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play+for

  • 1 play for safety

    • vyhnút sa riziku

    English-Slovak dictionary > play for safety

  • 2 play for time

    (to delay an action, decision etc in the hope that conditions will improve.) hrať o čas

    English-Slovak dictionary > play for time

  • 3 play

    [plei] 1. verb
    1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) hrať sa
    2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) hrať
    3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) hrať
    4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) hrať
    5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) hrať
    6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) hrať to (na)
    7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) hrať (proti)
    8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) mihať sa
    9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) namieriť
    10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) hrať
    2. noun
    1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) zábava
    2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) hra
    3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) zápas
    4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) chod
    - playable
    - playful
    - playfully
    - playfulness
    - playboy
    - playground
    - playing-card
    - playing-field
    - playmate
    - playpen
    - playschool
    - plaything
    - playtime
    - playwright
    - at play
    - bring/come into play
    - child's play
    - in play
    - out of play
    - play at
    - play back
    - play down
    - play fair
    - play for time
    - play havoc with
    - play into someone's hands
    - play off
    - play off against
    - play on
    - play a
    - no part in
    - play safe
    - play the game
    - play up
    * * *
    • hrat
    • hra

    English-Slovak dictionary > play

  • 4 drama

    1) (a play for acting on the stage: He has just produced a new drama.) dráma
    2) (plays for the stage in general: modern drama.) dráma
    3) (the art of acting in plays: He studied drama at college.) divadelné umenie
    4) (exciting events: Life here is full of drama.) dráma
    - dramatically
    - dramatist
    - dramatize
    - dramatise
    - dramatization
    * * *
    • dráma
    • divadelná hra

    English-Slovak dictionary > drama

  • 5 adapt

    [ə'dæpt]
    (to change or alter (so as to fit a different situation etc): She always adapted easily to new circumstances; He has adapted the play for television.) prispôsobiť (sa), upraviť
    - adaptable
    - adaptability
    - adaptor
    * * *
    • upravit
    • prisposobit
    • prispôsobovat
    • prispôsobit
    • prevziat
    • prispôsobit sa
    • adaptovat

    English-Slovak dictionary > adapt

  • 6 plot

    [plot] 1. noun
    1) (a plan, especially for doing something evil; a conspiracy: a plot to assassinate the President.) sprisahanie
    2) (the story of a play, novel etc: The play has a very complicated plot.) zápletka
    3) (a small piece of land eg for use as a gardening area or for building a house on.) parcela, malý pozemok
    2. verb
    1) (to plan to bring about (something evil): They were plotting the death of the king.) osnovať
    2) (to make a plan, map, graph etc of: The navigator plotted the course of the ship.) zmapovať, zakresliť
    * * *
    • zápletka
    • spiknutie
    • kreslenie

    English-Slovak dictionary > plot

  • 7 toy

    [toi] 1. noun
    (an object made for a child to play with: He got lots of toys for Christmas; a toy soldier.) hračka
    2. verb
    ((with with) to play with in an idle way: He wasn't hungry and sat toying with his food.) babrať sa
    * * *
    • zahrávat sa (pren.)
    • záluba
    • hracka
    • konícek

    English-Slovak dictionary > toy

  • 8 mime

    1. noun
    1) (the art of using movement to perform the function of speech, especially in drama: She is studying mime.) pantomíma
    2) (a play in which no words are spoken and the actions tell the story: The children performed a mime.) pantomíma
    3) (an actor in such a play; someone who practises this art: Marcel Marceau is a famous mime.) mím
    2. verb
    (to act, eg in such a play, using movements rather than words: He mimed his love for her by holding his hands over his heart.) vyjadriť bez slov
    * * *
    • šašo
    • herec v pantomíme
    • gestikulovat
    • fraška (antic.)
    • klaun
    • hrat s mimikou
    • pantomíma
    • komik
    • mím
    • mímus (antic.)
    • napodobnit

