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1 shelter
['ʃeltə] 1. noun1) (protection against wind, rain, enemies etc: We gave the old man shelter for the night.) ochrana, úkryt2) (a building etc designed to give such protection: a bus-shelter.) útulek, chata, přístřeší2. verb1) (to be in, or go into, a place of shelter: He sheltered from the storm.) ukrýt se2) (to give protection: That line of trees shelters my garden.) chránit•* * *• ukrýt• úkryt• přístřešek• skrýš• skrývat• okop• krýt• kryt• bouda• budka• bunkr• bezpečí -
2 shade
[ʃeid] 1. noun1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) stín2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) stín(y)3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) slunečník, stínítko, záclona4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) odstín5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) trochu2. verb1) ((sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat: He put up his hand to shade his eyes.) (za)stínit2) (to make darker: You should shade the foreground of that drawing.) vystínovat3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) odstínit•- shaded- shades
- shading
- shady
- shadiness
- put in the shade* * *• stín• odstín• čárkovat -
3 improvise
1) (to compose and perform (a poem, tune etc) without preparation: The pianist forgot his music and had to improvise.) improvizovat2) (to make (something) from materials that happen to be available, often materials that are not normally used for that purpose: They improvised a shelter from branches and blankets.) improvizovat•* * *• improvizovat -
4 shady
1) (sheltered or giving shelter from heat or light: a shady tree; a shady corner of the garden.) stinný2) (dishonest: a shady business.) podezřelý* * *• pochybný• stinný• nejistý -
5 screen
[skri:n] 1. noun1) (a flat, movable, often folding, covered framework for preventing a person etc from being seen, for decoration, or for protection from heat, cold etc: Screens were put round the patient's bed; a tapestry fire-screen.) plenta, zástěna2) (anything that so protects etc a person etc: He hid behind the screen of bushes; a smokescreen.) clona3) (the surface on which films or television pictures appear: cinema/television/radar screen.) plátno, obrazovka2. verb1) (to hide, protect or shelter: The tall grass screened him from view.) skrýt2) (to make or show a cinema film.) (na)filmovat; promítat3) (to test for loyalty, reliability etc.) prověřit4) (to test for a disease: Women should be regularly screened for cancer.) vyšetřit•- the screen* * *• zaclonit• plenta• promítací plátno• obrazovka• clona -
6 battered
adjective battered wives/children; She ran away from her husband to a shelter for battered women.) bitý, týraný* * *• zbitý• otlučený• dobitý -
7 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 -
8 cover
1. verb1) (to put or spread something on, over or in front of: They covered (up) the body with a sheet; My shoes are covered in paint.) (při)krýt; obalit2) (to be enough to pay for: Will 10 dollars cover your expenses?) pokrýt3) (to travel: We covered forty miles in one day.) urazit4) (to stretch over a length of time etc: His diary covered three years.) obsahovat, zahrnovat5) (to protect: Are we covered by your car insurance?) krýt6) (to report on: I'm covering the race for the local newspaper.) referovat (o)7) (to point a gun at: I had him covered.) mířit zbraní (na)2. noun1) (something which covers, especially a cloth over a table, bed etc: a table-cover; a bed-cover; They replaced the cover on the manhole.) pokrývka, pokrývka2) (something that gives protection or shelter: The soldiers took cover from the enemy gunfire; insurance cover.) kryt, krytí3) (something that hides: He escaped under cover of darkness.) kryt, úkryt•- coverage- covering
- cover-girl
- cover story
- cover-up* * *• víčko• víko• zastřít• zakrýt• pokrývat• poklička• pokrýt• příbor• přehoz• přikrýt• příklop• přikrývat• skrýt• ručit• hradit• krýt• krycí• kryt• obálka• obal• obalit• deska -
9 refuge
['refju:‹]((a place which gives) shelter or protection from danger, trouble etc: The escaped prisoner sought refuge in the church.) úkryt, útočiště- refugee* * *• uchýlit se• útulek• útočiště• úkryt• poskytnout útočiště• spása• odstavný• ostrůvek• hledat• hledat útočiště -
10 refugee
noun (a person who seeks shelter especially in another country, from war, disaster, or persecution: Refugees were pouring across the frontier; ( also adjective) a refugee camp.) uprchlík* * *• uprchlík• emigrant
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shelter belt — noun A row of trees providing shelter from the wind • • • Main Entry: ↑shelter … Useful english dictionary
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