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61 midway
[mid'wei]adjective, adverb(in the middle of the distance or time between two points; halfway: the midway point.) v polovině, uprostřed* * *• na půl cesty -
62 midwinter
[mid'wintə](the middle of winter: He arrived in midwinter; ( also adjective) on a midwinter day.) uprostřed zimy* * *• období zimního slunovratu -
63 nave
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64 navel
[neivəl](the small hollow in the front of the abdomen, just below the middle of the waist.) pupík* * *• pupík -
65 position
[ə'ziʃən] 1. noun1) (a way of standing, sitting etc: He lay in an uncomfortable position.) poloha2) (a place or situation: The house is in a beautiful position.) místo, umístění3) (a job; a post: He has a good position with a local bank.) místo4) (a point of view: Let me explain my position on employment.) stanovisko2. verb(to put or place: He positioned the lamp in the middle of the table.) umístit- be in- out of position* * *• umístit• postoj• pozice• postavení• poloha -
66 prime
I 1. adjective1) (first or most important: the prime minister; a matter of prime importance.) první; nejdůležitější2) (best: in prime condition.) nejlepší2. noun(the best part (of a person's etc life, usually early middle age): He is in his prime; the prime of life.) nejkrásnější doba- primary- primarily
- primary colours
- prime minister
- prime number
- prime time 3. adjectiveprime-time advertising.) reklama v hlavním vysílacím 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.) nabít; nanést podklad- primer* * *• začátek• základní• podbarvit• první• prvočíslo• primární• prvotní• hlavní -
67 pupil
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68 queer
[kwiə] 1. adjective1) (odd, strange or unusual: queer behaviour; queer noises in the middle of the night.) podivný2) (sick; unwell: I do feel a bit queer - perhaps I ate too many oysters.) špatně3) ((slang) homosexual.) teplý, přihřátý2. noun(a homosexual.) teplouš, homouš, buzik- queerly- queerness* * *• podivný• homosexuální• nesvůj• divný -
69 sag
[sæɡ]past tense, past participle - sagged; verb(to bend, hang down, especially in the middle: There were so many books on the shelf that it sagged.) prohnout se* * *• upadnout• ustoupit• poklesnout• podlehnout• polevit• pokles• prohýbat• prohloubenina• propadlina• prohlubeň• prohnout• sklon• slábnout• spadnout• klesnout -
70 sedate
I [si'deit] adjective(calm, serious and dignified: a sedate, middle-aged woman.) rozvážný- sedately- sedateness II [si'deit] verb(to give a sedative: The doctor sedated her with some pills.) dát sedativum- sedative* * *• klidný -
71 society
plural - societies; noun1) (mankind considered as a whole: He was a danger to society.) lidská společnost2) (a particular group or part of mankind considered as a whole: middle-class society; modern western societies.) společnost3) (an association or club: a model railway society.) sdružení, klub4) (the class of people who are wealthy, fashionable or of high rank in any area: high society.) společnost5) (company or companionship: I enjoy the society of young people.) společnost* * *• společnost• spolek• družstvo -
72 traffic island
(a small pavement in the middle of a road, for pedestrians to stand on on their way across.) dopravní ostrůvek* * *• dopravní ostrůvek -
73 waist
[weist]1) ((the measurement round) the narrow part of the human body between the ribs and hips: She has a very small waist.) pás2) (the narrow middle part of something similar, eg a violin, guitar etc.) bok, výkroj3) (the part of an article of clothing which goes round one's waist: Can you take in the waist of these trousers?) pás•- waisted- waistband
- waistcoat* * *• opasek• pás -
74 wake up
1) (to wake: Wake up! You're late; The baby woke up in the middle of the night.) probudit se2) (to become aware of: It is time you woke up to the fact that you are not working hard enough.) uvědomit si* * *• vzbudit se• probudit se• probouzet se• budit se• budit -
75 wasp
[wosp](White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; a term used critically (often by minority groups) to refer to the members of the privileged upper middle class in the USA.) (zkratka) bílý anglosaský protestant (pohrdlivě)- Waspish- waspish
- waspishly
- waspishness* * *• vosa -
76 belly-dance
noun (a Middle Eastern dance performed by a woman.) břišní tanec -
77 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!) zanedbávat2) ((of a place) to become rather shabby and uncared for: This part of town has gone to seed recently.) upadat3) ((also run to seed) (of a plant) to produce seeds after flowering.) zakládat na semeno -
78 happy medium
(a sensible middle course between two extreme positions: I need to find the happy medium between starving and over-eating.) střední cesta -
79 mid-fielders
(in football etc, the players in the middle area of the pitch.) záložník -
80 snap one's fingers
(to make a sharp noise by moving the thumb quickly across the top joint of the middle finger, as an informal gesture eg to attract someone's attention, mark the rhythm in music etc.) lusknout prsty
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Middle — Mid dle (m[i^]d d l), a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [root]271. See {Mid}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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middle C — n [U] the musical note C, which is the middle note on a piano … Dictionary of contemporary English
middle C — ► NOUN Music ▪ the C near the middle of the piano keyboard, written on the first ledger line below the treble stave or the first ledger line above the bass stave … English terms dictionary
middle — ► ADJECTIVE 1) at an equal distance from the extremities of something; central. 2) intermediate in rank, quality, or ability. ► NOUN 1) a middle point or position. 2) informal a person s waist and stomach … English terms dictionary
middle — I adjective average, axial, centermost, central, centric, centroidal, equidistant, halfway, interjacent, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediate, mediocre, medium, mid, midmost, midway, pivotal II noun average, axis, center,… … Law dictionary
middle — n *center, midst, core, hub, focus, nucleus, heart … New Dictionary of Synonyms
middle C — n. 1. the musical note on the first ledger line below the treble staff and the first above the bass staff 2. the corresponding tone or key … English World dictionary
