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1 rain
[rein] 1. noun1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) dážď2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) dážď, záplava, príval2. verb1) ((only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall: I think it will rain today.) pršať2) (to (cause to) fall like rain: Arrows rained down on the soldiers.) pršať•- rainy- raininess
- rainbow
- rain check: take a rain check
- raincoat
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rain forest
- rain-gauge
- keep
- save for a rainy day
- rain cats and dogs
- the rains
- as right as rain
- right as rain* * *• záplava• zaplavit• zahrnút• zasypat• zosielat dážd• tiect• príval• hrnút sa• dážd• daždivé pocasie• pršat• pršanie• padat• mracno -
2 keep off
1) (to stay away: There are notices round the bomb warning people to keep off; The rain kept off and we had sunshine for the wedding.) držať sa stranou2) (to prevent from getting to or on to (something): This umbrella isn't pretty, but it keeps off the rain.) chrániť pred* * *• nevstupovat -
3 shower
1. noun1) (a short fall (of rain): I got caught in a shower on my way here.) prehánka2) (anything resembling such a fall of rain: a shower of sparks; a shower of bullets.) spŕška3) (a bath in which water is sprayed down on the bather from above: I'm just going to have/take a shower.) sprcha4) (the equipment used for such a bath: We're having a shower fitted in the bathroom.) sprcha2. verb1) (to pour down in large quantities (on): They showered confetti on the bride.) pršať2) (to bathe in a shower: He showered and dressed.) (o)sprchovať sa•- showery- showerproof* * *• zasypávat• zahrnovat• sypat• sprchnut• sprška• sprcha• tiect• prehánka• hádzat• dážd• darceková akcia• pršat• osprchovanie• padat• osprchovat• pokropit• postriekat• posypávat• liat (sa)• kropit• liat -
4 umbrella
(an apparatus for protecting a person from the rain, made of a folding covered framework attached to a stick with a handle: Take an umbrella - it's going to rain.) dáždnik* * *• všeobecný• záštita• slnecník• súvislá letecká ochrana• súhrnný• štít• strecha• dáždnik• dáždnikový• plášt• pláštik (pren.)• ochrana -
5 drain
[drein] 1. verb1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) odvodniť2) ((of water) to run away: The water drained away/off into the ditch.) odtekať3) (to pour off the water etc from or allow the water etc to run off from: Would you drain the vegetables?; He drained the petrol tank; The blood drained from her face.) odkvapkať; odtiecť4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) vypiť5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) vyčerpať2. noun1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.) stoka, kanál2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.) odliv, odčerpávanie•- drainage- draining-board
- drainpipe
- down the drain* * *• vysušit• vyprázdnit• odtok• odvodnit• odvodnovacia stoka -
6 desert
I [di'zə:t] verb1) (to go away from and leave without help etc; to leave or abandon: Why did you desert us?) opustiť2) (to run away, usually from the army: He was shot for trying to desert.) zbehnúť•- deserted- deserter
- desertion II ['dezət] noun(an area of barren country, usually hot, dry and sandy, where there is very little rain: Parts of the country are like a desert; ( also adjective) desert plants.) púšť; púšťový* * *• zásluha• dezertovat• púšt• pustý• opustit• neobývaný -
7 discourage
1) (to take away the confidence, hope etc of: His lack of success discouraged him.) znechutiť2) (to try to prevent (by showing disapproval etc): She discouraged all his attempts to get to know her.) zabrániť (niečomu)3) ((with from) to persuade against: The rain discouraged him from going camping.) odradiť (od)•* * *• zbavit odvahy• zastrašit• odradit -
8 drop
[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) kvapka2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) troška3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) pokles4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) spád2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) vypadnúť2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) spadnúť3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) opustiť, zanechať4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) vysadiť5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) naznačiť•- droplet- droppings
- drop-out
- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
- drop in
- drop off
- drop out* * *• utrúsit poznámku• vývod• zahodit• zaskocit• upustit• úbytok• prestat• klesnút• padnút• padat• pokles• kvapka• navštívit• napísat pár riadkov• odhodit -
9 fair
I [feə] adjective1) (light-coloured; with light-coloured hair and skin: fair hair; Scandinavian people are often fair.) svetlý2) (just; not favouring one side: a fair test.) spravodlivý3) ((of weather) fine; without rain: a fair afternoon.) pekný4) (quite good; neither bad nor good: Her work is only fair.) celkom dobrý5) (quite big, long etc: a fair size.) primeraný6) (beautiful: a fair maiden.) krásny•- fairness- fairly
