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41 swarm
[swo:m] 1. noun1) (a great number (of insects or other small creatures) moving together: a swarm of ants.) roj2) ((often in plural) a great number or crowd: swarms of people.) spousta, dav2. verb1) ((of bees) to follow a queen bee in a swarm.) rojit se2) (to move in great numbers: The children swarmed out of the school.) vyrojit se3) (to be full of moving crowds: The Tower of London was swarming with tourists.) být plný* * *• roj• rojit se• hemžit se• hejno -
42 tail
[teil] 1. noun1) (the part of an animal, bird or fish that sticks out behind the rest of its body: The dog wagged its tail; A fish swims by moving its tail.) ocas2) (anything which has a similar function or position: the tail of an aeroplane/comet.) ohon, ocas2. verb(to follow closely: The detectives tailed the thief to the station.) stopovat, sledovat- - tailed- tails 3. interjection(a call showing that a person has chosen that side of the coin when tossing a coin to make a decision etc.) orel- tail-end- tail-light
- tail wind
- tail off* * *• ohon• ocas• konec -
43 trace
[treis] 1. noun1) (a mark or sign left by something: There were traces of egg on the plate; There's still no trace of the missing child.) stopa2) (a small amount: Traces of poison were found in the cup.) stopa2. verb1) (to follow or discover by means of clues, evidence etc: The police have traced him to London; The source of the infection has not yet been traced.) (vy)stopovat2) (to make a copy of (a picture etc) by putting transparent paper over it and drawing the outline etc: I traced the map.) kopírovat•- tracing- trace elements
- tracing-paper* * *• rozlišovat• stopa -
44 track
[træk] 1. noun1) (a mark left, especially a footprint etc: They followed the lion's tracks.) stopa2) (a path or rough road: a mountain track.) stezka3) ((also racetrack) a course on which runners, cyclists etc race: a running track; ( also adjective) the 100 metres sprint and other track events.) dráha; dráhový4) (a railway line.) trať2. verb(to follow (eg an animal) by the marks, footprints etc that it has left: They tracked the wolf to its lair.) stopovat- in one's tracks
- keep/lose track of
- make tracks for
- make tracks
- track down
- tracker dog* * *• trať• sledovat• stopovat• kolej• koleje• dráha -
45 wherever
1) (no matter where: I'll follow you wherever you may go; Wherever he is he will be thinking of you.) kamkoli, kdekoli2) ((to or in) any place that: Go wherever he tells you to go.) tam kam, tam kde* * *• všude• kamkoli• kdekoli• kdekoliv -
46 be a law unto oneself
(to be inclined not to obey rules or follow the usual customs and conventions.) být sám sobě zákonem -
47 get nowhere
(to make no progress: You'll get nowhere if you follow his instructions.) nikam se nedostat -
48 set the pace
(to go forward at a particular speed which everyone else has to follow: Her experiments set the pace for future research.) udávat krok -
49 tag along
( often with behind or with) (to follow or go (with someone), often when one is not wanted: We never get away from him - everywhere we go, he insists on tagging along (with us)!) přidat se k -
50 tag on
1) ((usually with at or to) to attach (something) to something: These comments weren't part of his speech - he just tagged them on at the end.) dostatečně připojit2) (to follow (someone) closely: The child always tags on to his elder brother.) jít v patách
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