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1 bulldoze
verb (to use a bulldozer on: They bulldozed the building site.) demolovat/srovnat buldozerem* * *• upravit buldozerem• odsunout• natlačit -
2 crumble
(to break into crumbs or small pieces: She crumbled the bread; The building had crumbled into ruins; Her hopes of success finally crumbled.) drobit; rozpadnout se- crumbly* * *• rozpadat• rozdrobit• rozdrolit• hroutit• nadrobit• drolit• drobit -
3 fortify
1) (to prepare (a building, city etc) for an attack by strengthening and arming it: The king fortified the castle against the attacking armies.) opevnit2) (to strengthen or enrich (eg food, drink): Sherry is a fortified wine.) zesílit•* * *• posilovat• posílit• opevnit• opevňovat -
4 subside
1) ((of land, streets, buildings etc) to sink lower: When a building starts to subside, cracks usually appear in the walls.) sesedat se2) ((of floods) to become lower and withdraw: Gradually the water subsided.) opadnout3) ((of a storm, noise or other disturbance) to become quieter: They stayed anchored in harbour till the wind subsided.) utišit se•* * *• ustat• odeznít• opadat -
5 undermine
1) (to make (eg a building) insecure by digging away or destroying the base or foundations: The road was being undermined by a stream.) podkopat, podemlít2) (to weaken (eg a person's health or authority): Constant hard work had undermined his health.) podkopat* * *• podkopat• podrýt• podemlít -
6 plan
1. noun1) (an idea of how to do something; a method of doing something: If everyone follows this plan, we will succeed; I have worked out a plan for making a lot of money.) plán2) (an intention or arrangement: My plan is to rob a bank and leave the country quickly; What are your plans for tomorrow?) plán3) (a drawing, diagram etc showing a building, town etc as if seen from above: These are the plans of/for our new house; a street-plan.) plán2. verb1) ((sometimes with on) to intend (to do something): We are planning on going to Italy this year; We were planning to go last year but we hadn't enough money; They are planning a trip to Italy.) plánovat2) (to decide how something is to be done; to arrange (something): We are planning a party; We'll have to plan very carefully if we are to succeed.) plánovat3) (to design (a building, town etc): This is the architect who planned the building.) projektovat•- planner- planning
- go according to plan
- plan ahead* * *• záměr• plánovat• plán• projektovat• půdorys• projekt• rozvrh• hodlat• naplánovat• nárys• návrh• chystat -
7 annex
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8 build
[bild] 1. past tense, past participle - built; verb(to form or construct from parts: build a house/railway/bookcase.) stavět, budovat2. noun(physical form: a man of heavy build.) stavba, postava- builder- building
- building society
- built-in
- built-up
- build up* * *• vybudovat• postavit• sestavit• stavět• budovat• build/built/built -
9 design
1. verb(to invent and prepare a plan of (something) before it is built or made: A famous architect designed this building.) projektovat2. noun1) (a sketch or plan produced before something is made: a design for a dress.) návrh, střih2) (style; the way in which something has been made or put together: It is very modern in design; I don't like the design of that building.) styl, tvar; provedení3) (a pattern etc: The curtains have a flower design on them.) vzorek4) (a plan formed in the mind; (an) intention: Our holidays coincided by design and not by accident.) plán, záměr•- designer- designing* * *• určit• vzor• plánovat• plán• projekt• projektovat• konstrukce• kresba• nárys• naplánovat• náčrt• navrhovat• návrh• navrhnout -
10 house
1. plural - houses; noun1) (a building in which people, especially a single family, live: Houses have been built on the outskirts of the town for the workers in the new industrial estate.) dům2) (a place or building used for a particular purpose: a hen-house; a public house.) kurník; hostinec3) (a theatre, or the audience in a theatre: There was a full house for the first night of the play.) sál4) (a family, usually important or noble, including its ancestors and descendants: the house of David.) dům2. verb1) (to provide with a house, accommodation or shelter: All these people will have to be housed; The animals are housed in the barn.) ubytovat (se)2) (to store or keep somewhere: The electric generator is housed in the garage.) umístit•- housing- housing benefit
- house agent
- house arrest
- houseboat
- housebreaker
- housebreaking
- house-fly
- household
- householder
- household word
- housekeeper
- housekeeping
- houseman
- housetrain
- house-warming 3. adjectivea house-warming party.) oslavující nový byt- housework
- like a house on fire* * *• stavení• sněmovna• house• dům• domovní -
11 labour
['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) práce; dřina2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) pracovní síly3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) porodní bolesti4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) labouristé2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) pracovat, lopotit se2) (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.) prodírat se; vléci se•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving* * *• práce• námaha -
12 mill
[mil] 1. noun1) (a machine, sometimes now electrical, for grinding coffee, pepper etc by crushing it between rough, hard surfaces: a coffee-mill; a pepper-mill.) mlýnek2) (a building where grain is ground: The farmer took his corn to the mill.) mlýn3) (a building where certain types of things are manufactured: A woollen-mill; a steel-mill.) továrna; přádelna2. verb1) (to grind or press: This flour was milled locally.) mlít2) ((usually with about or around) (of crowds) to move about in a disorganized way: There's a huge crowd of people milling around outside.) hemžit se; motat se (kolem)•- miller- millstone
- millwheel* * *• umlít• válcovna• frézovat• mlít• mlýn• mlýnský -
13 initial
[i'niʃəl] 1. adjective(of, or at, the beginning: There were difficulties during the initial stages of building the house.) počáteční2. noun(the letter that begins a word, especially a name: The picture was signed with the initials JJB, standing for John James Brown.) iniciála3. verb(to mark or sign with initials of one's name: Any alteration on a cheque should be initialled.) parafovat[-ʃieit]
1) (to start (eg a plan, scheme, changes, reforms etc): He initiated a scheme for helping old people with their shopping.) zahájit
2) (to take (a person) into a society etc, especially with secret ceremonies: No-one who had been initiated into the society ever revealed the details of the ceremony.) přijmout (do)
[-ʃiət]
- initiation(a person who has been initiated (into a society etc).)