    English-Slovak dictionary > mime

  • 9 scene

    [si:n]
    1) (the place where something real or imaginary happens: A murderer sometimes revisits the scene of his crime; The scene of this opera is laid/set in Switzerland.) scéna, dejisko
    2) (an incident etc which is seen or remembered: He recalled scenes from his childhood.) výjav
    3) (a show of anger: I was very angry but I didn't want to make a scene.) výstup
    4) (a view of a landscape etc: The sheep grazing on the hillside made a peaceful scene.) scenéria
    5) (one part or division of a play etc: The hero died in the first scene of the third act of the play.) výstup
    6) (the setting or background for a play etc: Scene-changing must be done quickly.) dekorácia
    7) (a particular area of activity: the academic/business scene.) prostredie
    - scenic
    - behind the scenes
    - come on the scene
    * * *
    • záber
    • vzhlad krajiny
    • výstup
    • výjav
    • životný štýl
    • šot
    • scenéria
    • scéna
    • udalost
    • príbeh
    • epizóda
    • javisko
    • javisková výprava
    • ária
    • dejisko
    • dekorácia
    • divadlo
    • prostredie
    • pohlad
    • kulisa
    • krajina
    • miesto deja
    • nechutný výstup (scéna)
    • obraz
    • oblast

    English-Slovak dictionary > scene

  • 10 run

    1. present participle - running; verb
    1) ((of a person or animal) to move quickly, faster than walking: He ran down the road.) bežať
    2) (to move smoothly: Trains run on rails.) posúvať sa
    3) ((of water etc) to flow: Rivers run to the sea; The tap is running.) tiecť
    4) ((of a machine etc) to work or operate: The engine is running; He ran the motor to see if it was working.) bežať, spustiť
    5) (to organize or manage: He runs the business very efficiently.) riadiť
    6) (to race: Is your horse running this afternoon?) pretekať
    7) ((of buses, trains etc) to travel regularly: The buses run every half hour; The train is running late.) chodiť, ísť
    8) (to last or continue; to go on: The play ran for six weeks.) pokračovať, trvať
    9) (to own and use, especially of cars: He runs a Rolls Royce.) mať, jazdiť (na)
    10) ((of colour) to spread: When I washed my new dress the colour ran.) rozpíjať sa, púšťať
    11) (to drive (someone); to give (someone) a lift: He ran me to the station.) (do)viezť
    12) (to move (something): She ran her fingers through his hair; He ran his eyes over the letter.) prejsť
    13) ((in certain phrases) to be or become: The river ran dry; My blood ran cold (= I was afraid).) stať sa
    2. noun
    1) (the act of running: He went for a run before breakfast.) beh
    2) (a trip or drive: We went for a run in the country.) prechádzka, výlet
    3) (a length of time (for which something continues): He's had a run of bad luck.) obdobie
    4) (a ladder (in a stocking etc): I've got a run in my tights.) pustené očko
    5) (the free use (of a place): He gave me the run of his house.) voľné použitie, k dispozícii
    6) (in cricket, a batsman's act of running from one end of the wicket to the other, representing a single score: He scored/made 50 runs for his team.)
    7) (an enclosure or pen: a chicken-run.) ohrada, výbeh
    - running 3. adverb
    (one after another; continuously: We travelled for four days running.) nepretržite
    - runaway
    - rundown
    - runner-up
    - runway
    - in
    - out of the running
    - on the run
    - run across
    - run after
    - run aground
    - run along
    - run away
    - run down
    - run for
    - run for it
    - run in
    - run into
    - run its course
    - run off
    - run out
    - run over
    - run a temperature
    - run through
    - run to
    - run up
    - run wild
    * * *
    • výpocet
    • spust
    • spustit
    • bežat
    • beh

