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21 be in the middle of (doing) something
(to be busily occupied doing something: Please excuse my appearance. I was in the middle of washing my hair.) byť práve uprostredEnglish-Slovak dictionary > be in the middle of (doing) something
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22 be in the middle of (doing) something
(to be busily occupied doing something: Please excuse my appearance. I was in the middle of washing my hair.) byť práve uprostredEnglish-Slovak dictionary > be in the middle of (doing) something
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23 centre
['sentə] 1. noun1) (the middle point, or middle of anything; the point or area farthest from the edge: the centre of a circle; the city centre.) stred, centrum2) (a place having, or designed for, a particular activity, interest etc: a centre of industry; a shopping-centre; a sports-centre.) stredisko3) (the main point (of interest etc): the centre of attention.) ťažisko2. verb1) (to place, or to be, at the centre.) umiestniť do centra; byť stredom2) ((with on) to concentrate round: Her plans always centre on her child.) sústrediť sa (na)* * *• ústredie• stred• stredisko• centrum -
24 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 -
25 amid
[ə'mid(st)](in the middle of; among: Amid all the confusion, the real point of the meeting was lost; amidst the shadows.) uprostred, medzi* * *• uprostred• medzi -
26 amidst
[ə'mid(st)](in the middle of; among: Amid all the confusion, the real point of the meeting was lost; amidst the shadows.) uprostred, medzi* * *• uprostred -
27 among
1) (in the middle of: a house among the trees.) uprostred2) (in shares or parts to each person (in a group etc): Divide the chocolate amongst you.) medzi* * *• kto z vás• medzi -
28 break off
(to stop: She broke off in the middle of a sentence.) zaraziť sa* * *• prerušit -
29 class
1. plural - classes; noun1) (a group of people or things that are alike in some way: The dog won first prize in its class in the dog show.) trieda2) ((the system according to which people belong to) one of a number of economic/social groups: the upper class; the middle class; the working class; ( also adjective) the class system.) trieda; triedny3) (a grade or rank (of merit): musicians of a high class.) trieda4) (a number of students or scholars taught together: John and I are in the same class.) trieda5) (a school lesson or college lecture etc: a French class.) hodina, prednáška6) ((American) a course or series of lectures, often leading to an examination.) ročník, semester2. verb(to regard as being of a certain type: He classes all women as stupid.) považovať- class-room* * *• zaradit• triedit• trieda• hodina• rocník -
30 convey
[kən'vei]1) (to carry: Huge ships convey oil from the Middle East.) dopraviť2) (to transfer the ownership of (property by legal means).) previesť•- conveyancing
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- conveyor belt* * *• vyjadrit• zabrat• vyjadrovat• transportovat• prepravovat• dopravit• dopravovat• rozvádzat• poskytovat -
31 crack
[kræk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) prasknúť2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) rozlúsknuť3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) zapraskať4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) robiť žarty5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) vylúpiť6) (to solve (a code).) rozlúštiť7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) zlomiť sa2. noun1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) puklina2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) škára3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) prasknutie4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) plesnutie5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) vtip6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol) crack3. adjective(expert: a crack racing-driver.) prvotriedny- cracked- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
- have a crack* * *• výstrel• trhlina• rana• puknút• rozbit• prasknút• praskat• lusknút -
32 crusade
[kru:'seid] 1. noun1) (Medieval wars against the Muslims in the Middle Ages, led by Christian kings.) križiacka výprava2) (a campaign in support of a good cause: the crusade against cigarette advertising.) križiacke ťaženie2. verb(to take part in a crusade.) viesť ťaženie (proti)- crusader* * *• križiacka výprava -
33 cut off
1) (to interrupt or break a telephone connection: I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.) prerušiť2) (to separate: They were cut off from the rest of the army.) odrezať3) (to stop or prevent delivery of: They've cut off our supplies of coal.) prerušiť* * *• skrat• prerušit• odrezat -
34 doughnut
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35 dry up
1) (to lose water; to cease running etc completely: All the rivers dried up in the heat.) vyschnúť2) (to become used up: Supplies of bandages have dried up.) minúť3) (to make dry: The sun dried up the puddles in the road.) vysušiť4) ((of a speaker) to forget what he is going to say: He dried up in the middle of his speech.) stratiť reč* * *• zabudnút text• vyvanút• vysušit• vyschnút• zostat visiet• prestat hovorit -
36 dwell
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37 edge
[e‹] 1. noun1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) okraj; breh2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) ostrie3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) prudkosť2. verb1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) obrúbiť2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) prisunúť; pretlačiť sa•- edging- edgy
- edgily
- edginess
- have the edge on/over
- on edge* * *• hreben (horský)• hrana• horkost• roh• prudkost• ostrie• lem• nabrúsit• okraj -
38 extremity
[-'stre-]1) (the farthest point: The two poles represent the extremities of the earth's axis.)2) (an extreme degree; the quality of being extreme: Their suffering reached such extremities that many died.)3) (a situation of great danger or distress: They need help in this extremity.)4) (the parts of the body furthest from the middle eg the hands and feet.)* * *• vrcholná núdza• koncatina• krajnost -
39 hand down
(to pass on from one generation to the next: These customs have been handed down from father to son since the Middle Ages.) odovzdávať* * *• odkázat -
40 hole
[həul] 1. noun1) (an opening or gap in or through something: a hole in the fence; holes in my socks.) diera2) (a hollow in something solid: a hole in my tooth; Many animals live in holes in the ground.) diera3) ((in golf) (the point scored by the player who takes the fewest strokes to hit his ball over) any one of the usually eighteen sections of the golf course between the tees and the holes in the middle of the greens: He won by two holes; We played nine holes.) jamka2. verb1) (to make a hole in: The ship was badly holed when it hit the rock.) urobiť dieru2) (to hit (a ball etc) into a hole: The golfer holed his ball from twelve metres away.) zahrať loptičku do jamky•- hole out* * *• jamka• dierka• diera• otvor
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