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1 swim
[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) plavat2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) (pře)plavat3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) motat se2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) (za)plavání- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
- swimming-costume* * *• zaplavat si• plavat• swim/swam/swum -
2 of course
(naturally or obviously: Of course, he didn't tell me any secrets; Of course I can swim.) samozřejmě* * *• pochopitelně• samozřejmě• ovšem -
3 swimmer
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4 all (the) year round
(throughout the whole year: The weather is so good here that we can swim all (the) year round.) celý rok -
5 all (the) year round
(throughout the whole year: The weather is so good here that we can swim all (the) year round.) celý rok -
6 dip
[dip] 1. past tense, past participle - dipped; verb1) (to lower into any liquid for a moment: He dipped his bread in the soup.) namočit, ponořit2) (to slope downwards: The road dipped just beyond the crossroads.) klesat3) (to lower the beam of (car headlights): He dipped his lights as the other car approached.) sklopit4) ((of a ship) to lower (a flag) briefly in salute.) pozdravit2. noun1) (a hollow (in a road etc): The car was hidden by a dip in the road.) výmol, jáma2) (a soft, savoury mixture in which a biscuit etc can be dipped: a cheese dip.) omáčka, pomazánka3) (a short swim: a dip in the sea.) smočení•- dip into* * *• ponořit• namočit
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