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21 hold back
1) (to refuse to tell someone (something): The police were convinced the man was holding something back.) zatajit2) (to prevent from happening, being seen etc, with an effort: The little girl succeeded in holding back her tears.) potlačit, zadržet3) (to prevent from making progress: I meant to finish cleaning the house but the children have held me back all morning.) zdržet* * *• zadržet -
22 turn back
(to (cause to) go back in the opposite direction: He got tired and turned back; The travellers were turned back at the frontier.) vrátit (se)* * *• vrátit se• změnit názor -
23 get back
1) (to move away: The policeman told the crowd to get back.) ustoupit, jít dozadu2) (to retrieve: She eventually got back the book she had lent him.) dostat zpět* * *• vrátit se• pomstít se• dostat zpět -
24 double back
(to turn and go back the way one came: The fox doubled back and went down a hole.) vrátit se (po stopě)* * *• přehnout -
25 bring back
(to (cause to) return: She brought back the umbrella she borrowed; Her singing brings back memories of my mother.) vrátit; připomenout* * *• připomenout -
26 lie back
(to lean back on a support: He lay back against the pillows and went to sleep.) zaklonit se -
27 ring back
(to telephone (someone who has telephoned): If he is busy at the moment, he can ring me back; He'll ring back tomorrow.) zavolat zpět/znovu -
28 drop back
(to slow down; to fall behind: I was at the front of the crowd but I dropped back to speak to Bill.) vrátit se* * *• ustoupit -
29 hang back
(to hesitate or be unwilling: The soldiers all hung back when the sergeant asked for volunteers.) držet se zpátky* * *• váhat• zůstávat pozadu• držet se stranou -
30 have one's back to the wall
(to be in a very difficult or desperate situation: He certainly has his back to the wall as he has lost his job and cannot find another one.) být v úzkých, přitlačen ke zdi -
31 report back
(to come again and report (to someone); to send a report (to someone): He was asked to study the matter in detail and report back to the committee.) podat zprávu -
32 cut back
to reduce considerably: The government cut back (on) public spending (noun cutback) omezit, snížit* * *• zmenšit• snížit -
33 give back
(to return something: She gave me back the book that she borrowed last week.) vrátit* * *• vrátit• vracet -
34 set back
(to delay the progress of: His illness set him back a bit at school.) zpozdit* * *• pozastavit• překazit -
35 stand back
(to move backwards or away: A crowd gathered round the injured man, but a policeman ordered everyone to stand back.) ustoupit* * *• ustoupit dozadu• poodstoupit -
36 chew the cud
((of cows etc) to bring food from the stomach back into the mouth and chew it again.) přežvykovat -
37 on the rebound
(as (something) bounces back: He caught the ball on the rebound.) při odskoku -
38 half-back
noun (in football, hockey etc, (a player in) a position directly behind the forwards.) záložník* * *• záložník -
39 all the way to Egery and back
• cesta oklikou -
40 on the way back
• na zpáteční cestě
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