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1 impose
[im'pouz]1) (to place (a tax, fine, task etc) on someone or something: The government have imposed a new tax on cigarettes.) uvalit, zavést2) (to force (oneself, one's opinions etc) on a person: The headmaster liked to impose his authority on the teachers.) vynucovat si3) ((often with on) to ask someone to do something which he should not be asked to do or which he will find difficult to do: I hope I'm not imposing (on you) by asking you to help.) zneužít•* * *• uvalit -
2 trap
[træp] 1. noun1) (a device for catching animals: He set a trap to catch the bear; a mousetrap.) past2) (a plan or trick for taking a person by surprise: She led him into a trap; He fell straight into the trap.) léčka2. verb(to catch in a trap or by a trick: He lives by trapping animals and selling their fur; She trapped him into admitting that he liked her.) chytit (do pasti)- trapper- trap-door* * *• past• léčka• chytat do pasti
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