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1 the splits
(the gymnastic exercise of sitting down on the floor with one leg straight forward and the other straight back: to do the splits.) sed roznožný -
2 down
I 1. adverb1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) dolů2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) na zem3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) postupně, stále dál4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) dolů5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.) dolů, k jihu2. preposition1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) níže2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) dolů3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) podél3. verb(to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) hodit do sebe- downward- downwards
- downward
- down-and-out
- down-at-heel
- downcast
- downfall
- downgrade
- downhearted
- downhill
- downhill racing
- downhill skiing
- down-in-the-mouth
- down payment
- downpour
- downright 4. adjectiveHe is a downright nuisance!) naprostý, vyložený- downstream
- down-to-earth
- downtown
- downtown
- down-trodden
- be/go down with
- down on one's luck
- down tools
- down with
- get down to
- suit someone down to the ground
- suit down to the ground II noun(small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) prachové peří- downie®- downy* * *• poklesnout• shodit• srazit• dolů• dole -
3 down the drain
(wasted: We had to scrap everything and start again - six months' work down the drain!) v tahu, na nic -
4 down with
(get rid of: Down with the dictator!) pryč s -
5 down payment
(a payment in cash, especially to begin the purchase of something for which further payments will be made over a period of time.) záloha* * *• platba v hotovosti -
6 down tools
(to stop working: When the man was sacked his fellow workers downed tools and walked out.) seknout s prací -
7 down in the dumps
• cítit se pod psa -
8 down in the mouth
• sklíčený -
9 down the line
• úplně -
10 down the wind
• po větru -
11 down-in-the-mouth
adjective (miserable; in low spirits.) deprimovaný, skleslý -
12 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) stáhnout2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) zklamat, zradit3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) vypustit4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) popustit* * *• zklamat• oklamat• nechat na holičkách -
13 go down
1) ((with well/badly) to be approved or disapproved of: The story went down well (with them).) být přijat (dobře/špatně)2) ((of a ship) to sink: They were lost at sea when the ship went down.) potopit se3) ((of the sun or moon) to go below the horizon.) zajít4) (to be remembered: Your bravery will go down in history.) být připomínán5) ((of places) to become less desirable: This part of town has gone down in the last twenty years.) upadat* * *• sejít• sjet• sjíždět• scházet• spustit se• klesat• klesnout -
14 settle down
1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) utišit (se)2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) uvelebit se3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) zabrat se do* * *• usídlit se• usadit se• ustálit se -
15 lay down
1) (to give up: They laid down their arms; The soldiers laid down their lives in the cause of peace.) složit; položit2) (to order or instruct: The rule book lays down what should be done in such a case.) ustanovit3) (to store: My father laid down a good stock of wine which I am now drinking.) uskladnit* * *• vyznačit• položit• položit se• předepsat• stanovit• odložit -
16 knock down
1) (to cause to fall by striking: He was so angry with the man that he knocked him down; The old lady was knocked down by a van as she crossed the street.) srazit (k zemi), porazit2) (to reduce the price of (goods): She bought a coat that had been knocked down to half-price.) zlevnit* * *• porážet• porazit -
17 beat down
1) ((of the sun) to give out great heat: The sun's rays beat down on us.) pražit2) (to (force to) lower a price by bargaining: We beat the price down; We beat him down to a good price.) (u)smlouvat* * *• vyšlapat -
18 upside down
1) (with the top part underneath: The plate was lying upside down on the floor.) převráceně2) (into confusion: The burglars turned the house upside down.) vzhůru nohama* * *• v obrácené poloze• vzhůru nohama• obrácený• hlavou dolů• na ruby• naruby• nohama vzhůru -
19 touch down
1) ((of aircraft) to land: The plane should touch down at 2 o'clock.) přistát2) (in rugby and American football, to put the ball on the ground behind the opposite team's goal line (noun touch-down).) položit míč za brankovou čáru* * *• dosednout -
20 bear down on
1) (to approach quickly and often threateningly: The angry teacher bore down on the child.) hnát se k, přiskočit k2) (to exert pressure on: The weight is bearing down on my chest.) těžce dolehnout, snést se na* * *• snést se na• mířit k
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