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1 get hold of
1) (to manage to speak to: I've been trying to get hold of you by phone all morning.) spojiť sa s2) (to get, buy or obtain: I've been trying to get hold of a copy of that book for years.) dostať* * *• zmocnit sa -
2 get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
(to misunderstand a situation, something said etc.) zle pochopiťEnglish-Slovak dictionary > get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
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3 get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
(to misunderstand a situation, something said etc.) zle pochopiťEnglish-Slovak dictionary > get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
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4 hold
I 1. [həuld] past tense, past participle - held; verb1) (to have in one's hand(s) or between one's hands: He was holding a knife; Hold that dish with both hands; He held the little boy's hand; He held the mouse by its tail.) držať2) (to have in a part, or between parts, of the body, or between parts of a tool etc: He held the pencil in his teeth; She was holding a pile of books in her arms; Hold the stamp with tweezers.) držať3) (to support or keep from moving, running away, falling etc: What holds that shelf up?; He held the door closed by leaning against it; Hold your hands above your head; Hold his arms so that he can't struggle.) držať4) (to remain in position, fixed etc when under strain: I've tied the two pieces of string together, but I'm not sure the knot will hold; Will the anchor hold in a storm?) vydržať5) (to keep (a person) in some place or in one's power: The police are holding a man for questioning in connection with the murder; He was held captive.) zadržať6) (to (be able to) contain: This jug holds two pints; You can't hold water in a handkerchief; This drawer holds all my shirts.) obsahovať; udržať7) (to cause to take place: The meeting will be held next week; We'll hold the meeting in the hall.) konať (sa)8) (to keep (oneself), or to be, in a particular state or condition: We'll hold ourselves in readiness in case you send for us; She holds herself very erect.) byť, držať sa9) (to have or be in (a job etc): He held the position of company secretary for five years.) zastávať10) (to think strongly; to believe; to consider or regard: I hold that this was the right decision; He holds me (to be) responsible for everyone's mistakes; He is held in great respect; He holds certain very odd beliefs.) veriť; považovať; zachovávať11) (to continue to be valid or apply: Our offer will hold until next week; These rules hold under all circumstances.) platiť12) ((with to) to force (a person) to do something he has promised to do: I intend to hold him to his promises.) prinútiť (koho) dodržať13) (to defend: They held the castle against the enemy.) hájiť14) (not to be beaten by: The general realized that the soldiers could not hold the enemy for long.) odolávať15) (to keep (a person's attention): If you can't hold your pupils' attention, you can't be a good teacher.) udržiavať16) (to keep someone in a certain state: Don't hold us in suspense, what was the final decision?) udržiavať (v napätí)17) (to celebrate: The festival is held on 24 June.) konať sa18) (to be the owner of: He holds shares in this company.) vlastniť19) ((of good weather) to continue: I hope the weather holds until after the school sports.) vydržať20) ((also hold the line) (of a person who is making a telephone call) to wait: Mr Brown is busy at the moment - will you hold or would you like him to call you back?) čakať (pri telefóne)21) (to continue to sing: Please hold that note for four whole beats.) držať22) (to keep (something): They'll hold your luggage at the station until you collect it.) strážiť23) ((of the future) to be going to produce: I wonder what the future holds for me?) chystať2. noun1) (the act of holding: He caught/got/laid/took hold of the rope and pulled; Keep hold of that rope.) uchopenie; držanie sa2) (power; influence: He has a strange hold over that girl.) vplyv3) ((in wrestling etc) a manner of holding one's opponent: The wrestler invented a new hold.) hmat•- - holder- hold-all
- get hold of
- hold back
- hold down
- hold forth
- hold good
- hold it
- hold off
- hold on
- hold out
- hold one's own
- hold one's tongue
- hold up
- hold-up
- hold with II [həuld] noun((in ships) the place, below the deck, where cargo is stored.) sklad v podpalubí* * *• zachovávat• vydržat• zastavit• zastavenie• zadržat• slávit• prepadnút• držat• platit• pojat• lodný priestor• obsadit -
5 reach
