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1 model
['modl] 1. noun1) (a copy or representation of something usually on a much smaller scale: a model of the Taj Mahal; ( also adjective) a model aeroplane.) model; modelový2) (a particular type or design of something, eg a car, that is manufactured in large numbers: Our car is a 1999 model.) model3) (a person who wears clothes etc so that possible buyers can see them being worn: He has a job as a male fashion model.) manekýn, -ka4) (a person who is painted, sculpted, photographed etc by an artist, photographer etc: I work as an artist's model.) model, -ka5) (something that can be used to copy from.) model6) (a person or thing which is an excellent example: She is a model of politeness; ( also adjective) model behaviour.) vzor; vzorný2. verb1) (to wear (clothes etc) to show them to possible buyers: They model (underwear) for a living.) předvádět2) (to work or pose as a model for an artist, photographer etc: She models at the local art school.) stát modelem3) (to make models (of things or people): to model (the heads of famous people) in clay.) modelovat4) (to form (something) into a (particular) shape: She modelled the clay into the shape of a penguin; She models herself on her older sister.) modelovat, napodobovat vzor•* * *• vzor• modelovat• modelka• model• manekýnka -
2 cook
[kuk] 1. verb(to prepare (food) or become ready by heating: She cooked the chicken; The chicken is cooking in the oven.) vařit, péci2. noun(a person who cooks, especially for a living: She was employed as a cook at the embassy.) kuchař- cooker- cookery
- cookery-book
- cook up* * *• vařit• uvařit• kuchař• kuchařka -
3 songwriter
noun (a person who writes songs (usually pop songs) for a living.) autor písní* * *• skladatel• autor textu písně -
4 writer
noun (a person who writes, especially for a living: Dickens was a famous English writer; the writer of this letter.) spisovatel, -ka; pisatel, -ka* * *• pisatel• spisovatelka• spisovatel -
5 child welfare
1) (aid provided to dependent children.) přídavky na děti2) (concern for the living conditions etc of children: She has a job as a child welfare officer.) sociální péče týkající se dětí -
6 life
plural - lives; noun1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) život2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) život3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) život4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) život5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) léta6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) život7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) životopis8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) doživotí•- lifeless- lifelike
- life-and-death
- lifebelt
- lifeboat
- lifebuoy
- life-cycle
- life expectancy
- lifeguard
- life-jacket
- lifeline
- lifelong
- life-saving
- life-sized
- life-size
- lifetime
- as large as life
- bring to life
- come to life
- for life
- the life and soul of the party
- not for the life of me
- not on your life!
- take life
- take one's life
- take one's life in one's hands
- to the life* * *• život• životní -
7 world
[wə:ld]1) (the planet Earth: every country of the world.) svět2) (the people who live on the planet Earth: The whole world is waiting for a cure for cancer.) svět3) (any planet etc: people from other worlds.) svět4) (a state of existence: Many people believe that after death the soul enters the next world; Do concentrate! You seem to be living in another world.) svět5) (an area of life or activity: the insect world; the world of the international businessman.) svět6) (a great deal: The holiday did him a/the world of good.) velmi mnoho7) (the lives and ways of ordinary people: He's been a monk for so long that he knows nothing of the (outside) world.) svět•- worldly- worldliness
- worldwide
- World Wide Web
- the best of both worlds
- for all the world
- out of this world
- what in the world? - what in the world* * *• svět• světový -
8 die
I present participle - dying; verb1) (to lose life; to stop living and become dead: Those flowers are dying; She died of old age.) zemřít, odumřít2) (to fade; to disappear: The daylight was dying fast.) mizet, hasnout3) (to have a strong desire (for something or to do something): I'm dying for a drink; I'm dying to see her.) umírat touhou•- diehard- die away
- die down
- die hard
- die off
- die out II noun(a stamp or punch for making raised designs on money, paper etc.) matriceIII see dice* * *• uhynout• umírat• umřít• zemřít• pojít -
9 sponge
1. noun1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) houba2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) houba3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) piškot4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) omytí houbou2. verb1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) umýt/utřít houbou2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) žít na účet (koho)•- sponger- spongy
- spongily
- sponginess
- sponge cake
- sponge pudding* * *• piškot• houba• mycí houba -
10 caravan
['kærəvæn]1) (a vehicle on wheels for living in, now pulled by car etc, formerly by horse: a holiday caravan; a gypsy caravan.) maringotka, přívěs2) (a group of people travelling together for safety especially across a desert on camels: a caravan of merchants.) karavana* * *• obytný přívěs• karavan• karavana -
11 social
['səuʃəl] 1. adjective1) (concerning or belonging to the way of life and welfare of people in a community: social problems.) sociální2) (concerning the system by which such a community is organized: social class.) sociální3) (living in communities: Ants are social insects.) společenský4) (concerning the gathering together of people for the purposes of recreation or amusement: a social club; His reasons for calling were purely social.) společenský•- socialist 2. adjective(of or concerning socialism: socialist policies/governments.) socialistický- socialise
- socially
- social work* * *• sociální• společenský• družný -
12 anglicize
(to make English or more like English: After living in England for ten years, he had become very anglicized.) poangličtit* * *• poangličtit -
13 community
[kə'mju:nəti]plural - communities; noun1) (a group of people especially having the same religion or nationality and living in the same general area: the West Indian community in London.) obec2) (the public in general: He did it for the good of the community; ( also adjective) a community worker, a community centre.) veřejnost, veřejný* * *• veřejnost• společenství• obec -
14 condition
[kən'diʃən] 1. noun1) (state or circumstances in which a person or thing is: The house is not in good condition; He is in no condition to leave hospital; under ideal conditions; living conditions; variable conditions.) stav; podmínka, okolnost2) (something that must happen or be done before some other thing happens or is done; a term or requirement in an agreement: It was a condition of his going that he should pay his own expenses; That is one of the conditions in the agreement.) podmínka2. verb1) (to affect or control: behaviour conditioned by circumstances.) podmínit, určovat2) (to put into the required state: The footballers trained hard in order to condition themselves for the match.) dostat se (do dobré kondice), upravit•- conditionally
- conditioner
- on condition that* * *• postavení• podmínka -
15 decorate
['dekəreit]1) (to add some kind of ornament etc to (something) to make more beautiful, striking etc: We decorated the Christmas tree with glass balls.) (o)zdobit2) (to put paint, paper etc on the walls, ceiling and woodwork of (a room): He spent a week decorating the living-room.) (vy)malovat, (vy)tapetovat3) (to give a medal or badge to (someone) as a mark of honour: He was decorated for his bravery.) vyznamenat•- decorative
- decorator* * *• vyzdobit• zdobit• ozdobit• dekorovat -
16 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 -
17 down-and-out
noun, adjective ((a person) having no money and no means of earning a living: a hostel for down-and-outs.) člověk na dně/mizině* * *• zkrachovaný• ztroskotanec -
18 elixir
[i'liksə](a liquid that would supposedly make people able to go on living for ever, or a substance that would turn the cheaper metals into gold: the elixir of life.) elixír* * *• elixír -
19 habitation
noun (the act of living in (a building etc): These houses are not fit for human habitation.) obydlí; bydlení* * *• bydlení• bydliště -
20 immortal
[i'mo:tl](living for ever and never dying: A person's soul is said to be immortal; the immortal works of Shakespeare.) nesmrtelný- immortalize
- immortalise* * *• nesmrtelný
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