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  • 1 keep house (for)

    (to do the cooking, housework etc (for): She keeps house for her brother.) udržiavať domácnosť

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  • 2 keep house (for)

    (to do the cooking, housework etc (for): She keeps house for her brother.) udržiavať domácnosť

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  • 3 keep

    [ki:p] 1. past tense, past participle - kept; verb
    1) (to have for a very long or indefinite period of time: He gave me the picture to keep.) uchovať
    2) (not to give or throw away; to preserve: I kept the most interesting books; Can you keep a secret?) ponechať si; zachovať
    3) (to (cause to) remain in a certain state or position: I keep this gun loaded; How do you keep cool in this heat?; Will you keep me informed of what happens?) udržiavať
    4) (to go on (performing or repeating a certain action): He kept walking.) pokračovať v
    5) (to have in store: I always keep a tin of baked beans for emergencies.) mať na sklade
    6) (to look after or care for: She keeps the garden beautifully; I think they keep hens.) udržiavať; chovať
    7) (to remain in good condition: That meat won't keep in this heat unless you put it in the fridge.) vydržať, ostať (čerstvý), nepokaziť sa
    8) (to make entries in (a diary, accounts etc): She keeps a diary to remind her of her appointments; He kept the accounts for the club.) viesť (si)
    9) (to hold back or delay: Sorry to keep you.) udržiavať, zdržať, zdržiavať
    10) (to provide food, clothes, housing for (someone): He has a wife and child to keep.) živiť, podporovať, starať sa
    11) (to act in the way demanded by: She kept her promise.) dodržať
    12) (to celebrate: to keep Christmas.) oslavovať
    2. noun
    (food and lodging: She gives her mother money every week for her keep; Our cat really earns her keep - she kills all the mice in the house.) obživa
    - keeping
    - keep-fit
    - keepsake
    - for keeps
    - in keeping with
    - keep away
    - keep back
    - keep one's distance
    - keep down
    - keep one's end up
    - keep from
    - keep going
    - keep hold of
    - keep house for
    - keep house
    - keep in
    - keep in mind
    - keep it up
    - keep off
    - keep on
    - keep oneself to oneself
    - keep out
    - keep out of
    - keep time
    - keep to
    - keep something to oneself
    - keep to oneself
    - keep up
    - keep up with the Joneses
    - keep watch
    * * *
    • viest
    • vytrvat
    • výživa
    • vydržiavat
    • zachovávat
    • strava
    • starat sa
    • udržovat
    • držat
    • chovat
    • dodržiavat
    • oslavovat
    • ponechat
    • podporovat
    • krmivo
    • mat
    • nechat
    • nestratit
    • nepovolit
    • neprestávat

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  • 4 house

    1. plural - houses; noun
    1) (a building in which people, especially a single family, live: Houses have been built on the outskirts of the town for the workers in the new industrial estate.) dom
    2) (a place or building used for a particular purpose: a hen-house; a public house.) kurín; hostinec
    3) (a theatre, or the audience in a theatre: There was a full house for the first night of the play.) (vypredané) hľadisko, obecenstvo
    4) (a family, usually important or noble, including its ancestors and descendants: the house of David.) rod, dynastia
    2. verb
    1) (to provide with a house, accommodation or shelter: All these people will have to be housed; The animals are housed in the barn.) ubytovať, umiestniť
    2) (to store or keep somewhere: The electric generator is housed in the garage.) umiestniť
    - housing benefit
    - house agent
    - house arrest
    - houseboat
    - housebreaker
    - housebreaking
    - house-fly
    - household
    - householder
    - household word
    - housekeeper
    - housekeeping
    - houseman
    - housetrain
    - house-warming
    3. adjective
    a house-warming party.) oslavujúci nový byt
    - housework
    - like a house on fire
    * * *
    • vstávat
    • zabudovat
    • zamontovat
    • snemovna
    • ubytovat (sa)
    • dynastia
    • bývat
    • dom
    • rod

