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1 middle age
(the years between youth and old age: She is well into middle age.) stredný vek* * *• zrelý vek• stredný vek• stredné roky -
2 middle
['midl] 1. noun1) (the central point or part: the middle of a circle.) stred2) (the central area of the body; the waist: You're getting rather fat round your middle.) pás2. adjective(equally distant from both ends: the middle seat in a row.) prostredný- middling- middle age
- middle-aged
- Middle Ages
- Middle East
- middleman
- be in the middle of doing something
- be in the middle of something* * *• stred• stredný• umiestnit v centre• uložit do stredu• umiestit do stredu• prihrávat do stredu• prihrat do stredu• preložit na polovicu• driek• centrovat• prostredný• prostriedok• pás• polovica• mediálny -
3 age
[ei‹] 1. noun1) (the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed: He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?) vek, roky2) ((often with capital) a particular period of time: This machine was the wonder of the age; the Middle Ages.) vek, epocha, doba3) (the quality of being old: This wine will improve with age; With the wisdom of age he regretted the mistakes he had made in his youth.) vek, staroba4) ((usually in plural) a very long time: We've been waiting (for) ages for a bus.) večnosť2. verb(to (cause to) grow old or look old: He has aged a lot since I last saw him; His troubles have aged him.) (zo)starnúť- aged- ageless
- age-old
- the aged
- come of age
- of age* * *• vek• vecnost• starnút• staroba -
4 mellow
['meləu] 1. adjective1) ((of character) made softer and more mature, relaxed etc by age and/or experience: Her personality became more mellow as middle age approached.) vyrovnaný2) ((of sound, colour, light etc) soft, not strong or unpleasant: The lamplight was soft and mellow.) jemný3) ((of wine, cheese etc) kept until the flavour has developed fully: a mellow burgundy.) vyzretý2. verb(to make or become softer or more mature: Old age has mellowed him.) zjemniť* * *• v nálade• vyrovnaný (charakter)• zjemnit sa• zjemnit• zrelý (ovocie)• zmäknút• zmäkcit• skyprit• skypryt• sladký (ovocie)• sladit• skypriet• sladený (farba, zvuk)• štavnatý (ovocie)• upokojit sa• uležat sa• príma (amer. slang.)• dozretý (ovocie)• dozrievat• dozriet• fajn (amer. slang.)• jemný (farba, zvuk)• aromatický• bodrý• rozvážny• plný porozumenia (charakte• podnapitý• kypriet• kyprý (pôda)• lahodný (farba, zvuk)• kyprit• mäkký (ovocie)• múdry (charakter)• mäknút• mäkcit• nežný (farba, zvuk) -
5 prime
I 1. adjective1) (first or most important: the prime minister; a matter of prime importance.) prvý; najdôležitejší2) (best: in prime condition.) najlepší2. noun(the best part (of a person's etc life, usually early middle age): He is in his prime; the prime of life.) najkrajšie obdobie- primary- primarily
- primary colours
- prime minister
- prime number
- prime time 3. adjectiveprime-time advertising.) reklama vysielaná v najsledovanejšom časeII verb(to prepare (something) by putting something into or on it: He primed (=put gunpowder into) his gun; You must prime (=treat with primer) the wood before you paint it.) nabiť; natrieť podklad- primer* * *• dat prednost -
6 go to seed
1) ((of a person) to become careless about one's clothes and appearance: Don't let yourself go to seed when you reach middle age!) zanedbávať sa2) ((of a place) to become rather shabby and uncared for: This part of town has gone to seed recently.) upadať3) ((also run to seed) (of a plant) to produce seeds after flowering.) vytvárať semeno (po odkvitnutí)
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middle age — noun uncount the period of your life when you are no longer young but are not yet old: early/late middle age: a handsome man in late middle age … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
middle age — n [U] the period of your life between the ages of about 40 and 60, when you are no longer young but are not yet old ▪ Men who smoke are more likely to have heart attacks in middle age … Dictionary of contemporary English
middle age — (n.) period between youth and old age, late 14c.; middle aged (adj.) first recorded c.1600 … Etymology dictionary
middle age — ► NOUN ▪ the period between youth and old age, about 45 to 60 … English terms dictionary
middle age — n. the time of life between youth and old age: now usually the years from about 40 to about 65 … English World dictionary
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middle age — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ early ▪ late ▪ a woman of late middle age VERB + MIDDLE AGE ▪ approach ▪ a bald man approaching m … Collocations dictionary
middle age — the period of human life between youth and old age, sometimes considered as the years between 45 and 65 or thereabout. [1350 1400; ME] * * * ▪ psychology period of human adulthood that immediately precedes the onset of old age. Though the… … Universalium
middle-age — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. [from the middle age or the middle ages (translation of New Latin Medium Aevum), the period of European history from about A.D. 500 to about 1500] : medieval 2. [middle age] … Useful english dictionary
