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1 the old
(old people: hospitals for the old.) staří lidé -
2 old
[əuld]1) (advanced in age: an old man; He is too old to live alone.) starý2) (having a certain age: He is thirty years old.) starý3) (having existed for a long time: an old building; Those trees are very old.) starý4) (no longer useful: She threw away the old shoes.) starý5) (belonging to times long ago: old civilizations like that of Greece.) starý, dávný•- old age- old boy/girl
- old-fashioned
- old hand
- old maid
- the old* * *• stár• stará• starý -
3 old age
(the later part of a person's life: He wrote most of his poems in his old age.) stáří -
4 Old Testament
(the two main parts of the Bible.) Starý zákon; Nový zákon* * *• Starý zákon -
5 old boy/girl
(a former pupil (of a school): The new prime minister is an old boy of our school.) bývalý, -á žák, -yně -
6 the aged
['ei‹id] (old people: care for the aged.) staří (lidé) -
7 the elderly
(people who are (rather) old: It is important for the elderly to take some exercise.) starší generace -
8 old maid
(an unmarried woman who is past the usual age of marriage.) stará panna -
9 ripe (old) age
(a very old age: He lived to the ripe (old) age of ninety-five.) zralé stáří -
10 ripe (old) age
(a very old age: He lived to the ripe (old) age of ninety-five.) zralé stáří -
11 do the trick
(to do or be what is necessary: I need a piece of paper. This old envelope will do the trick!) splnit svůj účel* * *• splnit účel -
12 get etc long in the tooth
((of a person or animal) to be, become etc, old: I'm getting a bit long in the tooth to climb mountains.) být starý -
13 at the ripe old age
• velmi starý -
14 heart failure
(the sudden stopping of the heart's beating: the old man died of heart failure.) selhání srdce* * *• selhání srdce• srdeční mrtvice• srdeční vada -
15 Bible
1) ((with the) the sacred writings of the Christian Church, consisting of the Old and New Testaments.) bible2) (the Jewish Scriptures (the Old Testament).) Starý zákon (část Bible)•- biblical* * *• Bible -
16 scrap
I 1. [skræp] noun1) (a small piece or fragment: a scrap of paper.) kousek, útržek2) ((usually in plural) a piece of food left over after a meal: They gave the scraps to the dog.) zbytek3) (waste articles that are only valuable for the material they contain: The old car was sold as scrap; ( also adjective) scrap metal.) šrot(ový)4) (a picture etc for sticking into a scrapbook.) výstřižek2. verb(to discard: They scapped the old television set; She decided to scrap the whole plan.) vyřadit; opustit- scrappy- scrappily
- scrappiness
- scrapbook
- scrap heap II 1. [skræp] noun(a fight: He tore his jacket in a scrap with another boy.) zápas, rvačka2. verb(to fight: The dogs were scrapping over a bone.) rvát se* * *• šrot• šrotovat -
17 strip
[strip] 1. past tense, past participle - stripped; verb1) (to remove the covering from something: He stripped the old varnish off the wall; He stripped the branch (of its bark) with his knife.) sundat, seškrabat2) (to undress: She stripped the child (naked) and put him in the bath; He stripped and dived into the water; They were told to strip to the waist.) svléknout (se)3) (to remove the contents of (a house etc): The house/room was stripped bare / stripped of its furnishings; They stripped the house of all its furnishings.) obrat, vykrást4) (to deprive (a person) of something: The officer was stripped of his rank for misconduct.) degradovat2. noun1) (a long narrow piece of (eg cloth, ground etc): a strip of paper.) pruh2) (a strip cartoon.) kreslený seriál3) (a footballer's shirt, shorts, socks etc: The team has a red and white strip.) dres•- strip-lighting
- strip-tease 3. adjectivea strip-tease show.) striptýzový* * *• plátek• proužek• pruh• svléknout se• obnažit se• pás -
18 crook
[kruk] 1. noun1) (a (shepherd's or bishop's) stick, bent at the end.) hůl, berla2) (a criminal: The two crooks stole the old woman's jewels.) lump, zloděj3) (the inside of the bend (of one's arm at the elbow): She held the puppy in the crook of her arm.) ohbí2. verb(to bend (especially one's finger) into the shape of a hook: She crooked her finger to beckon him.) ohnout- crooked- crookedly
- crookedness* * *• podvodník• hák• háček• darebák -
19 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 -
20 strain
I 1. [strein] verb1) (to exert oneself or a part of the body to the greatest possible extent: They strained at the door, trying to pull it open; He strained to reach the rope.) natahovat (se); cloumat2) (to injure (a muscle etc) through too much use, exertion etc: He has strained a muscle in his leg; You'll strain your eyes by reading in such a poor light.) přepínat3) (to force or stretch (too far): The constant interruptions were straining his patience.) přepínat4) (to put (eg a mixture) through a sieve etc in order to separate solid matter from liquid: She strained the coffee.) (pře)cedit2. noun1) (force exerted; Can nylon ropes take more strain than the old kind of rope?) napětí2) ((something, eg too much work etc, that causes) a state of anxiety and fatigue: The strain of nursing her dying husband was too much for her; to suffer from strain.) (nervové) vypětí3) ((an) injury especially to a muscle caused by too much exertion: muscular strain.) namožení4) (too great a demand: These constant delays are a strain on our patience.) (přílišně) zatížený•- strained- strainer
- strain off II [strein] noun1) (a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc): a new strain of cattle.) plemeno2) (a tendency in a person's character: I'm sure there's a strain of madness in her.) dispozice3) ((often in plural) (the sound of) a tune: I heard the strains of a hymn coming from the church.) melodie* * *• tlak• vypětí• zatížení• plemeno• rasa• kmen• nápor• napětí• napnout• napínat• cedit• deformovat
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