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  • 5 keep open house

    • každého pohostit

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  • 6 keep the house

    • zdržiavat sa doma
    • ostat doma
    • nevychádzat z domu

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  • 7 save

    I 1. [seiv] verb
    1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) zachrániť
    2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) šetriť
    3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) ušetriť
    4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) zabrániť
    5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) ochrániť
    6) (to keep data in the computer.) uchovať (v pamäti)
    2. noun
    ((in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.) zabránenie gólu
    - saving
    - savings
    - saviour
    - saving grace
    - savings account
    - savings bank
    - save up
    II [seiv] preposition, conjunction
    (except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.) okrem
    * * *
    • usporit
    • zachovat
    • zachránenie
    • zabránit porážke
    • zachránit
    • zabránit gólu
    • záchrana
    • záchranné opatrenia
    • spasit
    • s výnimkou
    • šetrit si
    • šetrit
    • sporit
    • uchovat
    • uschovat
    • uložit
    • ušanovat
    • uchránit
    • ušetrit
    • ibaže
    • až
    • dat na bok
    • chránit
    • chytit
    • rezervovat
    • mimo
    • nechávat si
    • nestratit
    • nehladiac na
    • nenamáhat
    • nezmeškat
    • našetrit
    • nechat si
    • okrem
    • obrana
    • ochránit

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  • 8 live

    I 1. [liv] verb
    1) (to have life; to be alive: This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.) žiť
    2) (to survive: The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live; It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.) prežiť
    3) (to have one's home or dwelling (in a particular place): She lives next to the church; They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.) bývať
    4) (to pass (one's life): He lived a life of luxury; She lives in fear of being attacked.) žiť
    5) ((with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself: He lives by fishing.) žiť (z)
    - - lived
    - living 2. noun
    (the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive: He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author.) živobytie
    - live-in
    - live and let live
    - live down
    - live in
    - out
    - live on
    - live up to
    - within living memory
    - in living memory
    II 1. adjective
    1) (having life; not dead: a live mouse.) živý
    2) ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) heard or seen as the event takes place; not recorded: I watched a live performance of my favourite opera on television; Was the performance live or recorded?) priamy
    3) (full of energy, and capable of becoming active: a live bomb) nevybuchnutý
    4) (burning: a live coal.) horiaci
    2. adverb
    ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) as the event takes place: The competition will be broadcast live.) priamo
    - liveliness
    - livestock
    - live wire
    * * *
    • užívat (si) život
    • žeravý
    • živý
    • žit
    • trvat
    • prežit
    • pretrvat
    • dožit sa
    • horúci
    • bývat
    • aktívny
    • aktuálny
    • dockat sa
    • culý
    • pálcivý
    • pod napätím
    • podnikavý
    • nabitý
    • neupotrebený
    • nepoužitý
    • nevybuchnutý

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  • 9 separate

    1. ['sepəreit] verb
    1) ((sometimes with into or from) to place, take, keep or force apart: He separated the money into two piles; A policeman tried to separate the men who were fighting.) rozdeliť, oddeliť
    2) (to go in different directions: We all walked along together and separated at the cross-roads.) rozísť sa
    3) ((of a husband and wife) to start living apart from each other by choice.) žiť oddelene
    2. [-rət] adjective
    1) (divided; not joined: He sawed the wood into four separate pieces; The garage is separate from the house.) oddelený
    2) (different or distinct: This happened on two separate occasions; I like to keep my job and my home life separate.) oddelený
    - separable
    - separately
    - separates
    - separation
    - separatist
    - separatism
    - separate off
    - separate out
    - separate up
    * * *
    • uzavretý
    • vylucovat
    • zvláštny
    • separovat sa
    • separovat
    • samostatný
    • separátny
    • štiepit sa
    • triedit
    • previest odluku
    • prepustit
    • izolovat
    • izolovat sa
    • jednotlivý
    • izolovaný
    • delit
    • delit sa
    • rozviest sa s manželom
    • rozlúcit
    • rozlišovat
    • rozdelovat
    • rozdelovat sa
    • rozíst sa
    • rôzny
    • roztriedit
    • osobný
    • osobitný
    • nespolocenský
    • odštiepit sa
    • odstredovat
    • odlúcený
    • oddelený
    • oddelovat sa
    • oddelovat
    • odlucovat
    • odlucovat sa

