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1 jam
[‹æm] I noun(a thick sticky substance made of fruit etc preserved by being boiled with sugar: raspberry jam; ( also adjective) a jam sandwich.) džem; s džemom- jammyII 1. past tense, past participle - jammed; verb1) (to crowd full: The gateway was jammed with angry people.) zatarasiť2) (to squeeze, press or wedge tightly or firmly: He jammed his foot in the doorway.) (na)pchať (sa), vopchať3) (to stick and (cause to) be unable to move: The door / steering-wheel has jammed.) zadrieť sa4) ((of a radio station) to cause interference with (another radio station's broadcast) by sending out signals on a similar wavelength.) rušiť2. noun1) (a crowding together of vehicles, people etc so that movement is difficult or impossible: traffic-jams.) zápcha; tlačenica2) (a difficult situation: I'm in a bit of a jam - I haven't got enough money to pay for this meal.) pekná kaša, galiba, nepríjemná situácia•- jam on* * *• zacviknutie• vzpriecenie• vtlácat (sa)• vzpriecit• zatarasit• zámerné rušenie• zaváranina• zaseknút• zahradit• zámerne rušit• zovriet• stlacenie• stlácat• stisnutie• stisk• stlacit• upchat (sa)• tlacenica• urobit džem• tlacit sa• prekážat• domýšlavost• džem• hracka• hrat na jam session• rušit• rozdrvit• rušit (vysielanie)• rušit (úmyselne)• pchat sa• porucha (stroja)• lekvár• napchat• napratat• natriet džemom• nával• nepríjemná situácia -
2 embroil
[im'brəil](to involve (a person) in a quarrel or in a difficult situation: I do not wish to become embroiled in their family quarrels.) zapliesť sa* * *• uviest do zmätku• zapliest do sporu -
3 face up to
(to meet or accept boldly: She faced up to her difficult situation.) čeliť* * *• vyrovnat sa -
4 leave in the lurch
(to leave (a person etc) in a difficult situation and without help.) nechať na suchu -
5 predicament
[pri'dikəmənt](an unfortunate or difficult situation.) nepríjemná / ťažká situácia -
6 nasty
1) (unpleasant to the senses: a nasty smell.) odporný2) (unfriendly or unpleasant in manner: The man was very nasty to me.) zlý3) (wicked; evil: He has a nasty temper.) protivný, nepríjemný4) ((of weather) very poor, cold, rainy etc.) mizerný5) ((of a wound, cut etc) serious: That dog gave her a nasty bite.) nebezpečný6) (awkward or very difficult: a nasty situation.) ťažký, nepríjemný•- nastily- nastiness* * *• velmi nepríjemný• zlý• špinavý• sprostý• tažký• hanebný• hrozivý• hnusný• protivný• riskantný• podlý• ošklivý• nemravný• nechutný• nepríjemný• nebezpecný• nedovolený• nepoctivý• neslušný• odporný chlap• odporná záležitost• odporný• ohavnost• ohava -
7 proposition
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8 relate
[rə'leit] 1. verb1) (to tell (a story etc): He related all that had happened to him.) rozprávať2) ((with to) to be about, concerned or connected with: Have you any information relating to the effect of penicillin on mice?) týkať sa3) ((with to) to behave towards: He finds it difficult to relate normally to his mother.) nadviazať vzťah (s), uviesť do vzťahu•- related- relation
- relationship
- relative 2. adjective1) (compared with something else, or with each other, or with a situation in the past etc: the relative speeds of a car and a train; She used to be rich but now lives in relative poverty.) pomerný2) ((of a pronoun, adjective or clause) referring back to something previously mentioned: the girl who sang the song; the girl who sang the song.) vzťažný•* * *• uviest do súvislosti• uviest do vztahu• vztahovat sa• vyrozprávat• vylícit• zistit súvislost• súvisiet• spojovat• týkat sa• hovorit• rozprávat• popisovat• nájst súvislost -
9 sticky
1) (able, or likely, to stick or adhere to other surfaces: He mended the torn book with sticky tape; sticky sweets.) lepiaci, lepkavý2) ((of a situation or person) difficult; awkward.) nepríjemný, trápny* * *• vlhký• sentimentálny• prilnavý• dusný• hlúpy• protivný• otravný• lepivý• lepkavý• lepiaci sa• naglejený• nepríjemný -
10 ticklish
1) (easily made to laugh when tickled: Are you ticklish?) šteklivý2) (not easy to manage; difficult: a ticklish problem/situation.) chúlostivý* * *• šteklivý• delikátny• chúlostivý -
11 a tight corner/spot
(a difficult position or situation: His refusal to help put her in a tight corner/spot.) tieseň; do úzkych -
12 complication
1) (something making a situation etc more difficult: Taking the dog with us on holiday will be an added complication.) komplikácia2) (a development (in an illness etc) which makes things worse.) komplikácia -
13 find one's feet
(to become able to cope with a new situation: She found the new job difficult at first but she soon found her feet.) dostať sa do toho -
14 have one's back to the wall
(to be in a very difficult or desperate situation: He certainly has his back to the wall as he has lost his job and cannot find another one.) dostať sa do úzkych -
15 out of the frying-pan into the fire
(from a difficult or dangerous situation into a worse one: His first marriage was unhappy but his second was even more unhappy - it was a real case of out of the frying-pan into the fire.) z dažďa pod odkvapEnglish-Slovak dictionary > out of the frying-pan into the fire
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16 quandary
['kwondəri]plural - quandaries; noun(a state of uncertainty; a situation in which it is difficult to decide what to do.) pochybnosti, rozpaky
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