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1 beat a dead horse
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2 flog a dead horse
(to try to create interest in something after all interest in it has been lost.) mrhat energií -
3 flog
[floɡ]past tense, past participle - flogged; verb(to beat; to whip: You will be flogged for stealing the money.) bičovat- flogging- flog a dead horse* * *• práskat• mrskat• bičovat -
4 half
1. plural - halves; noun1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) půlka, půl2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) poločas2. adjective1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) půl2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) napůl3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) polovičatý3. adverb1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) zpola, napůl2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) napůl•- half-- halve
- half-and-half
- half-back
- half-brother
- half-sister
- half-caste
- half-hearted
- half-heartedly
- half-heartedness
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-term
- half-time
- half-way
- half-wit
- half-witted
- half-yearly
- at half mast
- by half
- do things by halves
- go halves with
- half past three
- four
- seven
- in half
- not half* * *• polovička• poloviční• polovina• půl -
5 paw
[po:] 1. noun(the foot of an animal with claws or nails: The dog had a thorn in its paw.) tlapka2. verb1) ((of an animal) to touch, hit etc (usually several times) with a paw or paws: The cat was pawing (at) the dead mouse.) sekat tlapou (po)2) ((of an animal) to hit (the ground, usually several times) with a hoof, usually a front hoof: The horse pawed (at) the ground.) hrabat kopyty* * *• tlapa
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