    English-Slovak dictionary > run

  • 11 set

    [set] 1. present participle - setting; verb
    1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) položiť
    2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) prestrieť
    3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) určiť
    4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) dať
    5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) prinútiť
    6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) zapadať
    7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) stuhnúť
    8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) nastaviť
    9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) upraviť
    10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) zasadiť
    11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) napraviť
    2. adjective
    1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) stanovený
    2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) rozhodnutý
    3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) premyslený
    4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) ustrnutý
    5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) vyhranený
    6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) vykladaný
    3. noun
    1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) sada, súbor
    2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) prijímač
    3) (a group of people: the musical set.) skupina
    4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) úprava (vlasov)
    5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) scéna
    6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) set
    - setback
    - set phrase
    - set-square
    - setting-lotion
    - set-to
    - set-up
    - all set
    - set about
    - set someone against someone
    - set against someone
    - set someone against
    - set against
    - set aside
    - set back
    - set down
    - set in
    - set off
    - set something or someone on someone
    - set on someone
    - set something or someone on
    - set on
    - set out
    - set to
    - set up
    - set up camp
    - set up house
    - set up shop
    - set upon
    * * *
    • vsadit
    • vyregulovat
    • vyhasnút
    • zasychat
    • zatlct
    • zasadit
    • zapadnút (o slnci)
    • zošlachtit
    • situovat
    • skupina
    • sada
    • sformovat
    • súbor
    • súprava
    • stuhnút
    • stavat
    • umiestnit
    • usadit sa
    • primontovat
    • pritlacit
    • prístroj
    • pripravit sa
    • garnitúra
    • klesnút na obzor
    • aparát
    • dat niekde
    • dat
    • rozmiestnit
    • postavit
    • položit
    • množina
    • nastavit (hodiny)
    • nastavenie
    • nastavit
    • narovnat

    English-Slovak dictionary > set

  • 12 serve

    [sə:v] 1. verb
    1) (to work for a person etc eg as a servant: He served his master for forty years.) slúžiť
    2) (to distribute food etc or supply goods: She served the soup to the guests; Which shop assistant served you (with these goods)?) podávať, obsluhovať
    3) (to be suitable for a purpose: This upturned bucket will serve as a seat.) slúžiť
    4) (to perform duties, eg as a member of the armed forces: He served (his country) as a soldier for twenty years; I served on the committee for five years.) slúžiť; pracovať
    5) (to undergo (a prison sentence): He served (a sentence of) six years for armed robbery.) odsedieť si (trest)
    6) (in tennis and similar games, to start the play by throwing up the ball etc and hitting it: He served the ball into the net; Is it your turn to serve?) podávať
    2. noun
    (act of serving (a ball).) podanie
    - serving
    - it serves you right
    - serve an apprenticeship
    - serve out
    - serve up
    * * *
    • servírovat
    • slúžit
    • obslúžit
    • odsediet si trest

    English-Slovak dictionary > serve

  • 13 stop

    [stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb
    1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) zastaviť (sa)
    2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) zabrániť; zastaviť (sa)
    3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) prestať
    4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) zapchať
    5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) stlačiť, pritlačiť
    6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) zostať, zdržať sa
    2. noun
    1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) zastavenie; zastávka
    2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) zastávka
    3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) bodka
    4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) klapka, register
    5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) klin, zarážka
    - stopper
    - stopping
    - stopcock
    - stopgap
    - stopwatch
    - put a stop to
    - stop at nothing
    - stop dead
    - stop off
    - stop over
    - stop up
    * * *
    • ustat
    • utesnit
    • viezt
    • utesnenie
    • uzáver
    • uviazat
    • zabránit
    • zachytit
    • zablokovat
    • zapchat
    • záchyt
    • zapchanie
    • zaplombovat
    • zaplombovat(zub)
    • záverný
    • zahradit
    • zastavenie
    • zarážka
    • zasadrovanie
    • zdržanie
    • zátka
    • zakotvit
    • zastavovat
    • zapriet
    • zastávka
    • zadržat
    • zazátkovat
    • zastavit
    • zastavenie sa
    • závora
    • zatarasit
    • zastavit(sa)
    • zarazit sa
    • znacka stop
    • znamenie
    • zostat bývat
    • skoncovat
    • siahat
    • stanica
    • strhnút
    • stlacit
    • stát v ceste
    • upevnit
    • upchat
    • upchávka
    • prestávat
    • prehradit
    • prestávka
    • prestat
    • priviazat
    • priehrada
    • priviest do rozpakov
    • prerušit cinnost
    • doraz
    • klapka
    • blokovat
    • register
    • pauza
    • pokoj
    • popúštat
    • kohútik
    • kolík
    • koncit
    • medzipristátie
    • narážka

