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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 all (the) year round
(throughout the whole year: The weather is so good here that we can swim all (the) year round.) celý rok -
3 all (the) year round
(throughout the whole year: The weather is so good here that we can swim all (the) year round.) celý rok -
4 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 -
5 relay race
(a race between teams of runners, swimmers etc, in which the members of the team run, swim etc one after another, each covering one part of the total distance to be run, swum etc.) štafetový závod* * *• štafetový závod -
6 sponsor
['sponsə] 1. verb1) (to take on the financial responsibility for (a person, project etc), often as a form of advertising or for charity: The firm sponsors several golf tournaments.) financovat2) (to promise (a person) that one will pay a certain sum of money to a charity etc if that person completes a set task (eg a walk, swim etc).) být sponzorem2. noun(a person, firm etc that acts in this way.) sponzor* * *• sponzor -
7 upstream
adverb (towards the upper part or source of a stream, river etc: Salmon swim upstream to lay their eggs.) proti proudu* * *• proti proudu• protisměr -
8 used to
['ju:stu]- negative short forms usedn't to, usen't to ['ju:sntu] (I, he etc) was in the habit of (doing something); (I, he etc) was (usually) in a particular position, state etc: I used to swim every day; She used not to be so forgetful; They used to play golf, didn't they?; Didn't you use(d) to live near me?; There used to be a butcher's shop there, didn't there?) mívat ve zvyku; bývat* * *• zvyklý na
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