[ri: ] 1. verb1) (to arrive at (a place, age etc): We'll never reach London before dark; Money is not important when you reach my age; The noise reached our ears; Has the total reached a thousand dollars yet?; Have they reached an agreement yet?) dosiahnuť2) (to (be able to) touch or get hold of (something): My keys have fallen down this hole and I can't reach them.) dosiahnuť3) (to stretch out one's hand in order to touch or get hold of something: He reached (across the table) for another cake; She reached out and took the book; He reached across/over and slapped her.) natiahnuť ruku4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) spojiť sa (s)5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) siahať2. noun1) (the distance that can be travelled easily: My house is within (easy) reach (of London).) dosah2) (the distance one can stretch one's arm: I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children's reach; My keys are down that hole, just out of reach (of my fingers); The boxer has a very long reach.) dosah3) ((usually in plural) a straight part of a river, canal etc: the lower reaches of the Thames.) rovný úsek toku* * *• získat• zastihnút• zasahovat• zahrnat• siahat• snažit sa• siahnut• spojit sa• usilovat• priplávat• preniknút• priletiet• príst• doplávat• dostat sa• dopísat• dospiet• doniest• dosah• dorazit• dosiahnut• dosahovat• docahovat• dôjst• chytit• docielit• doletiet• docítat• dolahnút• dohliadnut• dobehnút• rozkladat sa• podávat• podat• pamätat• letiet• natiahnut• natahovat• okruh• obzor -
6 stick
I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) prepichnúť, pichať2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) (za)bodnúť3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) (pri)lepiť; zostať4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) uviaznuť•- sticker- sticky
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticking-plaster
- stick-in-the-mud
- come to a sticky end
- stick at
- stick by
- stick it out
- stick out
- stick one's neck out
- stick to/with
- stick together
- stick up for II [stik] noun1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) konár2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) palica3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) stvol•- get hold of the wrong end of the stick- get the wrong end of the stick* * *• uviaznut• uviaznut v hlave• v tycinke• vrazit• vpichnút• vlepit sa• vydržat• výprask• zapichnút• zastrcit• zastavit sa• zadriet sa• zadrhnút sa• zaskocit v krku• zlepit• zaklesnút sa• zostat ležat• zostat trcat• zostat v mysli• zniest• zostat stát• taktovka• svietnik• strcit• trcat• tycinkový• udržat si v pamäti• tycka• tkviet• tycinka• pripichnút• prepichnút• pritlct• pribit• prilepit• držat sa• držadlo• flauta• kmen• klada• byt napichnutý• byt pichnutý• bic• byt• bránit v pohybe• byt zabodnutý• divocina• plniace pero• pácidlo• palica• pichat• ozdobit• píštala• pralesy• podviest• lipnút• lízatko• kôl• lesy• lepivost• kolík• nabodnút• napichnút• neschopný herec• nalepit• okradnút• obložit -
7 collar
['kolə] 1. noun1) (the part of a garment at the neck especially of a shirt, jacket etc: This collar is too tight.) golier2) (something worn round the neck: The dog's name was on its collar.) obojok2. verb(to seize, get hold of: He collared the speaker as he left the room.) chytiť* * *• golier• obojok -
8 nab
[næb]past tense, past participle - nabbed; verb(to take, catch or get hold of: The police nabbed the thief.) chytiť* * *• zatknút• prichytit• dolapit• chytit• lapit• nachytat -
9 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!) robotník; 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.) karty6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) päsť (dĺžková miera 10,16 cm)7) (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.) podať; vrátiť2) (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.) prepojiť späť•- 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* * *• smer• strana• rukopis• rucicka• ruka• podat• pracovná sila -
10 carry
['kæri]1) (to take from one place etc to another: She carried the child over the river; Flies carry disease.) (pre)niesť, prenášať2) (to go from one place to another: Sound carries better over water.) niesť sa3) (to support: These stone columns carry the weight of the whole building.) niesť4) (to have or hold: This job carries great responsibility.) niesť so sebou5) (to approve (a bill etc) by a majority of votes: The parliamentary bill was carried by forty-two votes.) schváliť (hlasovaním)6) (to hold (oneself) in a certain way: He carries himself like a soldier.) niesť sa, držať sa•((slang) a fuss; excited behaviour.)
výstredné správanie- carry-cot((of bags or cases) that passengers can carry with them on board a plane.)
