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1 lift
[lift] 1. verb1) (to raise or bring to a higher position: The box was so heavy I couldn't lift it.) zvednout2) (to take and carry away: He lifted the table through into the kitchen.) odnést3) ((of mist etc) to disappear: By noon, the fog was beginning to lift.) zvedat se4) (to rise: The aeroplane lifted into the air.) vzlétnout2. noun1) (the act of lifting: a lift of the eyebrows.) zdvižení2) ((American elevator) a small enclosed platform etc that moves up and down between floors carrying goods or people: Since she was too tired to climb the stairs, she went up in the lift.) výtah3) (a ride in someone's car etc: Can I give you a lift into town?) svezení4) (a raising of the spirits: Her success in the exam gave her a great lift.) povzbuzení•- lift off* * *• výtah• zvednout• zdvihat• zvedat• zdvihnout• nadzvednout -
2 hitch a lift/ride
(to get a free ride in someone else's car.) využít příležitosti -
3 fork
[fo:k] 1. noun1) (an instrument with two or more pointed pieces for piercing and lifting things: We usually eat with a knife, fork and spoon.) vidlička2) (the point at which a road, river etc divides into two or more branches or divisions: a fork in the river.) rozcestí3) (one of the branches or divisions of a road, river etc into which the road, river etc divides: Take the left fork (of the road).) odbočující cesta, rameno2. verb1) ((of a road, river etc) to divide into (usually two) branches or divisions: The main road forks here.) rozbíhat se2) ((of a person or vehicle) to follow one of the branches or divisions into which a road has divided: The car forked left.) odbočit3) (to lift or move with a fork: The farmer forked the hay.) nabírat, přehazovat vidlemi•- forked- fork-lift truck
- fork out* * *• vidlička• vidlice• vidle• rozvětvit• rozdvojit• rozdělit -
4 dilemma
(a position or situation giving two choices, neither pleasant: His dilemma was whether to leave the party early so as to get a lift in his friend's car, or to stay and walk eight kilometres home.) dilema* * *• dilema -
5 hitch
[hi ] 1. verb1) (to fasten to something: He hitched his horse to the fence-post; He hitched his car to his caravan.) uvázat; připnout2) (to hitch-hike: I can't afford the train-fare to London - I'll have to hitch.) jet stopem2. noun1) (an unexpected problem or delay: The job was completed without a hitch.) zádrhel2) (a kind of knot.) uzel3) (a sudden, short pull upwards: She gave her skirt a hitch.) škubnutí•- hitch-hiker
- hitch a lift/ride
- hitch up* * *• zádrhel• zaháknutí• přítěž• oj• kulhání -
6 raise
[reiz] 1. verb1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) zvednout, vztyčit2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) zvýšit3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) pěstovat, chovat4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) vychovat5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) vznést6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) sebrat; shromáždit se7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) vyvolat8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) zvednout, způsobit9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) postavit10) (to give (a shout etc).) vydat11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) navázat spojení2. noun(an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) zvýšení platu- raise hell/Cain / the roof
- raise someone's spirits* * *• vychovat• vypěstovat• zdvihat• zvedat• zvednout• zdvihnout• zvýšit -
7 under one's own steam
(by one's own efforts, without help from others: John gave me a lift in his car, but Mary arrived under her own steam.) vlastními silami
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