part of Britain is still very backward; the backward peoples of the world.) zaostalý•- backwards
- backwards and forwards
- bend/fall over backwards* * *• zaostalý• zpětný• pozpátku• dozadu -
4 borough
(in Britain, a town or area with certain rights.) výsadní město, samosprávné město* * *• samosprávné město• městský obvod• čtvrť -
5 British
['britiʃ](of or from Great Britain or the Commonwealth: In this dictionary British refers to British English.) britský* * *• britský• Britové -
6 Cabinet
['kæbinit]1) (a piece of furniture with shelves and doors or drawers: a filing cabinet.) skříňka (se zásuvkami)2) (in Britain and some other countries the group of chief ministers who govern a country: The Prime Minister has chosen a new Cabinet.) kabinet, vláda* * *• vláda -
7 cabinet
['kæbinit]1) (a piece of furniture with shelves and doors or drawers: a filing cabinet.) skříňka (se zásuvkami)2) (in Britain and some other countries the group of chief ministers who govern a country: The Prime Minister has chosen a new Cabinet.) kabinet, vláda* * *• skříňka se zásuvkami• skříňka• sekretář• studovna• kabinet• kartotéka -
8 carriage
['kæri‹]1) (the act or cost of conveying and delivering goods: Does that price include carriage?) doprava, dopravné2) (a vehicle for carrying (especially in Britain, railway passengers): the carriage nearest the engine; a railway carriage.) vagón3) (especially formerly, a horse-drawn passenger vehicle.) kočár, vůz4) (the part of a typewriter which moves back and forwards, carrying the paper.) válec (psacího stroje)5) (posture; way of walking.) držení těla•* * *• vystupování• vozík psacího stroje• vůz• podvozek• osobní vagón• lafeta děla• kočár• držení -
9 carriageway
noun (especially in Britain, the part of a road used by cars etc: The overturned bus blocked the whole carriageway.)* * *• vozovka -
10 census
['sensəs]plural - censuses; noun(an official counting especially of a country's inhabitants: When was the last census in Britain?) sčítání lidu* * *• sčítání lidu• cenzus -
11 climate
1) (the weather conditions of a region (temperature, moisture etc): Britain has a temperate climate.) klima2) (the conditions in a country etc: the economic/moral climate.) ovzduší, poměry•- climatic* * *• podnebí• klima -
12 coinage
[-ni‹]1) (the process of coining.) ražba2) (the money (system) used in a country: Britain now uses decimal coinage.) měnová soustava* * *• ražba• oběživo• drobné -
13 cold
[kəuld] 1. adjective1) (low in temperature: cold water; cold meat and salad.) studený2) (lower in temperature than is comfortable: I feel cold.) chladný3) (unfriendly: His manner was cold.) chladný, neosobní2. noun1) (the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one's surroundings: She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain; He was blue with cold.) zima, chlad2) (an illness with running nose, coughing etc: He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold.) nachlazení, rýma•- coldly- coldness
- cold-blooded
- cold war
- get cold feet
- give someone the cold shoulder
- give the cold shoulder
- in cold blood* * *• zima• rýma• studený• ochladit• nachlazení• chladno• chlad• chladný -
14 continent
I ['kontinənt] noun1) (one of the great divisions of the land surface of the world - Europe, America, Australia, Asia or Africa.) světadíl2) (Europe excluding Britain: We are going to the continent for our holidays.) (pevninská) Evropa•- continental breakfast
- continental shelf II ['kontinənt] adjective(able to control especially the bladder and/or bowel.) kontinentní, střídmý* * *• pevnina• kontinent -
15 corn
I [ko:n] noun1) (the seeds of cereal plants, especially (in Britain) wheat, or (in North America) maize.) zrní2) ((American grain) the plants themselves: a field of corn.) obilí•- corned beef
- cornflakes
- cornflour
- cornflower II [ko:n] noun(a little bump of hard skin found on the foot: I have a corn on my little toe.) kuří oko* * *• zrno• kukuřice -
16 emigrate
['emiɡreit](to leave one's country and settle in another: Many doctors have emigrated from Britain to America.) emigrovat- emigrant- emigration* * *• emigrovat -
17 English
['iŋɡliʃ] 1. adjective(of England or its inhabitants: three English people; the English language.) anglický2. noun(the main language of England and the rest of Britain, North America, a great part of the British Commonwealth and some other countries: He speaks English.) angličtina* * *• anglicky• anglický• English -
18 english
['iŋɡliʃ] 1. adjective(of England or its inhabitants: three English people; the English language.) anglický2. noun(the main language of England and the rest of Britain, North America, a great part of the British Commonwealth and some other countries: He speaks English.) angličtina* * *• angličan -
19 export
1. [ek'spo:t] verb(to send (goods) to another country for sale: Jamaica exports bananas to Britain.) vyvážet2. ['ekspo:t] noun1) (the act or business of exporting: the export of rubber.) vývoz2) (something which is exported: Paper is an important Swedish export.) vývozní artikl•- exporter* * *• vývozní• vývoz• vyvážet• export -
20 gallon
['ɡælən](a measure for liquids, eight pints (in Britain, 4.546 litres; in the United States, 3.785 litres).) galon- gallons of- gallons* * *• galon
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