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  • 10 shut

    1. present participle - shutting; verb
    1) (to move (a door, window, lid etc) so that it covers or fills an opening; to move (a drawer, book etc) so that it is no longer open: Shut that door, please!; Shut your eyes and don't look.) zavrieť
    2) (to become closed: The window shut with a bang.) zavrieť sa
    3) (to close and usually lock (a building etc) eg at the end of the day or when people no longer work there: The shops all shut at half past five; There's a rumour that the factory is going to be shut.) zatvárať, zavrieť
    4) (to keep in or out of some place or keep away from someone by shutting something: The dog was shut inside the house.) zavrieť
    2. adjective
    (closed.) zavretý
    - shut off
    - shut up
    * * *
    • uzáver
    • uväznit
    • uzatvorenie
    • uzavriet
    • vylúcit
    • záver
    • zavierat sa
    • zatvorit
    • zatvárat sa
    • zatvorenie
    • zaviest(vodu)
    • zavriet
    • zahradit
    • zatarasit
    • zamknút
    • zvarit
    • privriet
    • priklopit
    • íst zavriet
    • dat sa zavriet

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  • 11 straight

    [streit] 1. adjective
    1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) rovný
    2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) priamy, otvorený
    3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) rovný; upravený
    4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) jasný, usporiadaný
    5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) čistý
    6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) vážny
    7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) normálny
    2. adverb
    1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) priamo, rovno
    2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) rovno
    3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) poctivo
    3. noun
    (the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.) rovinka
    - straightness
    - straightforward
    - straightforwardly
    - straightforwardness
    - straight talking
    - go straight
    - straight away
    - straighten out/up
    - a straight fight
    - straight off
    * * *
    • vodorovný
    • zarucený
    • rýdzi
    • strmý
    • spolahlivý
    • statocný
    • úprimný
    • uprataný
    • priamo
    • priamy smer
    • priamost
    • priamy úsek dráhy
    • priamy
    • priamka
    • hned
    • bez zábran
    • bezúhonne
    • cistý
    • cestný
    • cistý nápoj
    • cestne
    • cielová rovinka
    • cistá pravda
    • prvé miesto
    • rovno
    • rovnost
    • rovina
    • prosto
    • rovný
    • rovný smer
    • otvorený
    • pocestný
    • poctivý
    • kolmo postavený
    • nespútaný
    • normálny
    • okamžite
    • nezmiešaný

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  • 12 back

    [bæk] 1. noun
    1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) chrbát
    2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) chrbát
    3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) zadná časť
    4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) obranca
    2. adjective
    (of or at the back: the back door.) zadný
    3. adverb
    1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) späť, naspäť
    2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) preč, ďalej
    3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) dozadu
    4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) odpovedať, odvrávať
    5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) späť (do minulosti)
    4. verb
    1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) (vy)cúvať
    2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) podporiť
    3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) staviť (na)
    - backbite
    - backbiting
    - backbone
    - backbreaking
    - backdate
    - backfire
    - background
    - backhand
    5. adverb
    (using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) bekhendom; so sklonom doľava
    - back-number
    - backpack
    - backpacking: go backpacking
    - backpacker
    - backside
    - backslash
    - backstroke
    - backup
    - backwash
    - backwater
    - backyard
    - back down
    - back of
    - back on to
    - back out
    - back up
    - have one's back to the wall
    - put someone's back up
    - take a back seat
    * * *
    • ustupovat dozadu
    • vsadit
    • veslovat dozadu
    • vziat na seba
    • vzadu
    • zastaralý
    • zadný
    • zadná strana
    • zlý
    • spätný
    • spät
    • susedit vzadu
    • tvorit pozadie
    • kada
    • investovat
    • byt obrátený zadnou stran
    • chrbát
    • cúvat
    • rub
    • podložitspodšitsvystužit
    • otocit sa proti smeru
    • podporovat
    • pohybovat sa dozadu
    • koza (telovýchovná)
    • naložit si na seba
    • nasadnút
    • nazad
    • operadlo
    • oneskorený
    • niest na chrbáte
    • opatrit chrbátom
    • obranca
    • opatrit operadlom

