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  • 1 set off

    1) ((sometimes with on) to start a journey: We set off to go to the beach.) vydat se na
    2) (to cause to start doing something: She had almost stopped crying, but his harsh words set her off again.) přimět, vyvolat
    3) (to explode or ignite: You should let your father set off all the fireworks.) odpálit
    * * *
    • vyvolat
    • vydat se
    • vyrazit na cestu
    • vyčlenit
    • vybuchnout např. nálož
    • zapálit např. nálož
    • zdůraznit
    • zvýraznit
    • podtrhnout
    • přivést k výbuchu např. nálož
    • roznítit např. nálož
    • rozjet se
    • spustit např. zbraň
    • spustit např. nálož
    • oddělit
    • odpálit např. nálož
    • být příčinou začátku
    • dát vyniknout

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  • 2 set

    [set] 1. present participle - setting; verb
    1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) položit
    2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) prostřít
    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.) stanovit
    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.) dát
    5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) přimět
    6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) zapadat
    7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) ztuhnout
    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.) nařídit
    9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) naondulovat
    10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) zasadit
    11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) srovnat
    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.) promyšlený
    4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) strnulý
    5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) vyhraněný
    6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) osazený
    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, soubor
    2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) přijímač
    3) (a group of people: the musical set.) skupina
    4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) ondulace, účes
    5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) výprava, dekorace
    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
    * * *
    • ustanovit
    • umístit
    • určit
    • určovat
    • sbírka
    • sada
    • set/set/set
    • stanovit
    • souprava
    • komplet
    • napravit
    • množina
    • nařídit

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  • 3 play off against

    (to set (one person) against (another) in order to gain an advantage: He played his father off against his mother to get more pocket money.) podněcovat (proti)

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  • 4 couple

    1. noun
    1) (two; a few: Can I borrow a couple of chairs?; I knew a couple of people at the party, but not many.) pár, několik
    2) (a man and wife, or a boyfriend and girlfriend: a married couple; The young couple have a child.) pár, dvojice
    2. verb
    (to join together: The coaches were coupled (together), and the train set off.) spojit
    - coupling
    * * *
    • spárovat
    • pár
    • párovat
    • manželé
    • dvojice

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  • 5 for

    [fo:] 1. preposition
    1) (to be given or sent to: This letter is for you.) pro
    2) (towards; in the direction of: We set off for London.) do
    3) (through a certain time or distance: for three hours; for three miles.) po
    4) (in order to have, get, be etc: He asked me for some money; Go for a walk.) o; na
    5) (in return; as payment: He paid $2 for his ticket.) za
    6) (in order to be prepared: He's getting ready for the journey.) na
    7) (representing: He is the member of parliament for Hull.) za
    8) (on behalf of: Will you do it for me?) pro; za
    9) (in favour of: Are you for or against the plan?) pro
    10) (because of: for this reason.) kvůli, pro, z
    11) (having a particular purpose: She gave me money for the bus fare.) na
    12) (indicating an ability or an attitude to: a talent for baking; an ear for music.) pro
    13) (as being: They mistook him for someone else.) za
    14) (considering what is used in the case of: It is quite warm for January (= considering that it is January when it is usually cold).) na
    15) (in spite of: For all his money, he didn't seem happy.) přes
    2. conjunction
    (because: It must be late, for I have been here a long time.) protože
    * * *
    • za
    • pro
    • na
    • neboť
    • o

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  • 6 porter

    ['po:tə]
    1) (a person whose job is to carry luggage in a railway station etc: The old lady could not find a porter to carry her suitcase from the train.) nosič
    2) (a person whose job is to carry things eg in rough country where there is no other form of transport: He set off into the jungle with three porters.) nosič
    3) (a doorman or attendant in a hotel etc: a hospital porter.) vrátný, -á
    * * *
    • vrátný
    • vrátná
    • portýr