    English-Slovak dictionary > stop

  • 14 act

    [ækt] 1. verb
    1) (to do something: It's time the government acted to lower taxes.) jednať, konať
    2) (to behave: He acted foolishly at the meeting.) správať sa
    3) (to perform (a part) in a play: He has acted (the part of Romeo) in many theatres; I thought he was dying, but he was only acting (= pretending).) hrať
    2. noun
    1) (something done: Running away is an act of cowardice; He committed many cruel acts.) čin, skutok
    2) ((often with capital) a law: Acts of Parliament.) zákon
    3) (a section of a play: `Hamlet' has five acts.) dejstvo
    4) (an entertainment: an act called `The Smith Family'.) číslo (zábavného programu), vystúpenie
    - actor
    - act as
    - act on
    - act on behalf of / act for
    - in the act of
    - in the act
    - put on an act
    * * *
    • zákon
    • skutok
    • fungovat
    • hrat rolu
    • jednat
    • byt v chode
    • byt v prevádzke
    • cín
    • cin
    • dejstvo
    • pracovat
    • pôsobit
    • konat
    • nariadenie

    English-Slovak dictionary > act

  • 15 action

    ['ækʃən]
    1) (something done: Action, not talking, is necessary if we are to defeat the enemy; Take action immediately; The firemen are ready to go into action.) čin, konanie, skutok
    2) (movement: Tennis needs a good wrist action.) pohyb, činnosť
    3) (a legal case: He brought an action for divorce against his wife.) žaloba, opatrenie
    4) (the events (of a play, film etc): The action of the play takes place on an island.) dej
    5) (a battle; fighting: He was killed in action; Our troops fought an action against the enemy.) boj, bitka
    - out of action
    * * *
    • žaloba
    • skutok
    • snímací
    • súd
    • súdny spor
    • funkcia
    • ideme
    • bitka
    • boj
    • akcia
    • cin
    • dej
    • cinnost
    • chod
    • pôsobenie
    • pohyb cien a tovaru
    • kroky
    • mechanika
    • opatrenie

    English-Slovak dictionary > action

  • 16 seat

    [si:t] 1. noun
    1) (something for sitting on: Are there enough seats for everyone?) sedadlo
    2) (the part of a chair etc on which the body sits: This chair-seat is broken.) sedadlo
    3) ((the part of a garment covering) the buttocks: I've got a sore seat after all that horse riding; a hole in the seat of his trousers.) zadok
    4) (a place in which a person has a right to sit: two seats for the play; a seat in Parliament; a seat on the board of the company.) kreslo; miesto
    5) (a place that is the centre of some activity etc: Universities are seats of learning.) sídlo
    2. verb
    1) (to cause to sit down: I seated him in the armchair.) posadiť
    2) (to have seats for: Our table seats eight.) byť pre... osôb
    - - seater
    - seating
    - seat belt
    - take a seat
    * * *
    • vidiecke sídlo
    • vysadit vzadu nohavice
    • vypliest
    • základ
    • získat poslanecké kreslo
    • zadok
    • zadnica
    • zvolit
    • sedlo ventilu
    • sídelné mesto
    • sadnút si
    • sídlo
    • sed
    • sedadlo
    • sídlit
    • sediet
    • stolicka
    • stolec
    • stredisko
    • stred
    • usadit
    • uložit
    • uloženie
    • usadit sa
    • umiestnenie
    • trón
    • dosadacia plocha
    • držanie tela v sede
    • hlavné mesto
    • kaštiel
    • inštalovat sedadlá
    • inštalovat
    • cast nohavíc, kde sa sedí
    • biskupské sídlo
    • clenstvo
    • clenstvo na burze
    • dejisko
    • dat sedadlá
    • rezidencia
    • rozsadit
    • panské sídlo
    • osídlit
    • opravit sedadlo
    • podložka
    • pole
    • posadit
    • pojat
    • posadenie
    • poloha
    • poslanecký mandát
    • lístok (do divadla)
    • lôžko
    • ložisko
    • kreslo
    • lavica
    • mandát
    • miesto na sedenie
    • miesto (na sedenie)
    • mat miest
    • mat sedadiel
    • nastolit
    • ohnisko

