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1 halve
1) (to divide (something) into two equal parts: He halved the apple.) (roz)půlit2) (to make half as great as before; to reduce by half: By going away early in the year, we nearly halved the cost of our holiday.) snížit na polovinu* * *• půlit -
2 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) stříhat; řezat2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) uříznout; rozřezat; nakrájet3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) vystřihnout4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) (o)stříhat; posekat5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) snížit6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) vystřihnout7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) říznout se8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) sejmout9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') stop!10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) zkrátit si cestu11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) protínat12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) ulít se13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) ignorovat2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) řez; výpadek; sestřih; snížení2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) střih3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) plátek•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) jedovatý- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) bezohledný- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut short* * *• tnout• zkrátit• seknutí• sekat• řezat• sek• rozřezat• řez• říznutí• snížit• střih• snížení• krájet• cut/cut/cut -
3 break
[breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) rozbít, rozlomit2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) odlomit, odtrhnout3) (to make or become unusable.) rozbít (se), porouchat (se), pokazit (se)4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) (z)rušit, nedodržet5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) překonat6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) přerušit7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) přerušit8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) oznámit9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) mutovat10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) zmírnit11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) propuknout2. noun1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) pauza2) (a change: a break in the weather.) změna3) (an opening.) otvor, průlom4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) šance•3. noun((usually in plural) something likely to break.) křehké zboží- breakage- breaker
- breakdown
- break-in
- breakneck
- breakout
- breakthrough
- breakwater
- break away
- break down
- break into
- break in
- break loose
- break off
- break out
- break out in
- break the ice
- break up
- make a break for it* * *• zlomit• přelom• přestávka• lom• lámat• break/broke/broken -
4 partition
[pə'tiʃən] 1. noun1) (something that divides, eg a light, often temporary, wall between rooms: The office was divided in two by a wooden partition.) přepážka2) (the act of dividing; the state of being divided: the partition of India.) rozdělení2. verb(to divide: They partitioned the room (off) with a curtain.) rozdělit, přepažit* * *• příčka• rozdělení• sekce• segment• oddíl -
5 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) čtvrtina, čtvrt2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) čtvrťák3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) čtvrť4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) strana, směr5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) milost6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) čtvrtina7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) čtvrť8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) čtvrtina9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) trimestr2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) (roz)čtvrtit2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) dělit čtyřmi3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) ubytovat•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) čtvrtletně4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) čtvrtletník- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters* * *• ubytovat• rozčtvrtit• kvartál• čtvrtdolar• čtvrt• čtvrtina
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