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41 constabulary
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42 corner
['ko:nə] 1. noun1) (a point where two lines, walls, roads etc meet: the corners of a cube; the corner of the street.) kout, roh2) (a place, usually a small quiet place: a secluded corner.) koutek3) (in football, a free kick from the corner of the field: We've been awarded a corner.) rohový kop2. verb1) (to force (a person or animal) into a place from which it is difficult to escape: The thief was cornered in an alley.) vehnat do rohu2) (to turn a corner: He cornered on only three wheels; This car corners very well.) vjet do zatáčky, zatočit•- cornered- cut corners
- turn the corner* * *• roh• koutek• kout -
43 crash
[kræʃ] 1. noun1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) třesk, hřmot, řinčení2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) srážka3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) krach4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)2. verb1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) roztříštit (se)2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) narazit, vrazit3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) zřítit se4) ((of a business) to fail.) zkrachovat5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) prodírat se6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)3. adjective(rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) intenzivní- crash-land* * *• pád• havárie -
44 curfew
['kə:fju:](an order forbidding people to be in the streets after a certain hour: There's a curfew in force from ten o'clock tonight.) zákaz vycházení* * *• zákaz vycházení -
45 cushion
['kuʃən] 1. noun1) (a bag of cloth etc filled with soft material, eg feathers etc, used for support or to make a seat more comfortable: I'll sit on a cushion on the floor.) polštář2) (any similar support: A hovercraft travels on a cushion of air.) polštář2. verb(to lessen the force of a blow etc: The soft sand cushioned his fall.) ztlumit* * *• polštář -
46 division
[di'viʒən]1) ((an) act of dividing.) dělení2) (something that separates; a dividing line: a ditch marks the division between their two fields.) hranice3) (a part or section (of an army etc): He belongs to B division of the local police force.) divize, oddíl4) ((a) separation of thought; disagreement.) nesouhlas5) (the finding of how many times one number is contained in another.) dělení* * *• rozdělení• dělení• divize -
47 drag
[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) (vy)táhnout2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) táhnout3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) vléci se4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) pročesávat, prohledávat5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) táhnout se2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) překážka, zátěž2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) šluk, tah3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) otrava4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) převlek za ženu* * *• vléci• vláčet• vléct• táhnout -
48 drive
1. past tense - drove; verb1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) řídit2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) (od)vézt3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) hnát4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) zatlouci; odpálit5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) pohánět2. noun1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) projížďka2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) příjezdová cesta3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) energie, elán4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) kampaň5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) úder6) ((computers) a disk drive.) mechanika, jednotka•- driver- driver's license
- drive-in
- drive-through
- driving licence
- be driving at
- drive off
- drive on* * *• vézt• vozit• zavézt• řídit• odpal• jezdit• honit• hnát• drive/drove/driven• disk -
49 extract
1. [ik'strækt] verb1) (to pull out, or draw out, especially by force or with effort: I have to have a tooth extracted; Did you manage to extract the information from her?) vytáhnout2) (to select (passages from a book etc).) vypsat si3) (to take out (a substance forming part of something else) by crushing or by chemical means: Vanilla essence is extracted from vanilla beans.) extrahovat2. ['ekstrækt] noun1) (a passage selected from a book etc: a short extract from his novel.) výtah2) (a substance obtained by an extracting process: beef/yeast extract; extract of malt.) výtažek•* * *• těžit• výtažek• vytěžit• vyluhovat• vytahovat• výtah• vyloudit• extrakt• extrahovat• koncentrát• dobývat -
50 fling
