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1 Britain
• Británia -
2 Great Britain
• Velká Británia -
3 backward
['bækwəd]1) (aimed or directed backwards: He left without a backward glance.) obrátiť sa späť2) (less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one's age: a backward child.) zaostalý3) (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• zlý• spätný• spat• dozadu• cúvacky• reakcný• otocený vzad• ostýchavý• nazad• naspät• nepokrokový• nesmelý• obrátený naspät• oneskorený -
4 borough
(in Britain, a town or area with certain rights.) obec* * *• výsadné mesto• samosprávne mesto -
5 brain drain
(the loss of experts to another country (usually in search of better salaries etc): As a result of the brain drain Britain does not have enough doctors.) únik mozgov* * *• odliv mozgov -
6 British
['britiʃ](of or from Great Britain or the Commonwealth: In this dictionary British refers to British English.) britský* * *• britský -
7 Cabinet
['kæbinit]1) (a piece of furniture with shelves and doors or drawers: a filing cabinet.) skriňa, skrinka, registratúra2) (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• kabinet• poradný zbor hlavy štátu• ministerská rada -
8 cabinet
['kæbinit]1) (a piece of furniture with shelves and doors or drawers: a filing cabinet.) skriňa, skrinka, registratúra2) (in Britain and some other countries the group of chief ministers who govern a country: The Prime Minister has chosen a new Cabinet.) kabinet* * *• vitrína• zasadacia miestnost• skrinová ozvucnica• skrinka• tajný• študovna• umelecky spracovaný• dôverný• izbicka• cenný• konferencná miestnost -
9 carriage
['kæri‹]1) (the act or cost of conveying and delivering goods: Does that price include carriage?) doprava2) (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.) koč, voz4) (the part of a typewriter which moves back and forwards, carrying the paper.) vozík (posuvné zariadenie stroja)5) (posture; way of walking.) držanie tela•* * *• vozidlo• vozík• vagón• voz• vystupovanie• železnicný vozen• sane suportu sústruhu• presadenie• držanie tela• doprava• dopravné• kociar• koc• chovanie• podvozok• povoz• odhlasovanie• nosenie -
10 census
['sensəs]plural - censuses; noun(an official counting especially of a country's inhabitants: When was the last census in Britain?) sčítanie ľudu* * *• scítanie ludu -
11 climate
1) (the weather conditions of a region (temperature, moisture etc): Britain has a temperate climate.) podnebie2) (the conditions in a country etc: the economic/moral climate.) pomery•- climatic* * *• podnebie -
12 coinage
[-ni‹]1) (the process of coining.) razenie; tvorenie2) (the money (system) used in a country: Britain now uses decimal coinage.) menová sústava* * *• razba mincí -
13 cold
[kəuld] 1. adjective1) (low in temperature: cold water; cold meat and salad.) studený2) (lower in temperature than is comfortable: I feel cold.) chladno, zima3) (unfriendly: His manner was cold.) chladný2. 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.) chlad, zima2) (an illness with running nose, coughing etc: He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold.) nádcha•- coldly- coldness
- cold-blooded
- cold war
- get cold feet
- give someone the cold shoulder
- give the cold shoulder
- in cold blood* * *• zima• studený• prechladnutie• chladný• chlad• nádcha• nachladnutý -
14 Continent
I ['kontinənt] noun1) (one of the great divisions of the land surface of the world - Europe, America, Australia, Asia or Africa.) svetadiel2) (Europe excluding Britain: We are going to the continent for our holidays.) (pevninská) Európa•- continental breakfast
- continental shelf II ['kontinənt] adjective(able to control especially the bladder and/or bowel.) schopný zadržať (moč)* * *• Európa -
15 continent
I ['kontinənt] noun1) (one of the great divisions of the land surface of the world - Europe, America, Australia, Asia or Africa.) svetadiel2) (Europe excluding Britain: We are going to the continent for our holidays.) (pevninská) Európa•- continental breakfast
- continental shelf II ['kontinənt] adjective(able to control especially the bladder and/or bowel.) schopný zadržať (moč)* * *• svetadiel• pevnina• kontinent -
16 corn
I [ko:n] noun1) (the seeds of cereal plants, especially (in Britain) wheat, or (in North America) maize.) pšenica; kukurica2) ((American grain) the plants themselves: a field of corn.) pšenica; kukurica•- 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.) kurie oko* * *• zrno• kurie oko• kukurica• nasolit• obilie -
17 emigrate
['emiɡreit](to leave one's country and settle in another: Many doctors have emigrated from Britain to America.) emigrovať- emigrant- emigration* * *• vystahovat (sa)• emigrovat -
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* * *• anglický jazyk• anglický• anglicky• anglictina -
19 export
1. [ek'spo:t] verb(to send (goods) to another country for sale: Jamaica exports bananas to Britain.) vyvážať2. ['ekspo:t] noun1) (the act or business of exporting: the export of rubber.) vývoz2) (something which is exported: Paper is an important Swedish export.) vývozný artikel•- exporter* * *• vyvážat• vývoz -
20 gallon
['ɡælən](a measure for liquids, eight pints (in Britain, 4.546 litres; in the United States, 3.785 litres).) galón- gallons of- gallons* * *• galón (4,5 l)• anglická dutá miera
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