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1 gesture
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2 a token gesture
• malý náznak děkování -
3 magnanimous
[mæɡ'næniməs](noble and generous: a magnanimous gesture.) velkodušný- magnanimity* * *• šlechetný -
4 motion
['məuʃən] 1. noun1) (the act or state of moving: the motion of the planets; He lost the power of motion.) pohyb2) (a single movement or gesture: He summoned the waiter with a motion of the hand.) pohyb, gesto3) (a proposal put before a meeting: She was asked to speak against the motion in the debate.) návrh2. verb(to make a movement or sign eg directing a person or telling him to do something: He motioned (to) her to come nearer.) pokynout- motion picture
- in motion* * *• pohyb• chod -
5 respond
[rə'spond]( with to)1) (to answer with words, a reaction, gesture etc: He didn't respond to my question; I smiled at her, but she didn't respond.) odpovědět, reagovat2) (to show a good reaction eg to some course of treatment: His illness did not respond to treatment by drugs.) reagovat3) ((of vehicles etc) to be guided easily by controls: The pilot said the plane did not respond to the controls.) reagovat•- response- responsibility
- responsible
- responsibly
- responsive
- responsively
- responsiveness* * *• reagovat• odpovědět• odpovídat• ozvat se• ozývat se -
6 signify
1) (to be a sign of; to mean: His frown signified disapproval.) znamenat2) (to show; to make known by a sign, gesture etc: He signified his approval with a nod.) projevit•- significant
- significantly* * *• znamenat• naznačit -
7 sporting
1) (of, or concerned with, sports: the sporting world.) sportovní2) ((negative unsporting) showing fairness and kindness or generosity, especially if unexpected: a sporting gesture.) sportovní* * *• sportovní -
8 sweeping
1) (that sweeps: a sweeping gesture.) rozmáchlý2) ((of changes etc) very great: a sweeping victory; sweeping reforms.) pronikavý* * *• radikální -
9 wave
[weiv] 1. noun1) (a moving ridge, larger than a ripple, moving on the surface of water: rolling waves; a boat tossing on the waves.) vlna2) (a vibration travelling eg through the air: radio waves; sound waves; light waves.) vlna3) (a curve or curves in the hair: Are those waves natural?) vlna4) (a (usually temporary) rise or increase: the recent crime wave; a wave of violence; The pain came in waves.) vlna5) (an act of waving: She recognized me, and gave me a wave.) zamávání2. verb1) (to move backwards and forwards or flutter: The flags waved gently in the breeze.) vlát2) (to (cause hair to) curve first one way then the other: She's had her hair waved; Her hair waves naturally.) vlnit se; (na)ondulovat3) (to make a gesture (of greeting etc) with (eg the hand): She waved to me across the street; Everyone was waving handkerchiefs in farewell; They waved goodbye.) mávat•- wavy- waviness
- waveband
- wave
- wavelength
- wave aside* * *• vlna• vlnit se• mávat• mávnout -
10 snap one's fingers
(to make a sharp noise by moving the thumb quickly across the top joint of the middle finger, as an informal gesture eg to attract someone's attention, mark the rhythm in music etc.) lusknout prsty
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