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1 awkward
['o:kwəd]1) (not graceful or elegant: an awkward movement.) neobratný, nemotorný2) (difficult or causing difficulty, embarrassment etc: an awkward question; an awkward silence; His cut is in an awkward place.) nevhodný, trápny•- awkwardness* * *• zle navrhnutý• trápny• nepríjemný• nešikovný• nemotorný -
2 bridge
[bri‹] 1. noun1) (a structure carrying a road or railway over a river etc.) most2) (the narrow raised platform for the captain of a ship.) mostík3) (the bony part (of the nose).) chrbát4) (the support of the strings of a violin etc.) kobylka2. verb1) (to build a bridge over: They bridged the stream.) premostiť2) (to close a gap, pause etc: He bridged the awkward silence with a funny remark.) preklenúť* * *• premostit• prekonat• kobylka huslí• bridž• mostík• merací mostík• most -
3 bulky
adjective (large in size, awkward to carry etc: a bulky parcel; This is too bulky to send by post.) objemný* * *• objemný -
4 clumsy
(awkward in movement etc: He's very clumsy - he's always dropping things.) nemotorný- clumsily- clumsiness* * *• neobratný• netaktný• nemotorný• neohrabaný -
5 ease
[i:z] 1. noun1) (freedom from pain or from worry or hard work: a lifetime of ease.) pohoda2) (freedom from difficulty: He passed his exam with ease.) ľahkosť3) (naturalness: ease of manner.) prirodzenosť2. verb1) (to free from pain, trouble or anxiety: A hot bath eased his tired limbs.) upokojiť2) ((often with off) to make or become less strong, less severe, less fast etc: The pain has eased (off); The driver eased off as he approached the town.) poľaviť3) (to move (something heavy or awkward) gently or gradually in or out of position: They eased the wardrobe carefully up the narrow staircase.) opatrne niesť•- easily- easiness
- easy 3. interjection(a command to go or act gently: Easy! You'll fall if you run too fast.) pomaly!- easy-going
- at ease
- easier said than done
- go easy on
- stand at ease
- take it easy
- take one's ease* * *• ulahcenie• prázdna chvíla• pohodlie• pokoj• lahkost -
6 gangling
['ɡæŋɡliŋ](tall, very thin and usually awkward.) vyhúknutý* * *• klátit sa• roztrúsené postavenie• neusporiadane -
7 gauche
[ɡəuʃ](awkward and clumsy: a gauche young woman.) nemotorný* * *• pre lavú ruku• nemotorný -
8 gawky
['ɡo:ki]((of a person) looking clumsy or awkward: She is tall and gawky.) nemotorný* * *• lavý• neohrabaný• nemotorný -
9 nasty
1) (unpleasant to the senses: a nasty smell.) odporný2) (unfriendly or unpleasant in manner: The man was very nasty to me.) zlý3) (wicked; evil: He has a nasty temper.) protivný, nepríjemný4) ((of weather) very poor, cold, rainy etc.) mizerný5) ((of a wound, cut etc) serious: That dog gave her a nasty bite.) nebezpečný6) (awkward or very difficult: a nasty situation.) ťažký, nepríjemný•- nastily- nastiness* * *• velmi nepríjemný• zlý• špinavý• sprostý• tažký• hanebný• hrozivý• hnusný• protivný• riskantný• podlý• ošklivý• nemravný• nechutný• nepríjemný• nebezpecný• nedovolený• nepoctivý• neslušný• odporný chlap• odporná záležitost• odporný• ohavnost• ohava -
10 situation
[sitju'eiʃən]1) (circumstances; a state of affairs: an awkward situation.) situácia2) (the place where anything stands or lies: The house has a beautiful situation beside a lake.) poloha3) (a job: the situations-vacant columns of the newspaper.) zamestnanie•- situated* * *• zamestnanie• životné postavenie• situácia• stav• umiestnenie• požehnaný stav• pracovný pomer• pomery• pozícia• poloha• postavenie• práca• miesto• okolnosti -
11 sticky
1) (able, or likely, to stick or adhere to other surfaces: He mended the torn book with sticky tape; sticky sweets.) lepiaci, lepkavý2) ((of a situation or person) difficult; awkward.) nepríjemný, trápny* * *• vlhký• sentimentálny• prilnavý• dusný• hlúpy• protivný• otravný• lepivý• lepkavý• lepiaci sa• naglejený• nepríjemný -
12 ungainly
(awkward, clumsy or ungraceful: She is rather large and ungainly.) neobratný, ťarbavý* * *• tarbavý• bez ladu a skladu• nemotorný• nevzhladný -
13 unwieldy
(large and awkward to carry or manage: A piano is an unwieldy thing to move.) neskladný, nemotorný* * *• velký• tažký• tarbavý• hrubý• neskladný• neohrabaný• nemotorný• nešikovný• nepraktický• neotesaný -
14 wriggle
['riɡl] 1. verb(to twist to and fro: The child kept wriggling in his seat; How are you going to wriggle out of this awkward situation?) vrtieť sa, vykrútiť sa2. noun(a wriggling movement.) krútenie- wriggler* * *• vrtiet sa• vrtenie• vykrúcat sa• vytácat sa• ošívat sa• ošívanie sa• krútit sa• krútenie• mrvenie -
15 be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
(to be very awkward or clumsy in handling or holding things: He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the cup.) mať obidve ruky ľavéEnglish-Slovak dictionary > be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
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16 inconvenient
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