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  • 13 convenient

    [kən'vi:njənt]
    1) (suitable; not causing trouble or difficulty: When would it be convenient for me to come?) vhodný
    2) (easy to use, run etc: a convenient size of house.) vyhovujúci
    3) (easy to reach etc; accessible: Keep this in a convenient place.) vhodný
    - convenience
    * * *
    • vhodný
    • vyhovujúci
    • výhodný
    • pohodlný

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  • 14 farm

    1. noun
    1) (an area of land, including buildings, used for growing crops, breeding and keeping cows, sheep, pigs etc: Much of England is good agricultural land and there are many farms.) farma, majetok
    2) (the farmer's house and the buildings near it in such a place: We visited the farm; ( also adjective) a farm kitchen.) statok
    2. verb
    (to cultivate (the land) in order to grow crops, breed and keep animals etc: He farms (5,000 acres) in the south.) obrábať
    - farming
    - farmhouse
    - farmyard
    * * *
    • útulok
    • zaplatit poplatok
    • sedliacit
    • starat sa (za úplatu)
    • statok
    • prenájom (výnosu)
    • gazdovstvo
    • farmárit
    • farma
    • hospodárit
    • hospodárstvo
    • hospodársky
    • chovat (domáce zvieratá)
    • polnohospodáska usadlost
    • majetok
    • obrábat (pôdu)
    • obrábat

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  • 15 handy

    ['hændi]
    1) (ready (to use); in a convenient place: I like to keep my tools handy; This house is handy for the shops.) pri ruke; výhodne položený
    2) (easy to use; useful: a handy tool.) šikovný
    - handyman
    - come in handy
    * * *
    • užitocný
    • vhod
    • šikovný
    • príst vhod
    • hodit sa
    • poruke
    • praktický
    • pohodlný

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  • 16 haunt

    [ho:nt] 1. verb
    1) ((of a ghost) to inhabit: A ghost is said to haunt this house.) strašiť
    2) ((of an unpleasant memory) to keep coming back into the mind of: Her look of misery haunts me.) prenasledovať
    3) (to visit very often: He haunts that café.) často navštevovať
    2. noun
    (a place one often visits: This is one of my favourite haunts.) často navštevované miesto
    * * *
    • strašit
    • prenasledovat
    • casto navštevovat

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  • 17 place

    [pleis] 1. noun
    1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) miesto, oblasť, kraj
    2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) miesto
    3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) miesto
    4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) miesto, sedadlo
    5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) miesto, pozícia, umiestnenie
    6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) miesto, stav, postavenie
    7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) miesto, pasáž
    8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) povinnosť
    9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) miesto, postavenie
    10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) dom, domov
    11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) ulica, námestie
    12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) (desatinné) miesto
    2. verb
    1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) položiť, umiestniť; menovať
    2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) zaradiť, spomenúť si
    - go places
    - in the first
    - second place
    - in place
    - in place of
    - out of place
    - put oneself in someone else's place
    - put someone in his place
    - put in his place
    - take place
    - take the place of
    * * *
    • umiestnenie
    • umiestnovat
    • miesto

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  • 18 reach

    [ri: ] 1. verb
    1) (to arrive at (a place, age etc): We'll never reach London before dark; Money is not important when you reach my age; The noise reached our ears; Has the total reached a thousand dollars yet?; Have they reached an agreement yet?) dosiahnuť
    2) (to (be able to) touch or get hold of (something): My keys have fallen down this hole and I can't reach them.) dosiahnuť
    3) (to stretch out one's hand in order to touch or get hold of something: He reached (across the table) for another cake; She reached out and took the book; He reached across/over and slapped her.) natiahnuť ruku
    4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) spojiť sa (s)
    5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) siahať
    2. noun
    1) (the distance that can be travelled easily: My house is within (easy) reach (of London).) dosah
    2) (the distance one can stretch one's arm: I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children's reach; My keys are down that hole, just out of reach (of my fingers); The boxer has a very long reach.) dosah
    3) ((usually in plural) a straight part of a river, canal etc: the lower reaches of the Thames.) rovný úsek toku
    * * *
    • získat
    • zastihnút
    • zasahovat
    • zahrnat
    • siahat
    • snažit sa
    • siahnut
    • spojit sa
    • usilovat
    • priplávat
    • preniknút
    • priletiet
    • príst
    • doplávat
    • dostat sa
    • dopísat
    • dospiet
    • doniest
    • dosah
    • dorazit
    • dosiahnut
    • dosahovat
    • docahovat
    • dôjst
    • chytit
    • docielit
    • doletiet
    • docítat
    • dolahnút
    • dohliadnut
    • dobehnút
    • rozkladat sa
    • podávat
    • podat
    • pamätat
    • letiet
    • natiahnut
    • natahovat
    • okruh
    • obzor

