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1 give way
1) (to stop in order to allow eg traffic to pass: Give way to traffic coming from the right.) dát přednost2) (to break, collapse etc under pressure: The bridge will give way any day now.) povolit, prasknout, podlomit se3) (to agree against one's will: I have no intention of giving way to demands like that.) ustoupit* * *• uvolnit• ustoupit• zřítit se• prasknout• podlomit se• povolit -
2 crack
[kræk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) prasknout2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) rozlousknout3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) zapraskat4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) dělat, vykládat5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) vyloupit6) (to solve (a code).) rozluštit7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) zlomit se2. noun1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) prasklina2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) škvíra3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) prásknutí4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) lupnutí, klapnutí5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) vtipná poznámka6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol) derivát kokainu, crack3. adjective(expert: a crack racing-driver.) odborník, expert- cracked- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
- have a crack* * *• třesk• prasknout• prasklina -
3 hammer
['hæmə] 1. noun1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) kladivo2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) srdce; kladívko3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) kladivo2. verb1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) (za)tlouci kladivem2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) vtloukat•- give someone a hammering- give a hammering
- hammer home
- hammer out* * *• tlouci• zabouchat• kladivo• bušit -
4 time out
1) ((in basketball etc) a short break requested by the coach to give instructions etc.) dočasné přerušení zápasu2) (a short period of rest from an activity: to take time out to relax.) přestávka* * *• oddechový čas
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