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1 reducing
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2 shock-absorber
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3 sitting duck
(someone or something that is in an obvious position to be attacked: If they're reducing staff, he's a sitting target.) snadný cíl* * *• snadný cíl -
4 suction
1) (the action of sucking.) sání2) (the process of creating a vacuum by reducing air pressure on the surface of a liquid so that it can be drawn up into a tube etc, or between two surfaces, eg a rubber disc and a wall, so that they stick together.) odsávání* * *• sání -
5 sitting target
(someone or something that is in an obvious position to be attacked: If they're reducing staff, he's a sitting target.) snadný cíl
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Reducing — Re*du cing (r?*d? s?ng), a & n. from {Reduce}. [1913 Webster] {Reducing furnace} (Metal.), a furnace for reducing ores. {Reducing pipe fitting}, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Reducing sugar — Reducing form of glucose A reducing sugar is any sugar that either has an aldehyde group or is capable of forming one in solution through isomerisation. This functional group allows the sugar to act as a reducing agent, for example in the Tollens … Wikipedia
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Reducing pipe fitting — Reducing Re*du cing (r?*d? s?ng), a & n. from {Reduce}. [1913 Webster] {Reducing furnace} (Metal.), a furnace for reducing ores. {Reducing pipe fitting}, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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