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1 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.)2) (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.)3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.)4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.)5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.)6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.)7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.)8) (to divide (a pack of cards).)9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!')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.)11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.)12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.)13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.)2. 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.) rez; výpadok; účes; zníženie2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) strih3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) plátok•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) zlomyseľný- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) bezohľadný- 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* * *• znížit• zníženie cien• seknutie• škrabnutie• sekat• strihat• rezat• rana• rez• porezat• krájat -
2 rat race
(the fierce, unending competition for success etc.) honba za úspechom / kariérou
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