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1 clap
[klæp] 1. past tense, past participle - clapped; verb1) (to strike the palms of the hands together eg to show approval, to mark a rhythm, or to gain attention etc: When the singer appeared, the audience started to clap loudly; They clapped the speech enthusiastically; Clap your hands in time to the music.) tleskat2) (to strike (someone) with the palm of the hand, often in a friendly way: He clapped him on the back and congratulated him.) poplácat, plácnout3) (to put suddenly (into prison, chains etc): They clapped him in jail.) vrazit, strčit2. noun1) (a sudden noise (of thunder).) rána, prásknutí2) (an act of clapping: They gave the performer a clap; He gave me a clap on the back.) potlesk; plácnutí* * *• třesk• tleskat• zatleskat• poklepat -
2 pawn
[po:n] 1. verb(to give (an article of value) to a pawnbroker in exchange for money (which may be repaid at a later time to get the article back): I had to pawn my watch to pay the bill.) zastavit2. noun1) (in chess, one of the small pieces of lowest rank.) pěšec2) (a person who is used by another person for his own gain, advantage etc: She was a pawn in his ambitious plans.) figurka•- pawnshop
- in pawn* * *• zastavit• zástava• pěšec• dát do zástavy -
3 score
[sko:] 1. plurals - scores; noun1) (the number of points, goals etc gained in a game, competition etc: The cricket score is 59 for 3.) skóre, stav2) (a written piece of music showing all the parts for instruments and voices: the score of an opera.) partitura3) (a set or group of twenty: There was barely a score of people there.) dvacítka2. verb1) (to gain (goals etc) in a game etc: He scored two goals before half-time.) zaznamenat2) ((sometimes with off or out) to remove (eg a name) from eg a list by putting a line through it: Please could you score my name off (the list)?; Is that word meant to be scored out?) přeškrtnout, vyškrtnout3) (to keep score: Will you score for us, please?) zapisovat body•- scorer- score-board
- on that score
- scores of
- scores
- settle old scores* * *• vstřelit gól• skórovat• skóre• dát gól -
4 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.) namastit si kapsu -
5 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.) namastit si kapsu
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gain time — obtain more time, obtain a delay or postponement … English contemporary dictionary
gain time — to get more time for yourself in order to do something or while you wait for something to happen … English dictionary
gain time — idi to achieve a delay or postponement … From formal English to slang
intended to gain time — index dilatory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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