príručná batožina
- be/get carried away
- carry forward
- carry off
- carry on
- carry out
- carry weight* * *• uverejnit• viest• vydržat• vzdat poctu• vyhrat• zapôsobit• zaniest• zmocnit sa• zvážat• strhnút• tahat• uchvátit• presadit sa• predávat• prenášat• predlžovat• prenos• priniest• dorucit• dopravovat• dopravit• držat• delit• mat pri sebe• natahovat• nosit• niest• odprevadit -
11 right
1. adjective1) (on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left): When I'm writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.) pravý2) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) správny3) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) správny4) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) vhodný2. noun1) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) právo2) (that which is correct or good: Who's in the right in this argument?) pravda3) (the right side, part or direction: Turn to the right; Take the second road on the right.) napravo4) (in politics, the people, group, party or parties holding the more traditional beliefs etc.) pravica3. adverb1) (exactly: He was standing right here.) presne, priamo2) (immediately: I'll go right after lunch; I'll come right down.) hneď3) (close: He was standing right beside me.) tesne, blízko4) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) úplne5) (to the right: Turn right.) vpravo6) (correctly: Have I done that right?; I don't think this sum is going to turn out right.) správne4. verb1) (to bring back to the correct, usually upright, position: The boat tipped over, but righted itself again.) narovnať (sa)2) (to put an end to and make up for something wrong that has been done: He's like a medieval knight, going about the country looking for wrongs to right.) napraviť5. interjection(I understand; I'll do what you say etc: `I want you to type some letters for me.' `Right, I'll do them now.') dobre- righteously
- righteousness
- rightful
- rightfully
- rightly
- rightness
- righto
- right-oh
- rights
- right angle
- right-angled
- right-hand
- right-handed
- right wing 6. adjective((right-wing) (having opinions which are) of this sort.) pravicový- by rights
- by right
- get
- keep on the right side of
- get right
- go right
- not in one's right mind
- not quite right in the head
- not right in the head
- put right
- put/set to rights
- right away
- right-hand man
- right now
- right of way
- serve right* * *• v pravom uhle• vhodný• uviest do poriadku• velmi• v dobrom stave• vhodne• vpravo• vonkajší• vzpriamit sa• vztýcený• vzpriamený• vyrovnat• zdravý• skutocný• rýdzi• správne• spravodlivý• spravit• správny• spolocensky vyhovujúci• ten pravý• upravit• úplne• presný• priamo• presne• príslušne• priamy• predplatený• prednostné právo• dostatocný dôvod• doprava• ihned• hodiaci sa• hned• dobre• docista• rovno• rovný• reakcný• reakcionársky• opravit• originálny• pocestne• oprávnenie• poctivo• patricný• pravý• postavit• pravdepodobnost• právo• povinnost• práve• pravdivý• pravá topánka• pravá strana• pravá ruka• pravá cast• právoplatný• poriadny• pravdivo informovat• pravý hák• podplatený• pravicový• pravé krídlo• pravica• pravotocivý• konzervatívny• kompletne• lícny• kolmý• možnost• napravit• narovnat• nárok• nefalšovaný• náležitý• napravo• náležite• okamžite• normálny• ohromne -
12 catch
[kæ ] 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) chytiť, upútať2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) chytiť3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) chytiť pri4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) dostať5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) zachytiť (sa)6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) zasiahnuť7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) rozumieť8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) chytiť sa2. noun1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) chytenie, zachytenie, chyták2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) zámok, západka3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) úlovok4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) háčik•- catching- catchy
- catch-phrase
- catch-word
- catch someone's eye
- catch on
- catch out
- catch up* * *• zahliadnut• stihnút• úlovok• chytit• pochopit• porozumiet• korist -
13 should
[ʃud]negative short form - shouldn't; verb1) (past tense of shall: I thought I should never see you again.) (minulý čas od shall)2) (used to state that something ought to happen, be done etc: You should hold your knife in your right hand; You shouldn't have said that.) (povinnosť)3) (used to state that something is likely to happen etc: If you leave now, you should arrive there by six o'clock.) (pravdepodobnosť)4) (used after certain expressions of sorrow, surprise etc: I'm surprised you should think that.) (ľútosť, prekvapenie)5) (used after if to state a condition: If anything should happen to me, I want you to remember everything I have told you today.) (podmienka: keby snáď...)6) ((with I or we) used to state that a person wishes something was possible: I should love to go to France (if only I had enough money).) (podmienka: keby len...)7) (used to refer to an event etc which is rather surprising: I was just about to get on the bus when who should come along but John, the very person I was going to visit.) (prekvapenie)* * *• mat povinnost -
14 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.) špongia2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) špongia3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) piškóta; piškótový koláč4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) umytie špongiou2. verb1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) umyť špongiou2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) žiť na účet (koho)•- sponger- spongy
- spongily
- sponginess
- sponge cake
- sponge pudding* * *• voš• vlhcit• vymámit• vycistit• vytriet• využívat• vysušit• žit na úcet• žit ako príživník• zmyt• šlahaná ovocná pena• špongia• sušit• tampón• umyt• umývat špongiou• príživník• cesto pred kysnutím• pumpnút (niekoho)• piškót• plynárska cistiaca špongi• parazit• ovocný sneh• pórovité cesto• kysnuté cesto• mycia huba• navlhcit• nákyp so snehom• naniest špongiou• natriet• ochlasta
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