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1 not half bad
• docela slušný• docela dobrý -
2 bad
[bæd]comparative - worse; adjective1) (not good; not efficient: He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly).) špatný2) (wicked; immoral: a bad man; He has done some bad things.) zlý3) (unpleasant: bad news.) špatný, zlý4) (rotten: This meat is bad.) zkažený5) (causing harm or injury: Smoking is bad for your health.) škodlivý6) ((of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state: She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today.) nemocný, bolavý7) (unwell: I am feeling quite bad today.) špatně, zle8) (serious or severe: a bad accident; a bad mistake.) závažný9) ((of a debt) not likely to be paid: The firm loses money every year from bad debts.) pochybný•- badly- badness
- badly off
- feel bad about something
- feel bad
- go from bad to worse
- not bad
- too bad* * *• zkažený• zlý• špatný -
3 not bad
(quite good: `Is she a good swimmer?' `She's not bad.') ujde to, je to docela dobré* * *• ujde to -
4 go from bad to worse
(to get into an even worse condition etc than before: Things are going from bad to worse for the firm - not only are we losing money but there's going to be a strike as well.) zhoršovat se, jít od desíti k pěti -
5 give up as a bad job
(to decide that (something) is not worth doing, or impossible to do, and so stop doing it.) vzdát to -
6 preserve
[pri'zə:v] 1. verb1) (to keep safe from harm: (May) Heaven preserve us from danger!) chránit2) (to keep in existence: They have managed to preserve many old documents.) uchovat3) (to treat (food), eg by cooking it with sugar, so that it will not go bad: What is the best method of preserving raspberries?) konzervovat2. noun1) (an activity, kind of work etc in which only certain people are allowed to take part.) hájemství2) (a place where game animals, birds etc are protected: a game preserve.) rezervace3) (jam: blackberry jam and other preserves.) zavařenina•- preservative* * *• uchovat• udržovat -
7 go
[ɡəu] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - goes; verb1) (to walk, travel, move etc: He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?) jít, jet2) (to be sent, passed on etc: Complaints have to go through the proper channels.) procházet3) (to be given, sold etc: The prize goes to John Smith; The table went for $100.) připadnout; prodat se za4) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) vést5) (to visit, to attend: He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.) chodit, jít6) (to be destroyed etc: This wall will have to go.) zmizet7) (to proceed, be done: The meeting went very well.) proběhnout8) (to move away: I think it is time you were going.) odejít, odjet9) (to disappear: My purse has gone!) zmizet10) (to do (some action or activity): I'm going for a walk; I'm going hiking next week-end.) jít11) (to fail etc: I think the clutch on this car has gone.) odejít, selhat12) (to be working etc: I don't think that clock is going.) jít, fungovat13) (to become: These apples have gone bad.) stát se14) (to be: Many people in the world regularly go hungry.) být15) (to be put: Spoons go in that drawer.) patřit, dávat se16) (to pass: Time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.) plynout, ubíhat17) (to be used: All her pocket-money goes on sweets.) jít (na), být použit (na)18) (to be acceptable etc: Anything goes in this office.) být povoleno19) (to make a particular noise: Dogs go woof, not miaow.) dělat (jak)20) (to have a particular tune etc: How does that song go?) znít21) (to become successful etc: She always makes a party go.) vydařit se2. noun1) (an attempt: I'm not sure how to do it, but I'll have a go.) pokus2) (energy: She's full of go.) elán•- going3. adjective1) (successful: That shop is still a going concern.) dobře jdoucí2) (in existence at present: the going rate for typing manuscripts.) běžný•- go-ahead4. noun(permission: We'll start as soon as we get the go-ahead.) povolení- going-over
- goings-on
- no-go
- all go
- be going on for
- be going on
- be going strong
- from the word go
- get going
- give the go-by
- go about
- go after
- go against
- go along
- go along with
- go around
- go around with
- go at
- go back
- go back on
- go by
- go down
- go far
- go for
- go in
- go in for
- go into
- go off
- go on
- go on at
- go out
- go over
- go round
- go slow
- go steady
- go through
- go through with
- go too far
- go towards
- go up
- go up in smoke/flames
- go with
- go without
- keep going
- make a go of something
- make a go
- on the go* * *• průběh• go/went/gone• jít• jezdit• jet• jezdívat• chodívat• chodit -
8 Help
[help] 1. verb1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) pomoci2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) pomoci; posílit3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) ulevit4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) posloužit5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) ubránit se; zabránit2. noun1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) pomoc2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) pomoc, podpora3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) pomocník, -ice, posluhovačka4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) pomoc•- helper- helpful
- helpfully
- helpfulness
- helping
- helpless
- helplessly
- helplessness
- help oneself
- help out* * *• Nápověda -
9 help
[help] 1. verb1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) pomoci2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) pomoci; posílit3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) ulevit4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) posloužit5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) ubránit se; zabránit2. noun1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) pomoc2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) pomoc, podpora3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) pomocník, -ice, posluhovačka4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) pomoc•- helper- helpful
- helpfully
- helpfulness
- helping
- helpless
- helplessly
- helplessness
- help oneself
- help out* * *• pomoct• pomáhat• pomáhat při• pomoc• pomocník• pomoct komu• pomoci -
10 Ill
[il] 1. comparative - worse; adjective1) (not in good health; not well: She was ill for a long time.) nemocný2) (bad: ill health; These pills have no ill effects.) špatný3) (evil or unlucky: ill luck.) nešťastný2. adverb(not easily: We could ill afford to lose that money.) těžko3. noun1) (evil: I would never wish anyone ill.) zlo2) (trouble: all the ills of this world.) zlo•- ill-- illness