    English-Slovak dictionary > seat

  • 17 stage

    I 1. [stei‹] noun
    (a raised platform especially for performing or acting on, eg in a theatre.) javisko
    2. verb
    1) (to prepare and produce (a play etc) in a theatre etc: This play was first staged in 1928.) inscenovať
    2) (to organize (an event etc): The protesters are planning to stage a demonstration.) usporiadať
    - stage direction
    - stage fright
    - stagehand
    - stage manager
    - stagestruck
    II [stei‹]
    1) (a period or step in the development of something: The plan is in its early stages; At this stage, we don't know how many survivors there are.) štádium
    2) (part of a journey: The first stage of our journey will be the flight to Singapore.) etapa
    3) (a section of a bus route.) pásmo
    4) (a section of a rocket.) stupeň
    * * *
    • visutá sedacka
    • usporiadat
    • vystavit na pódiu
    • zariadit
    • zastávka
    • zájazdný hostinec
    • život
    • zrežírovat
    • zosnovat
    • schodík
    • scéna
    • stupen
    • stupnovitý
    • štádium
    • stav
    • tribúna
    • umiestnit na nové stanovi
    • úsek cesty
    • terasa
    • úsek
    • týkajúci sa javiskovej re
    • prepriahacia stanica
    • etapa
    • herectvo
    • éra
    • dráma
    • etapa cesty
    • epocha
    • estráda
    • fáza
    • javisko
    • inscenovat
    • javiskový
    • hodit sa k inscenácii
    • ateliér
    • cast obvodu
    • clánok
    • divadlo
    • divadelná práca
    • dejisko
    • rampa
    • režírovat
    • režírovat sa
    • pódium
    • pochodová stanica
    • plošina
    • podlažie
    • pôsobenie
    • postavit lešenie
    • poschodie
    • polica v skleníku
    • pole pôsobnosti
    • postupný
    • konštrukcia
    • lešenie
    • miesto zastavenia
    • obdobie
    • noclah
    • oblast
    • odstupnovat

    English-Slovak dictionary > stage

  • 18 dramatise

    ['dræ-]
    1) (to turn into the form of a play: She dramatized the novel for television.) zdramatizovať
    2) (to make real events seem like things that happen in a play: She dramatizes everything so!) dramatizovať

    English-Slovak dictionary > dramatise

  • 19 dramatize

    ['dræ-]
    1) (to turn into the form of a play: She dramatized the novel for television.) zdramatizovať
    2) (to make real events seem like things that happen in a play: She dramatizes everything so!) dramatizovať

    English-Slovak dictionary > dramatize

  • 20 Book

    [buk] 1. noun
    1) (a number of sheets of paper (especially printed) bound together: an exercise book.) zošit
    2) (a piece of writing, bound and covered: I've written a book on Shakespeare.) kniha
    3) (a record of bets.) stávky
    2. verb
    1) (to buy or reserve (a ticket, seat etc) for a play etc: I've booked four seats for Friday's concert.) rezervovať
    2) (to hire in advance: We've booked the hall for Saturday.) zaistiť si
    - booking
    - booklet
    - bookbinding
    - bookbinder
    - bookcase
    - booking-office
    - bookmaker
    - bookmark
    - bookseller
    - bookshelf
    - bookshop
    - bookworm
    - booked up
    - book in
    - by the book
    * * *
    • biblia

    English-Slovak dictionary > Book

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