- fair play II [feə] noun1) (a collection of entertainments that travels from town to town: She won a large doll at the fair.) lunapark2) (a large market held at fixed times: A fair is held here every spring.) trh3) (an exhibition of goods from different countries, firms etc: a trade fair.) veľtrh* * *• veltrh• vycasit sa• vyhladit• vyjasnit sa• vyplnit• zahladit• slušne• slušný• spravodlivý• svetlý• štastie• uspokojivý• typický• trh• úplne• uchádzajúci sa• úplný• priemerný• priamo• primeraný• príjemne• prepísat• prijatelný• fér• dostacujúci• dost pekne• hojný• celý• blond• bledý• bez poškvrny• bezmracný• celkom dobrý• cestný• cerstvý• cestne• dat pravidelný tvar• cistý• cisto• rovno• regulárny• poctivo• pekný• poctivý• podla pravidiel• pekný (o pocasí)• plavý• kráska• krásny• nádejný• nacisto• nezamazaný• nepoškvrnený• napísat -
10 stop
[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) zastaviť (sa)2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) zabrániť; zastaviť (sa)3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) prestať4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) zapchať5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) stlačiť, pritlačiť6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) zostať, zdržať sa2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) zastavenie; zastávka2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) zastávka3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) bodka4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) klapka, register5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) klin, zarážka•- stoppage- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
- stop over
- stop up* * *• ustat• utesnit• viezt• utesnenie• uzáver• uviazat• zabránit• zachytit• zablokovat• zapchat• záchyt• zapchanie• zaplombovat• zaplombovat(zub)• záverný• zahradit• zastavenie• zarážka• zasadrovanie• zdržanie• zátka• zakotvit• zastavovat• zapriet• zastávka• zadržat• zazátkovat• zastavit• zastavenie sa• závora• zatarasit• zastavit(sa)• zarazit sa• znacka stop• znamenie• zostat bývat• skoncovat• siahat• stanica• strhnút• stlacit• stát v ceste• upevnit• upchat• upchávka• prestávat• prehradit• prestávka• prestat• priviazat• priehrada• priviest do rozpakov• prerušit cinnost• doraz• klapka• blokovat• register• pauza• pokoj• popúštat• kohútik• kolík• koncit• medzipristátie• narážka -
11 blot out
(to hide from sight: The rain blotted out the view.) zahaliť* * *• vymazat• preškrtat -
12 hope
[həup] 1. verb(to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) dúfať2. noun1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) nádej2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) nádej3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) nádej•- hopeful- hopefulness
- hopefully
- hopeless
- hopelessly
- hopelessness
- hope against hope
- hope for the best
- not have a hope
- not a hope
- raise someone's hopes* * *• dúfat• nádej -
13 lash
[læʃ] 1. noun1) (an eyelash: She looked at him through her thick lashes.) riasa2) (a stroke with a whip etc: The sailor was given twenty lashes as a punishment.) rana bičom3) (a thin piece of rope or cord, especially of a whip: a whip with a long, thin lash.) remienok2. verb1) (to strike with a lash: He lashed the horse with his whip.) bičovať2) (to fasten with a rope or cord: All the equipment had to be lashed to the deck of the ship.) priviazať3) (to make a sudden or restless movement (with) (a tail): The tiger crouched in the tall grass, its tail lashing from side to side.) šibať4) ((of rain) to come down very heavily.) šľahať•- lash out* * *• uviazat• vyvolat• vyšibat• vyhrešit• zbicovat• zlahnút (obilie)• zaväzovat• šibnút• šlahnutie• šlahat• šibat• švihnút• udierat• prebúdzat• karhat• bicovanie• bicovat• bodnutie• plieskat• pokarhat -
14 recede
[ri'si:d]1) (to go or move back: When the rain stopped, the floods receded; His hair is receding from his forehead.) ustúpiť2) (to become distant: The coast receded behind us as we sailed away.) vzďaľovať sa* * *• ustupovat• ustúpit• vzdalovat sa• ubúdat• klesat• cúvat• poklesnút• odstúpit• opadat• odvrátit -
15 shelter
['ʃeltə] 1. noun1) (protection against wind, rain, enemies etc: We gave the old man shelter for the night.) úkryt2) (a building etc designed to give such protection: a bus-shelter.) prístrešok; čakáreň2. verb1) (to be in, or go into, a place of shelter: He sheltered from the storm.) ukryť sa2) (to give protection: That line of trees shelters my garden.) chrániť•* * *• útulna• útulok• útocište• výkop• záštita• zákop• skrývat sa• skrývat• strieška• ukrývat sa• ukrývat• úkryt• ukryt(sa)• prístrešie• prístrešok• domov• bunker• bezpecie• chata• chránitko• chránit• chránic• pavilón• poskytnút úkryt• poskytnút záštitu• kryt na mostíku• krytie• kryt• kryt sa• ochranovat• ochrana -
16 by the look(s) of
(judging from the appearance of (someone or something) it seems likely or probable: By the looks of him, he won't live much longer; It's going to rain by the look of it.) vyzerá to tak, že -
17 by the look(s) of
(judging from the appearance of (someone or something) it seems likely or probable: By the looks of him, he won't live much longer; It's going to rain by the look of it.) vyzerá to tak, že -
18 put paid to
(to prevent a person from doing (something he planned or wanted to do): The rain put paid to our visit to the zoo.) znemožniť -
19 wiper
noun ((also windscreen wiper) a moving arm for clearing rain etc from a vehicle's windscreen.) stierač
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