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41 villain
['vilən](a person who is wicked or of very bad character: the villain of the play/story.) zlosyn- villainy* * *• uličník• padouch• lotr• mizera• lump• ničema• darebák -
42 virtue
['və: u:]1) (a good moral quality: Honesty is a virtue.) ctnost2) (a good quality: The house is small, but it has the virtue of being easy to clean.) výhoda3) (goodness of character etc: She is a person of great virtue.) poctivost•- virtuous- virtuously
- virtuousness* * *• přednost• cudnost• ctnost -
43 weak
[wi:k]1) (lacking in physical strength: Her illness has made her very weak.) slabý2) (not strong in character: I'm very weak when it comes to giving up cigarettes.) nepevný3) ((of a liquid) diluted; not strong: weak tea.) slabý4) ((of an explanation etc) not convincing.) nepřesvědčivý5) ((of a joke) not particularly funny.) ubohý•- weakly- weaken
- weakling
- weakness
- have a weakness for* * *• slabý -
44 weaken
verb (to (cause to) become weak, especially in physical strength or character: The patient has weakened; The strain of the last few days has weakened him.) zeslábnout, oslabit* * *• slábnout• oslabit -
45 weakness
1) (the state of being weak.) slabost2) (something weak or faulty; a defect: weaknesses of character; Smoking is one of my weaknesses.) slabost* * *• slabost -
46 Girl Guide
((also no capitals) a member of an organization for girls which is aimed at developing character etc.) skautka -
47 identify with
(to feel in sympathy with (eg a character in a story).) ztotožnit se s -
48 in the form of
(having the shape, character, style etc of: He wrote a novel in the form of a diary.) ve formě -
49 rough diamond
(a person of fine character but rough manners.) člověk s dobrým jádrem pod drsnou slupkou -
50 show oneself in one's true colours
(to show or express one's real character, opinion etc: He pretends to be very generous but he showed himself in his true colours when he refused to give money to charity.) vybarvit se, ukázat se v pravém světleEnglish-Czech dictionary > show oneself in one's true colours
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51 title rôle
(the rôle or part in a play of the character named in the title: He's playing the title rôle in `Hamlet'.) titulní role
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Character — Char ac*ter, n. [L., an instrument for marking, character, Gr. ?, fr. ? to make sharp, to cut into furrows, to engrave: cf. F. caract[ e]re.] [1913 Webster] 1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. [1913 Webster] It were much to be… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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character — Fowler (1926) argued that character should not be used (1) as an alternative to forming abstract nouns in ness, ity, etc., e.g. • Every housing site has its own unique character Country Life, 1972 [instead of uniqueness or…is unique], and (2) in… … Modern English usage
character — [kar′ək tər, kar′iktər] n. [ME carecter < OFr caractère < L character, an engraving instrument < Gr charaktēr < charassein, to engrave < charax, pointed stake] 1. a distinctive mark 2. a) any letter, figure, or symbol used in… … English World dictionary
character — [n1] individuality appearance, aspect, attribute, badge, bent, caliber, cast, complex, complexion, constitution, crasis, disposition, emotions, estimation, ethos, frame, frame of mind, genius, grain, habit, humor, kind, makeup, mettle, mood,… … New thesaurus
character — I (an individual) noun being, body, figure, human, human being, man, mortal, party, person, personage, personality, self determined being, somebody, someone II (personal quality) noun animus, aspects, attribute, bent, characteristic mood,… … Law dictionary
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character — (n.) early 14c., from O.Fr. caractere (13c., Mod.Fr. caractère), from L. character, from Gk. kharakter engraved mark, also symbol or imprint on the soul, from kharassein to engrave, from kharax pointed stake, from PIE root *gher to scrape,… … Etymology dictionary
character — n 1 Character, symbol, sign, mark are comparable in the specific sense of an arbitrary or conventional device that is used in writing and in printing, but is neither a word nor a phrase nor a picture. Character suggests the distinctive form or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
