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1 beat your head against a stone wall
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2 wall
[wo:l] 1. noun1) (something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something: There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.) zeď2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) stěna2. verb((often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall: We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out.) obezdít- walled- - walled
- wallpaper 3. verb(to put such paper on: I have wallpapered the front room.) (vy)tapetovat- have one's back to the wall
- up the wall* * *• zeď• zeď zdi• stěna -
3 graze
[ɡreiz] I verb((of animals) to eat grass etc which is growing.) pást seII 1. verb1) (to scrape the skin from (a part of the body): I've grazed my knee on that stone wall.) odřít (si)2) (to touch lightly in passing: The bullet grazed the car.) škrábnout2. noun(the slight wound caused by grazing a part of the body: a graze on one's knee.) odřenina* * *• pást -
4 point
[point] 1. noun1) (the sharp end of anything: the point of a pin; a sword point; at gunpoint (= threatened by a gun).) hrot, špička2) (a piece of land that projects into the sea etc: The ship came round Lizard Point.) mys, výběžek3) (a small round dot or mark (.): a decimal point; five point three six (= 5.36); In punctuation, a point is another name for a full stop.) tečka4) (an exact place or spot: When we reached this point of the journey we stopped to rest.) bod5) (an exact moment: Her husband walked in at that point.) okamžik6) (a place on a scale especially of temperature: the boiling-point of water.) bod7) (a division on a compass eg north, south-west etc.) dílec8) (a mark in scoring a competition, game, test etc: He has won by five points to two.) bod9) (a particular matter for consideration or action: The first point we must decide is, where to meet; That's a good point; You've missed the point; That's the whole point; We're wandering away from the point.) bod, věc, otázka, pointa10) ((a) purpose or advantage: There's no point (in) asking me - I don't know.) smysl11) (a personal characteristic or quality: We all have our good points and our bad ones.) rys12) (an electrical socket in a wall etc into which a plug can be put: Is there only one electrical point in this room?) zásuvka2. verb1) (to aim in a particular direction: He pointed the gun at her.) namířit2) (to call attention to something especially by stretching the index finger in its direction: He pointed (his finger) at the door; He pointed to a sign.) ukázat3) (to fill worn places in (a stone or brick wall etc) with mortar.) spárovat•- pointed- pointer
- pointless
- pointlessly
- points
- be on the point of
- come to the point
- make a point of
- make one's point
- point out
- point one's toes* * *• ukazovat• ukázat• zamířit• poukazovat• tečka• směřovat• označit• okamžik• namířit• bod• detail -
5 dislodge
[dis'lo‹](to knock out of place: He accidentally dislodged a stone from the wall.) uvolnit, vyviklat* * *• vytlačit -
6 fireplace
noun (a space in a room (usually in a wall) with a chimney above, for a fire: a wide stone fireplace.) krb* * *• krb -
7 round
1. adjective1) (shaped like a circle or globe: a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round.) kulatý2) (rather fat; plump: a round face.) plný, buclatý2. adverb1) (in the opposite direction: He turned round.) nazpátek2) (in a circle: They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round.) dokola; po celý3) (from one person to another: They passed the letter round; The news went round.) kolem dokola4) (from place to place: We drove round for a while.) sem a tam5) (in circumference: The tree measured two metres round.) kolem6) (to a particular place, usually a person's home: Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?) sem, k nám3. preposition1) (on all sides of: There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room.) kolem2) (passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place): They ran round the tree.) kolem3) (changing direction at: He came round the corner.) za, zpoza4) (in or to all parts of: The news spread all round the town.) po celém4. noun1) (a complete circuit: a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf.) runda; partie2) (a regular journey one takes to do one's work: a postman's round.) pochůzka, roznáška3) (a burst of cheering, shooting etc: They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds.) salva4) (a single bullet, shell etc: five hundred rounds of ammunition.) náboj5) (a stage in a competition etc: The winners of the first round will go through to the next.) kolo6) (a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession.) kánon5. verb(to go round: The car rounded the corner.) zahnout (za)- rounded- roundly
- roundness
- rounds
- all-round
- all-rounder
- roundabout 6. adjective(not direct: a roundabout route.) plný oklik- round-shouldered
- round trip
- all round
- round about
- round off
- round on
- round up* * *• zaokrouhlit• zakulatit• oblý• okolo• kulatý• kruh• kolem• náboj• dokola
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