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41 cajole
[kə'‹əul](to coax (someone into doing something), often by flattery: The little girl cajoled her father into buying her a new dress.) přimět, vymámit z někoho něco* * *• přimět lichocením• klamat -
42 can
[kæn] I negative - can't; verb1) (to be able to: You can do it if you try hard.) moci2) (to know how to: Can you drive a car?) umět3) ((usually may) to have permission to: You can go if you behave yourself.) smět4) (used in questions to indicate surprise, disbelief etc: What can he be doing all this time?) mociII 1. noun(a metal container for liquids and many types of food: oil-can; beer-can; six cans of beer.) plechovka, nádoba2. verb(to put (especially food) into cans, usually to preserve it: a factory for canning raspberries.) naložit- canned- cannery* * *• umět• zadek• plechovka• konzervovat• konzerva• kanystr• konev• mohu• může• moci• moct• dovede -
43 capable
['keipəbl]1) (clever especially in practical ways: She'll manage somehow - she's so capable!) schopný2) ((with of) clever enough to; likely to; able to: He is capable of doing better; He is quite capable of cheating us.) schopný (čeho)•- capably- capability* * *• schopný• schopen -
44 chicken out
(to avoid doing something because of cowardice: He chickened out at the last minute.) zbaběle couvnout* * *• zbaběle couvnout -
45 coerce
[kəu'ə:s](to force (a person into doing something).) (při/v/do)nutit- coercion* * *• vynutit• vnutit• přinutit• nutit• donutit -
46 continue
[kən'tinju:] 1. verb1) (to go on being, doing etc; to last or keep on: She continued to run; They continued running; He will continue in his present job; The noise continued for several hours; The road continues for 150 kilometres.) pokračovat, setrvat2) (to go on (with) often after a break or pause: He continued his talk after the interval; This story is continued on p.53.) pokračovat, znovu začít•- continually
- continuation
- continuity 2. adjectivea continuity girl.) asistentka režie, skriptka- continuously* * *• pokračování• pokračovat• pokračuj -
47 crochet
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48 custom
1) (what a person etc is in the habit of doing or does regularly: It's my custom to go for a walk on Saturday mornings; religious customs.) zvyk2) (the regular buying of goods at the same shop etc; trade or business: The new supermarkets take away custom from the small shops.) zákazníci•- customarily
- customer
- customs* * *• uživatelský• zvyklost• zvyk• mrav -
49 cut corners
(to use less money, effort, time etc when doing something than was thought necessary, often giving a poorer result.) brát to hlava nehlava (bezohledně)* * *• jezdit riskantně -
50 Dad
[dæd](children's words for father: Where is your daddy?; What are you doing, Daddy?) tatínek, taťka* * *• tatínek• táta• Dad -
51 device
1) (something made for a purpose, eg a tool or instrument: a device for opening cans.) nástroj, přístroj2) (a plan or system of doing something, sometimes involving trickery: This is a device for avoiding income tax.) trik, plán* * *• zařízení• přístroj -
52 disarmament
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53 dissuade
[di'sweid](to stop (from doing something) by advice or persuasion: I tried to dissuade him from his foolish intention.) odradit* * *• odrazovat• nedoporučovat -
54 distracted
1) (turned aside (from what one is doing or thinking): He had slipped out while her attention was distracted.) rozptýlený2) (out of one's mind; mad: a distracted old woman.) šílený, zbavený smyslů3) (distressed: The distracted mother couldn't reach her child in the burning house.) rozrušený* * *• nepozorný -
55 do-it-yourself
noun, adjective ((of) the art or practice of doing one's own decorating, repairs etc (also DIY): I've just bought a book on do-it-yourself so I can try to tile the bathroom; a do-it-yourself job.) kutilství; kutilský* * *• ručně vyrobený• kutilství• kutilský -
56 dogged
['doɡid]adjective (keeping on at what one is doing in a determined and persistent manner: his dogged perseverance.) urputný, houževnatý* * *• tvrdošíjný• svéhlavý• neústupný -
57 domesticated
[-keitid]1) ((of animals) accustomed to living near and being used by people: Cows and sheep have been domesticated for many thousands of years.) zdomácnělý2) (good at doing jobs associated with running a house: My husband has become very domesticated since I've been ill.) domácký* * *• zdomácněl• zdomácnělý• domestikoval• domestikovaný -
58 energy
['enə‹i]plural - energies; noun1) (the ability to act, or the habit of acting, strongly and vigorously: He has amazing energy for his age; That child has too much energy; I must devote my energies to gardening today.) energie2) (the power, eg of electricity, of doing work: electrical energy; nuclear energy.) energie•- energetically* * *• ráznost• síla• energie -
59 evil
['i:vl] 1. adjective(very bad; wicked; sinful: evil intentions; an evil man; He looks evil; evil deeds; an evil tongue.) špatný, zlý2. noun1) (wrong-doing, harm or wickedness: He tries to ignore all the evil in the world; Do not speak evil of anyone.) zlo, něco zlého2) (anything evil, eg crime, misfortune etc: London in the eighteenth century was a place of crime, filth, poverty and other evils.) pohroma•- evil-- evilly
- evilness
- evil-doer* * *• zle• zlý• zlo -
60 excavate
['ekskəveit]1) (to dig up (a piece of ground etc) or to dig out (a hole) by doing this.) vyhloubit2) (in archaeology, to uncover or open up (a structure etc remaining from earlier times) by digging: The archaeologist excavated an ancient fortress.) vykopat, odkrýt•- excavator* * *• vykopat• hloubit
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