- ill-at-ease
- ill-fated
- ill-feeling
- ill-mannered / ill-bred
- ill-tempered / ill-natured
- ill-treat
- ill-treatment
- ill-use
- ill-will
- be taken ill* * *• Illinois• Ill -
11 ill
[il] 1. comparative - worse; adjective1) (not in good health; not well: She was ill for a long time.) nemocný2) (bad: ill health; These pills have no ill effects.) špatný3) (evil or unlucky: ill luck.) nešťastný2. adverb(not easily: We could ill afford to lose that money.) těžko3. noun1) (evil: I would never wish anyone ill.) zlo2) (trouble: all the ills of this world.) zlo•- ill-- illness
- ill-at-ease
- ill-fated
- ill-feeling
- ill-mannered / ill-bred
- ill-tempered / ill-natured
- ill-treat
- ill-treatment
- ill-use
- ill-will
- be taken ill* * *• škodlivý• nemocný -
12 sick
[sik] 1. adjective1) (vomiting or inclined to vomit: He has been sick several times today; I feel sick; She's inclined to be seasick/airsick/car-sick.) zvracející, na zvracení2) ((especially American) ill: He is a sick man; The doctor told me that my husband is very sick and may not live very long.) nemocný3) (very tired (of); wishing to have no more (of): I'm sick of doing this; I'm sick and tired of hearing about it!) unavený; otrávený4) (affected by strong, unhappy or unpleasant feelings: I was really sick at making that bad mistake.) znechucený5) (in bad taste: a sick joke.) špatný2. noun(vomit: The bedclothes were covered with sick.) zvratek- sicken- sickening
- sickeningly
- sickly
- sickness
- sick-leave
- make someone sick
- make sick
- the sick
- worried sick* * *• nemocný -
13 state
I [steit] noun1) (the condition in which a thing or person is: the bad state of the roads; The room was in an untidy state; He inquired about her state of health; What a state you're in!; He was not in a fit state to take the class.) stav2) (a country considered as a political community, or, as in the United States, one division of a federation: The Prime Minister visits the Queen once a week to discuss affairs of state; The care of the sick and elderly is considered partly the responsibility of the state; ( also adjective) The railways are under state control; state-controlled / owned industries.) stát(ní)3) (ceremonial dignity and splendour: The Queen, wearing her robes of state, drove in a horse-drawn coach to Westminster; ( also adjective) state occasions/banquets.) majestát; okázalý•- stately- stateliness
- statesman
- statesmanlike
- statesmanship
- get into a state
- lie in state II [steit] verb(to say or announce clearly, carefully and definitely: You have not yet stated your intentions.) vyhlásit* * *• ustanovit• tvrdit• země• prohlásit• situace• stát• stanovit• stav• státní• konstatovat -
14 think better of
1) (to think again and decide not to; to reconsider: He was going to ask for more money, but he thought better of it.) rozmyslet si2) (to think that (someone) could not be so bad etc: I thought better of you than to suppose you would do that.) mít lepší mínění o -
15 beginner
noun (someone who is just learning how to do something: `Does he paint well?' `He's not bad for a beginner'.) začátečník* * *• začátečnice• začátečník• nováček -
16 break
[breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) rozbít, rozlomit2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) odlomit, odtrhnout3) (to make or become unusable.) rozbít (se), porouchat (se), pokazit (se)4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) (z)rušit, nedodržet5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) překonat6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) přerušit7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) přerušit8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) oznámit9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) mutovat10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) zmírnit11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) propuknout2. noun1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) pauza2) (a change: a break in the weather.) změna3) (an opening.) otvor, průlom4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) šance•3. noun((usually in plural) something likely to break.) křehké zboží- breakage- breaker
- breakdown
- break-in
- breakneck
- breakout
- breakthrough
- breakwater
- break away
- break down
- break into
- break in
- break loose
- break off
- break out
- break out in
- break the ice
- break up
- make a break for it* * *• zlomit• přelom• přestávka• lom• lámat• break/broke/broken -
17 damn
[dæm] 1. verb1) (to sentence to unending punishment in hell: His soul is damned.) zatratit2) (to cause to be condemned as bad, unacceptable etc: That film was damned by the critics.) odsoudit2. interjection(expressing anger, irritation etc: Damn! I've forgotten my purse.) zatraceně!3. noun(something unimportant or of no value: It's not worth a damn; I don't give a damn! (= I don't care in the least).) ani za mák- damned- damning* * *• zatratit• poslat k čertu• proklít -
18 devil
['devl]1) (the spirit of evil; Satan: He does not worship God - he worships the Devil.) ďábel2) (any evil or wicked spirit or person: That woman is a devil!) démon3) (a person who is bad or disapproved of: She's a lazy devil.) ďábel, zlý člověk4) (an unfortunate person for whom one feels pity: Poor devils! I feel really sorry for them.) ubožák* * *• čert• ďábel -
19 disreputable
[-'repju-]1) (not respectable, especially in appearance: a disreputable old coat.) ošuntělý2) (of bad reputation: He's rather a disreputable character.) pochybný, špatné pověsti* * *• pochybný -
20 evil
['i:vl] 1. adjective(very bad; wicked; sinful: evil intentions; an evil man; He looks evil; evil deeds; an evil tongue.) špatný, zlý2. noun1) (wrong-doing, harm or wickedness: He tries to ignore all the evil in the world; Do not speak evil of anyone.) zlo, něco zlého2) (anything evil, eg crime, misfortune etc: London in the eighteenth century was a place of crime, filth, poverty and other evils.) pohroma•- evil-- evilly
- evilness
- evil-doer* * *• zle• zlý• zlo
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См. также в других словарях:
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not so bad — not as bad as all that, not completely bad … English contemporary dictionary
not half bad — not all bad, not completely negative … English contemporary dictionary
not a bad — not a bad, etc ● fist … Useful english dictionary
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