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1 dull
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2 drag
[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) (vy)táhnout2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) táhnout3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) vléci se4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) pročesávat, prohledávat5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) táhnout se2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) překážka, zátěž2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) šluk, tah3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) otrava4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) převlek za ženu* * *• vléci• vláčet• vléct• táhnout -
3 drone
[drəun] 1. noun1) (the male of the bee.) trubec2) (a person who is lazy and idle.) lenoch3) (a deep, humming sound: the distant drone of traffic.) hučení2. verb1) (to make a low, humming sound: An aeroplane droned overhead.) vrčet, hučet2) (to speak in a dull, boring voice: The lecturer droned on and on.) mluvit monotónně* * *• trubec• letadlo bez pilota -
4 slate
I [sleit] noun1) ((a piece of) a type of easily split rock of a dull blue-grey colour, used for roofing etc: Slates fell off the roof in the wind; ( also adjective) a slate roof.) (z) břidlice2) (a small writing-board made of this, used by schoolchildren.) břidlicová tabulkaII [sleit] verb(to say harsh things to or about: The new play was slated by the critics.) seřezat* * *• břidlice -
5 thud
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6 flat
[flæt] 1. adjective1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) plochý2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) nudný, všední3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) rozhodný, jasný4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) prázdný, splasklý5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) zvětralý6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) nižší o půl tónu2. adverb(stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) roztažený3. noun1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) byt2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) předznamenání bé3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) dlaň4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) nížina•- flatly- flatten
- flat rate
- flat out* * *• byt -
7 glaze
[ɡleiz] 1. verb1) (to fit glass into: to glaze a window.) zasklít2) (to cover with glass or a glaze: The potter glazed the vase.) glazurovat3) ((of eyes) to become blank or dull.) zeskelnatět2. noun1) (a glassy coating put on pottery etc: a pink glaze on the grey vase.) glazura2) (a shiny coating eg of sugar on fruit etc.) poleva•- glazier* * *• glazovat• glazura• glazurovat• lesk• leštit -
8 thump
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9 anticlimax
(a dull or disappointing ending to a play, activity etc after increasing excitement: After the weeks of preparation, the concert itself was a bit of an anticlimax.) zklamání* * *• vystřízlivění• rozčarování -
10 foil
I [foil] verb(to defeat; to disappoint: She was foiled in her attempt to become President.) zmařitII [foil] noun1) (extremely thin sheets of metal that resemble paper: silver foil.) fólie2) (a dull person or thing against which someone or something else seems brighter: She acted as a foil to her beautiful sister.) kontrastní protějšekIII [foil] noun(a blunt sword with a button at the end, used in the sport of fencing.) fleret* * *• zmařit• fólie -
11 heavy
['hevi]1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) těžký2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.) těžký3) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) hustý; ostrý; rozbouřený; tíživý4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) těžký5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) zatažený; dusný6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) těžký7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) těžký8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) těžký•- heavily- heaviness
- heavy-duty
- heavy industry
- heavyweight
- heavy going
- a heavy heart
- make heavy weather of* * *• těžký -
12 dead
[ded] 1. adjective1) (without life; not living: a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.) mrtvý; uschlý2) (not working and not giving any sign of being about to work: The phone/engine is dead.) nefungující3) (absolute or complete: There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.) naprostý, absolutní2. adverb(completely: dead drunk.) naprosto, absolutně- deaden- deadly 3. adverb(extremely: deadly dull; deadly serious.) totálně, strašně- dead end- dead-end
- dead heat
- dead language
- deadline
- deadlock* * *• mrtev• mrtvý -
13 khaki
noun, adjective((of) a dull brownish or greenish yellow: a khaki uniform; The café was full of men in khaki.) khaki* * *• khaki -
14 stale
[steil]1) ((of food etc) not fresh and therefore dry and tasteless: stale bread.) starý, suchý2) (no longer interesting: His ideas are stale and dull.) otřepaný3) (no longer able to work etc well because of too much study etc: If she practises the piano for more than two hours a day, she will grow stale.) přetrénovaný* * *• zvětralý• zkažený• prošlý• okoralý -
15 uniformly
adverb (in a uniform way: The essays were uniformly dull.) jednostejně* * *• uniformně• rovnoměrně• stále• stejně• jednotně
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