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1 high and mighty
(behaving as if one thinks one is very important: Don't be so high and mighty - you're just like any one of us.) domýšlivý* * *• nadutý -
2 patronise
['pæ-, ]( American[) 'pei-]1) (to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person: He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.) chovat se blahosklonně2) (to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly: That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.) pravidelně chodit* * *• podporovat -
3 patronize
['pæ-, ]( American[) 'pei-]1) (to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person: He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.) chovat se blahosklonně2) (to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly: That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.) pravidelně chodit* * *• podporovat
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