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  • 19 secure

    [si'kjuə] 1. adjective
    1) ((often with against or from) safe; free from danger, loss etc: Is your house secure against burglary?; He went on holiday, secure in the knowledge that he had done well in the exam.) bezpečný; pokojný
    2) (firm, fastened, or fixed: Is that door secure?) pevný
    3) (definite; not likely to be lost: She has had a secure offer of a job; He has a secure job.) zaručený, istý
    2. verb
    1) ((with against or from (something bad)) to guarantee or make safe: Keep your jewellery in the bank to secure it against theft.) zabezpečiť
    2) (to fasten or make firm: He secured the boat with a rope.) prizvať
    - security
    - security risk
    * * *
    • uväznit
    • v bezpecí
    • zabezpecit
    • zabránit
    • zabezpecený
    • zaistit
    • zarucený
    • zastavit krvácanie
    • zadovážit si
    • zadovážit
    • získat si
    • zaistený
    • zohnat
    • solídny
    • spolahlivý
    • upevnený
    • urcitý
    • upevnit
    • upevnovat
    • prestat pracovat
    • priviazaný
    • prepustit
    • dosiahnut
    • dostat
    • istý
    • bezpecný
    • bez starostí
    • bez obáv
    • bezstarostný
    • docielit co
    • dat volno
    • pevný
    • pevne zavriet
    • poistit
    • podviazat cievu
    • pokojný
    • poistený
    • koniec poplachu
    • nic netušiaci
    • ochránit
    • obstarat si
    • obsadit

    English-Slovak dictionary > secure

  • 20 sign

    1. noun
    1) (a mark used to mean something; a symbol: is the sign for addition.) znak, znamienko
    2) (a notice set up to give information (a shopkeeper's name, the direction of a town etc) to the public: road-sign.) tabuľa, značka
    3) (a movement (eg a nod, wave of the hand) used to mean or represent something: He made a sign to me to keep still.) znamenie
    4) (a piece of evidence suggesting that something is present or about to come: There were no signs of life at the house and he was afraid they were away; Clouds are often a sign of rain.) (ná)znak
    2. verb
    1) (to write one's name (on): Sign at the bottom, please.) podpísať sa
    2) (to write (one's name) on a letter, document etc: He signed his name on the document.) podpísať
    3) (to make a movement of the head, hand etc in order to show one's meaning: She signed to me to say nothing.) dať znamenie
    - signpost
    - sign in/out
    - sign up
    * * *
    • viditelné znamenie
    • vstúpit do armády
    • uzavriet zmluvu
    • vlajka
    • vývesný štít
    • výveska
    • vyzvat k prihláseniu
    • zapísat sa
    • zázrak
    • znacka
    • známka
    • znamenie
    • znak
    • znamienko
    • signál
    • signo
    • štítok
    • tabula
    • štandarda
    • tabulka
    • stopa
    • príznak
    • prihlásit sa
    • gesto
    • erb
    • heslo
    • dopravná znacka
    • erbové znamenie
    • domové oznacenie
    • jav
    • dôkaz
    • div
    • reflex
    • reklama
    • plavidlo
    • pamiatka
    • oznacenie
    • posunok
    • poznávacie znamenie
    • podpisovat
    • pokyn
    • posuvka
    • náznak
    • naznacovat
    • odznak

    English-Slovak dictionary > sign

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