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  • 7 shoulder

    ['ʃəuldə] 1. noun
    1) (the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm: He was carrying the child on his shoulders.) rameno
    2) (anything that resembles a shoulder: the shoulder of the hill.) úbočí
    3) (the part of a garment that covers the shoulder: the shoulder of a coat.) rameno
    4) (the upper part of the foreleg of an animal.) rameno
    2. verb
    1) (to lift on to the shoulder: He shouldered his pack and set off on his walk.) dát si na ramena
    2) (to bear the full weight of: He must shoulder his responsibilities.) vzít na sebe
    3) (to make (one's way) by pushing with the shoulder: He shouldered his way through the crowd.) prodrat se
    •
    - put one's shoulder to the wheel
    - shoulder to shoulder
    * * *
    • plec
    • rameno

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  • 8 at full pelt

    ((running) as fast as possible: They set off down the road at full pelt.) plným tryskem

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  • 9 land mine

    (a mine laid on or near the surface of the ground, which is set off by something passing over it.) pozemní mina

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  • 10 make tracks (for)

    (to depart, or set off (towards): We ought to be making tracks (for home).) odejít

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  • 11 make tracks (for)

    (to depart, or set off (towards): We ought to be making tracks (for home).) odejít

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  • 12 no sooner ... than

    (when... immediately: No sooner had we set off than we realized we'd left the dog behind.) sotvaže; teprve když

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  • 13 hand

    [hænd] 1. noun
    1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) ruka
    2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) ručička
    3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) dělník; člen posádky
    4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) pomoc
    5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) list
    6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) pěst
    7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) rukopis
    2. verb
    (often with back, down, up etc)
    1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) podat, vrátit
    2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) vrátit, připojit zpět
    •
    - handbag
    - handbill
    - handbook
    - handbrake
    - handcuff
    - handcuffs
    - hand-lens
    - handmade
    - hand-operated
    - hand-out
    - hand-picked
    - handshake
    - handstand
    - handwriting
    - handwritten
    - at hand
    - at the hands of
    - be hand in glove with someone
    - be hand in glove
    - by hand
    - fall into the hands of someone
    - fall into the hands
    - force someone's hand
    - get one's hands on
    - give/lend a helping hand
    - hand down
    - hand in
    - hand in hand
    - hand on
    - hand out
    - hand-out
    - handout
    - hand over
    - hand over fist
    - hands down
    - hands off!
    - hands-on
    - hands up!
    - hand to hand
    - have a hand in something
    - have a hand in
    - have/get/gain the upper hand
    - hold hands with someone
    - hold hands
    - in good hands
    - in hand
    - in the hands of
    - keep one's hand in
    - off one's hands
    - on hand
    - on the one hand... on the other hand
    -... on the other hand
    - out of hand
    - shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
    - shake hands with / shake someone's hand
    - a show of hands
    - take in hand
    - to hand
    * * *
    • podávat
    • podat
    • ruka
    • ruční
    • dlaň

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  • 14 light

    I 1. noun
    1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) světlo
    2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) světlo
    3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) oheň
    4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) světlo
    2. adjective
    1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) světlý
    2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) světlý
    3. [lit] verb
    1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) osvětlit
    2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) zapálit
    •
    - lighting
    - lighthouse
    - light-year
    - bring to light
    - come to light
    - in the light of
    - light up
    - see the light
    - set light to     II
    1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) lehký
    2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) lehký
    3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) lehký
    4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) lehčí
    5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) lehký
    6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) lehký
    7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) lehký
    8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) drobný
    9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) lehký
    •
    - light-headed
    - light-hearted
    - lightweight
    - get off lightly
    - make light of
    - travel light     III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb
    (to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.) náhodou padnout na
    * * *
    • zapálit
    • zápalka
    • zapalovat
    • světlo
    • světlý
    • snadný
    • osvětlení
    • osvětlit
    • light/lit/lighted
    • lehký
    • lehce
    • nepatrný