[fliŋ] 1. past tense, past participle - flung; verb1) (to throw with great force: He flung a brick through the window.) mrštit2) (to rush: He flung out of the house.) vyřítit se2. noun(a lively Scottish dance: They danced a Highland fling.) skotský tanec* * *• fling/flung/flung• mrštit -
51 gale
[ɡeil](a strong wind: Many trees were blown down in the gale.) vichřice* * *• vichřice -
52 goad
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53 gouge
1. verb1) (to make (a groove or hole) with a tool: He gouged (out) a hole in the wood.) (vy)dlabat2) (to take or force out: The tyrant gouged out the prisoner's eyes.) vyškrabat2. noun(a type of chisel for making grooves etc.) dláto* * *• vyždímat• vydloubat• vyhlubování• vydlabaný materiál• vyřezávání drážek• vymačkat• žlábkovat• žlábkovité dláto• získaná hmota• žlábek• žlábkování• podvádět• napálit• dlabat dutým dlátem• duté dláto• dlabat• drážka -
54 habit
['hæbit]1) (something which a person does usually or regularly: the habit of going for a walk before bed; an irritating habit of interrupting.) zvyk2) (a tendency to do the same things that one has always done: I did it out of habit.) zvyk3) (clothes: a monk's habit.) háv, šat•- habitual- habitually
- from force of habit
- get someone into
- get into
- out of the habit of* * *• zvyk• sklon• obyčej• návyk -
55 hand
[hænd] 1. noun1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) ruka2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) ručička3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) dělník; člen posádky4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) pomoc5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) list6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) pěst7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) rukopis2. verb(often with back, down, up etc)1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) podat, vrátit2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) vrátit, připojit zpět•- handful- handbag
- handbill
- handbook
- handbrake
- handcuff
- handcuffs
- hand-lens
- handmade
- hand-operated
- hand-out
- hand-picked
- handshake
- handstand
- handwriting
- handwritten
- at hand
- at the hands of
- be hand in glove with someone
- be hand in glove
- by hand
- fall into the hands of someone
- fall into the hands
- force someone's hand
- get one's hands on
- give/lend a helping hand
- hand down
- hand in
- hand in hand
- hand on
- hand out
- hand-out
- handout
- hand over
- hand over fist
- hands down
- hands off!
- hands-on
- hands up!
- hand to hand
- have a hand in something
- have a hand in
- have/get/gain the upper hand
- hold hands with someone
- hold hands
- in good hands
- in hand
- in the hands of
- keep one's hand in
- off one's hands
- on hand
- on the one hand... on the other hand
-... on the other hand
- out of hand
- shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
- shake hands with / shake someone's hand
- a show of hands
- take in hand
- to hand* * *• podávat• podat• ruka• ruční• dlaň -
56 hijack
1. verb1) (to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.) unést2) (to stop and rob (a vehicle): Thieves hijacked a lorry carrying $20,000 worth of whisky.) přepadnout3) (to steal (something) from a vehicle: Thieves hijacked $20,000 worth of whisky from a lorry.) zmocnit se2. noun(the act of hijacking.) přepadení- hijacker* * *• unést -
57 hit
[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) udeřit se2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) odpálit3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) postihnout4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) zasáhnout; dosáhnout2. noun1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) zásah2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) úspěšný zásah3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) hit; populární•- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
- make a hit with* * *• udeřit uhodit• trefit• udeřit• uhodit• zasáhnout• hit/hit/hit• hit• narazit• bít• bil -
58 impact
['impækt]1) ((the force of) one object etc hitting against another: The bomb exploded on impact.) náraz, úder2) (a strong effect or impression: The film had quite an impact on television viewers.) účinek, dopad* * *• účinek• vliv• náraz• následek• dopad -
59 impetus
['impətəs](the force or energy with which something moves.) popud, podnět* * *• popud• setrvačnost• hnací síla• impuls -
60 invalid
I [in'vælid] adjective((of a document or agreement etc) having no legal force; not valid: Your passport is out of date and therefore invalid.) neplatný- invalidity II 1. ['invəlid] noun(a person who is ill or disabled: During his last few years, he was a permanent invalid.) invalida2. [-li:d] verb1) ((with out) to remove (especially a soldier) from service, because of illness: He was invalided out of the army.) propustit jako invalidu2) (to cause (especially a soldier) to be disabled: He was invalided in the last war.) zmrzačit* * *• neplatný
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