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1 siege
[si:‹](an attempt to capture a fort or town by keeping it surrounded by an armed force until it surrenders: The town is under siege.) obležení* * *• obležení• obléhání -
2 relief
[rə'li:f]1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) úleva2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) pomoc, pomocný3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) směna, střídání4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) osvobození5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) reliéf•- relieve- relieved* * *• ulehčení• úleva• útěcha• vysvobození• posila• pomoc• podpora materiální• plastika• profil• reliéf• střídání stráže• osvobození• odpočinek• obrys• kontrast -
3 relieve
[-v]1) (to lessen or stop (pain, worry etc): The doctor gave him some drugs to relieve the pain; to relieve the hardship of the refugees.) ulevit2) (to take over a job or task from: You guard the door first, and I'll relieve you in two hours.) vystřídat3) (to dismiss (a person) from his job or position: He was relieved of his post/duties.) propustit4) (to take (something heavy, difficult etc) from someone: May I relieve you of that heavy case?; The new gardener relieved the old man of the burden of cutting the grass.) zbavit5) (to come to the help of (a town etc which is under siege or attack).) přinést pomoc* * *• zbavit• zprostit -
4 withstand
[wið'stænd]past tense, past participle - withstood; verb(to oppose or resist (successfully): They withstood the siege for eight months.) odolat* * *• ustát• withstand/withstood/withstood• snášet• odolat• odporovat
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siège — [ sjɛʒ ] n. m. • 1080; lat. pop. °sedicum, de °sedicare, de sedere « être assis » I ♦ 1 ♦ Lieu où se trouve la résidence principale (d une autorité, d une société). Rome est le siège de la papauté. Siège d un tribunal, localité où il tient… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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siege — Siege, m. penac. Tantost signifie une chaire ou autre chose à se seoir, Sedile, Sedes, Et l Espagnol et l Italien disent de mesmes, Una sedia, Un seddio, ou seggio, una silla. Tantost, mais par metaphore, le lieu de la seance, comme le siege d un … Thresor de la langue françoyse
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siege — [si:dʒ] n [U and C] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: sege seat, siege , from Vulgar Latin sedicum, from Latin sedere to sit ] 1.) a situation in which an army or the police surround a place and try to gain control of it or force someone to … Dictionary of contemporary English
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siege — [sēj] n. [ME sege < OFr siege, aphetic < * assiege < VL * absedium, for L obsidium, siege, blockade, ambush < obsidere, to besiege < ob , against + sedere, to SIT] 1. the encirclement of a fortified place by an opposing armed force … English World dictionary