zasvěcenec
- initiative* * *• začáteční• počáteční• iniciála -
14 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.) investovat- investor II [in'vest] verb(to establish (a person) officially in a position of authority etc: The governor will be invested next week.) uvést do úřadu* * *• investovat -
15 wall
[wo:l] 1. noun1) (something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something: There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.) zeď2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) stěna2. verb((often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall: We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out.) obezdít- walled- - walled
- wallpaper 3. verb(to put such paper on: I have wallpapered the front room.) (vy)tapetovat- have one's back to the wall
- up the wall* * *• zeď• zeď zdi• stěna -
16 band
[bænd] I noun1) (a strip of material to put round something: a rubber band.) pás, páska2) (a stripe of a colour etc: a skirt with a band of red in it.) proužek3) (in radio etc, a group of frequencies or wavelengths: the medium waveband.) pásmoII 1. noun1) (a number of persons forming a group: a band of robbers.) skupina, banda2) (a body of musicians: a brass band; a dance band.) skupina, kapela2. verb(to unite or gather together for a purpose: They banded together to oppose the building of the garage.) spojit, sjednotit (se)* * *• tlupa• pruh• řemen• páska• pásek• pásmo• hudební skupina• kapela• muzika -
17 camouflage
1. noun(something, eg protective colouring, that makes an animal, person, building etc difficult for enemies to see against the background: The tiger's stripes are an effective camouflage in the jungle; The soldiers wound leaves and twigs round their helmets as camouflage.) maskování2. verb(to conceal with camouflage.) (za)maskovat* * *• kamufláž• maskování• maskovat -
18 carry
['kæri]1) (to take from one place etc to another: She carried the child over the river; Flies carry disease.) nést/nosit; přenést/přenášet2) (to go from one place to another: Sound carries better over water.) nést se, přenášet se3) (to support: These stone columns carry the weight of the whole building.) nést, podpírat4) (to have or hold: This job carries great responsibility.) nést s sebou5) (to approve (a bill etc) by a majority of votes: The parliamentary bill was carried by forty-two votes.) schválit (hlasováním)6) (to hold (oneself) in a certain way: He carries himself like a soldier.) nést se•((slang) a fuss; excited behaviour.)
povyk, humbuk- carry-cot((of bags or cases) that passengers can carry with them on board a plane.)
příruční (zavazadlo)
- be/get carried away
- carry forward
- carry off
- carry on
- carry out
- carry weight* * *• nést• nést - nosit• nosit• dopravovat• dopravit -
19 cement
[sə'ment] 1. noun1) (a mixture of clay and lime (usually with sand and water added) used for sticking things (eg bricks) together in building and to make concrete for making very hard surfaces.) cement2) (any of several types of glue.) lepidlo, tmel3) (a substance used to fill cavities in teeth.) zubní cement2. verb(to join firmly with cement.) (za/vy)cementovat* * *• tmelit• tmel• cementovat• cement -
20 concrete
['koŋkri:t] 1. adjective1) (made of concrete: concrete slabs.) betonový2) (able to be seen and felt; real or definite: A wooden table is a concrete object.) konkrétní, hmatatelný2. noun(a mixture of cement with sand etc used in building.) beton3. verb(to spread with concrete: We'll have to concrete the garden path.) vybetonovat* * *• konkrétní• betonový• beton• betonovat
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