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21 radical
['rædikəl] 1. adjective1) (relating to the basic nature of something: radical faults in the design.) základní2) (thorough; complete: radical changes.) zásadní3) (wanting or involving great or extreme political, social or economic changes.) radikální, extrémní2. noun(a person who wants radical political changes.) radikál* * *• základní• radikální• radikál• odmocnina• důkladný -
22 reassurance
1) (the process of reassuring or being reassured.) uklidnění2) (something said etc that makes a person feel reassured: She wants reassurance; Despite his reassurances, I'm still not happy.) opětovné ujištění* * *• ujištění• uklidnění -
23 rival
1. noun(a person etc who tries to compete with another; a person who wants the same thing as someone else: For students of English, this dictionary is without a rival; The two brothers are rivals for the girl next door - they both want to marry her; ( also adjective) rival companies; rival teams.) konkurence; sok, -yně, soupeřící2. verb(to (try to) be as good as someone or something else: He rivals his brother as a chess-player; Nothing rivals football for excitement and entertainment.) soupeřit, konkurovat- rivalry* * *• sok• soupeř -
24 show off
1) (to show or display for admiration: He showed off his new car by taking it to work.) předvést2) (to try to impress others with one's possessions, ability etc: She is just showing off - she wants everyone to know how well she speaks French (noun show-off a person who does this).) předvádět se* * *• vytahovat se• zdůraznit• zvýraznit• chlubit se -
25 soldier
['səul‹ə](a member (usually male) of an army, often one who is not an officer: The boy wants to be a soldier when he grows up.) voják* * *• voják -
26 spoil
[spoil]past tense, past participles - spoiled, spoilt; verb1) (to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless: If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it.) zkazit2) (to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so: They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable!) rozmazlit•- spoils- spoilt
- spoilsport* * *• zkazit• pokazit• hýčkat• kazit -
27 steep
I [sti:p] adjective1) ((of eg a hill, stairs etc) rising with a sudden rather than a gradual slope: The hill was too steep for me to cycle up; a steep path; a steep climb.) strmý2) ((of a price asked or demand made) unreasonable or too great: He wants rather a steep price for his house, doesn't he?; That's a bit steep!) přemrštěný•- steeply II [sti:p](to soak thoroughly.) namáčet* * *• příkrý• strmý• namáčet -
28 study
1. verb1) (to give time and attention to gaining knowledge of a subject: What subject is he studying?; He is studying French; He is studying for a degree in mathematics; She's studying to be a teacher.) studovat2) (to look at or examine carefully: He studied the railway timetable; Give yourself time to study the problem in detail.) zkoumat2. noun1) (the act of devoting time and attention to gaining knowledge: He spends all his evenings in study; She has made a study of the habits of bees.) studium2) (a musical or artistic composition: a book of studies for the piano; The picture was entitled `Study in Grey'.) etuda3) (a room in a house etc, in which to study, read, write etc: The headmaster wants to speak to the senior pupils in his study.) studovna, pracovna* * *• učit se• zkoumat• pracovna• studium• studovna• studovat• studijní• studie• naučit se -
29 subcontractor
(a person who undertakes work for a contractor and is therefore not directly employed by the person who wants such work done: The building contractor has employed several subcontractors to build the block of flats.) subdodavatel* * *• subdodavatel -
30 terrorist
noun (a person who tries to frighten people or governments into doing what he/she wants by using or threatening violence: The plane was hijacked by terrorists; ( also adjective) terrorist activities.) terorista; teroristický* * *• terorista• teroristický -
31 testament
['testəmənt](a written statement especially of what one wants to be done with one's personal property after one dies: This is his last will and testament.) závěť- New Testament* * *• závěť• poslední vůle -
32 wallpaper
noun (paper used to decorate interior walls of houses etc: My wife wants to put wallpaper on the walls but I would rather paint them.) tapety* * *• vytapetovat -
33 word-perfect
adjective (repeated, or able to repeat something, precisely in the original words: a word-perfect performance; He wants to be word-perfect by next week's rehearsal.) textově dokonalý* * *• do posledního detailu -
34 force someone's hand
(to force someone to do something either which he does not want to do or sooner than he wants to do it.) donutit -
35 get/have one's own way
(to do, get etc what one wants: You can't always have your own way.) dostat/mít své -
36 go to sea
(to become a sailor: He wants to go to sea.) jít k námořnictvu -
37 know one's own mind
((usually in negative) to know what one really thinks, wants to do etc: She doesn't know her own mind yet about abortion.) vědět, co chtít -
38 play into someone's hands
(to do exactly what an opponent or enemy wants one to do.) hrát do ruky -
39 self-willed
[self'wild](determined to do, or have, what one wants: a self-willed little brat.) umíněný -
40 stop at nothing
(to be willing to do anything, however dishonest etc, in order to get something: He'll stop at nothing to get what he wants.) necouvnout před ničím
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