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  • 15 score

    [sko:] 1. plurals - scores; noun
    1) (the number of points, goals etc gained in a game, competition etc: The cricket score is 59 for 3.) skóre, stav
    2) (a written piece of music showing all the parts for instruments and voices: the score of an opera.) partitura
    3) (a set or group of twenty: There was barely a score of people there.) dvacítka
    2. verb
    1) (to gain (goals etc) in a game etc: He scored two goals before half-time.) zaznamenat
    2) ((sometimes with off or out) to remove (eg a name) from eg a list by putting a line through it: Please could you score my name off (the list)?; Is that word meant to be scored out?) přeškrtnout, vyškrtnout
    3) (to keep score: Will you score for us, please?) zapisovat body
    •
    - score-board
    - on that score
    - scores of
    - scores
    - settle old scores
    * * *
    • vstřelit gól
    • skórovat
    • skóre
    • dát gól

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  • 16 work

    [wə:k] 1. noun
    1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) práce
    2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) práce
    3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) práce
    4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) dílo
    5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) práce
    6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) práce
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) pracovat; nutit do práce
    2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) mít práci
    3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) pracovat; uvést do chodu
    4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) osvědčit se
    5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) razit si cestu
    6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) postupně se stávat
    7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) vypracovat
    •
    - - work
    - workable
    - worker
    - works     3. noun plural
    1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mechanismus
    2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) skutky
    •
    - work-box
    - workbook
    - workforce
    - working class
    - working day
    - work-day
    - working hours
    - working-party
    - work-party
    - working week
    - workman
    - workmanlike
    - workmanship
    - workmate
    - workout
    - workshop
    - at work
    - get/set to work
    - go to work on
    - have one's work cut out
    - in working order
    - out of work
    - work of art
    - work off
    - work out
    - work up
    - work up to
    - work wonders
    * * *
    • výroba
    • zaměstnání
    • způsobit
    • práce
    • pracovat
    • pracovní
    • působit
    • fungovat
    • dílna
    • činnost
    • dílo
    • čin

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  • 17 drop

    [drop] 1. noun
    1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) kapka
    2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) troška
    3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) pokles
    4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) spád
    2. verb
    1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) (u)pustit
    2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) spadnout
    3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) opustit
    4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) vysadit
    5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) naškrábnout; utrousit
    •
    - droppings
    - drop-out
    - drop a brick / drop a clanger
    - drop back
    - drop by
    - drop in
    - drop off
    - drop out
    * * *
    • upustit
    • pokles
    • propad
    • spustit
    • spouštět
    • pád
    • klesnout
    • kapka
    • klesat

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  • 18 ensure

    [in'ʃuə]
    (to make sure: Ensure that your television set is switched off at night.) zajistit
    * * *
    • zaručit
    • zajišťovat
    • zajistit

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  • 19 lay

    I 1. [lei] past tense, past participle - laid; verb
    1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) vložit; položit; předložit
    2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) položit
    3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) připravit
    4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) položit
    5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) zahnat
    6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) snést
    7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) vsadit
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    2. verb
    (to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) udělat plastický účes
    - lay-by
    - layout
    - laid up
    - lay aside
    - lay bare
    - lay by
    - lay down
    - lay one's hands on
    - lay hands on
    - lay in
    - lay low
    - lay off
    - lay on
    - lay out
    - lay up
    - lay waste     II see lie II III [lei] adjective
    1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) laický
    2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) neodborný
    •
    IV [lei] noun
    (an epic poem.) lyrická píseň/balada
    * * *
    • umístit
    • položit
    • poloha
    • klást
    • lay/laid/laid
    • lie/lay/lain

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  • 20 pack

    [pæk] 1. noun
    1) (things tied up together or put in a container, especially to be carried on one's back: He carried his luggage in a pack on his back.) ranec, tlumok
    2) (a set of (fifty-two) playing-cards: a pack of cards.) balíček, hra
    3) (a number or group of certain animals: a pack of wolves / a wolf-pack.) smečka, stádo, hejno
    4) (a packet: a pack of cigarettes.) krabička
    2. verb
    1) (to put (clothes etc) into a bag, suitcase or trunk for a journey: I've packed all I need and I'm ready to go.) sbalit
    2) (to come together in large numbers in a small space: They packed into the hall to hear his speech.) namačkat (se)
    •
    - packing-case
    - packed out
    - packed
    - pack off
    - pack up
    * * *
    • svazek
    • balík

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