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1 get bogged down in something
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2 down payment
(a payment in cash, especially to begin the purchase of something for which further payments will be made over a period of time.) záloha* * *• platba v hotovosti -
3 settle down
1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) utišit (se)2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) uvelebit se3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) zabrat se do* * *• usídlit se• usadit se• ustálit se -
4 turn down
1) (to say `no' to; to refuse: He turned down her offer/request.) odmítnout2) (to reduce (the level of light, noise etc) produced by (something): Please turn down (the volume on) the radio - it's far too loud!) zeslabit* * *• ztišit• zeslabit• ztlumit• zamítnout• stáhnout• ochabovat• klesnout -
5 send (someone/something) flying
(to hit or knock someone or something so that he or it falls down or falls backwards: She hit him and sent him flying.) shodit, porazit, srazit -
6 send (someone/something) flying
(to hit or knock someone or something so that he or it falls down or falls backwards: She hit him and sent him flying.) shodit, porazit, srazit -
7 hunt down
(to search for (someone or something) until found: The police hunted down the escaped prisoner.) uštvat; dopadnout* * *• uštvat• ulovit• chytit• dostihnout -
8 play down
(to try to make (something) appear less important: He played down the fact that he had failed the exam.) bagatelizovat* * *• snižovat význam• bagatelizovat -
9 track down
(to pursue or search for (someone or something) until it is caught or found: I managed to track down an old copy of the book.) vypátrat* * *• vypátrat -
10 put one's foot down
(to be firm about something: I put my foot down and refused.) dupnout si -
11 lay down the law
(to state something in a way that indicates that one expects one's opinion and orders to be accepted without argument.) autoritativně rozhodnout -
12 take lying down
(to accept or suffer (something) without arguing, complaining or trying to avoid it.) podrobit se -
13 disdain
[dis'dein] 1. noun(scorn or pride: a look of disdain.) pohrdání2. verb1) (to be too proud (to do something).) nesnížit se2) (to look down on (something): She disdains our company.) opovrhovat•- disdainfully* * *• pohrdání -
14 intake
['inteik]1) (the thing or quantity taken in: This year's intake of students is smaller than last year's.) počet přijatých2) (a place at which eg water is taken into a channel etc: The ventilation system broke down when something blocked the main air intake.) sací ventil; přívod3) (the act of taking in: an intake of breath.) nadechnutí* * *• přívod• příjem• sání -
15 set
[set] 1. present participle - setting; verb1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) položit2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) prostřít3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) stanovit4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) dát5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) přimět6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) zapadat7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) ztuhnout8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) nařídit9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) naondulovat10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) zasadit11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) srovnat2. adjective1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) stanovený2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) rozhodnutý3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) promyšlený4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) strnulý5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) vyhraněný6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) osazený3. noun1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) sada, soubor2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) přijímač3) (a group of people: the musical set.) skupina4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) ondulace, účes5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) výprava, dekorace6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) set•- setting- setback
- set phrase
- set-square
- setting-lotion
- set-to
- set-up
- all set
- set about
- set someone against someone
- set against someone
- set someone against
- set against
- set aside
- set back
- set down
- set in
- set off
- set something or someone on someone
- set on someone
- set something or someone on
- set on
- set out
- set to
- set up
- set up camp
- set up house
- set up shop
- set upon* * *• ustanovit• umístit• určit• určovat• sbírka• sada• set/set/set• stanovit• souprava• komplet• napravit• množina• nařídit -
16 hand
[hænd] 1. noun1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) ruka2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) ručička3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) dělník; člen posádky4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) pomoc5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) list6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) pěst7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) rukopis2. verb(often with back, down, up etc)1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) podat, vrátit2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) vrátit, připojit zpět•- handful- handbag
- handbill
- handbook
- handbrake
- handcuff
- handcuffs
- hand-lens
- handmade
- hand-operated
- hand-out
- hand-picked
- handshake
- handstand
- handwriting
- handwritten
- at hand
- at the hands of
- be hand in glove with someone
- be hand in glove
- by hand
- fall into the hands of someone
- fall into the hands
- force someone's hand
- get one's hands on
- give/lend a helping hand
- hand down
- hand in
- hand in hand
- hand on
- hand out
- hand-out
- handout
- hand over
- hand over fist
- hands down
- hands off!
- hands-on
- hands up!
- hand to hand
- have a hand in something
- have a hand in
- have/get/gain the upper hand
- hold hands with someone
- hold hands
- in good hands
- in hand
- in the hands of
- keep one's hand in
- off one's hands
- on hand
- on the one hand... on the other hand
-... on the other hand
- out of hand
- shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
- shake hands with / shake someone's hand
- a show of hands
- take in hand
- to hand* * *• podávat• podat• ruka• ruční• dlaň -
17 Help
[help] 1. verb1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) pomoci2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) pomoci; posílit3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) ulevit4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) posloužit5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) ubránit se; zabránit2. noun1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) pomoc2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) pomoc, podpora3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) pomocník, -ice, posluhovačka4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) pomoc•- helper- helpful
- helpfully
- helpfulness
- helping
- helpless
- helplessly
- helplessness
- help oneself
- help out* * *• Nápověda -
18 help
[help] 1. verb1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) pomoci2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) pomoci; posílit3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) ulevit4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) posloužit5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) ubránit se; zabránit2. noun1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) pomoc2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) pomoc, podpora3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) pomocník, -ice, posluhovačka4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) pomoc•- helper- helpful
- helpfully
- helpfulness
- helping
- helpless
- helplessly
- helplessness
- help oneself
- help out* * *• pomoct• pomáhat• pomáhat při• pomoc• pomocník• pomoct komu• pomoci -
19 stop
[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) zastavit (se)2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) zabránit; zastavit (se)3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) přestat4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) zacpat5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) stisknout; zmáčknout6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) zůstat2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) zastavení2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) zastávka3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) tečka4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) klapka, rejstřík5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) klín, zarážka•- stoppage- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
- stop over
- stop up* * *• zadržet• zastavit se• zastávka• zastavovat• zastavení• zarážka• zastav• potlačit• přestat• překážka• přestávat• stopnout• tečka• stop• doraz -
20 reach
[ri: ] 1. verb1) (to arrive at (a place, age etc): We'll never reach London before dark; Money is not important when you reach my age; The noise reached our ears; Has the total reached a thousand dollars yet?; Have they reached an agreement yet?) dosáhnout2) (to (be able to) touch or get hold of (something): My keys have fallen down this hole and I can't reach them.) dosáhnout (na)3) (to stretch out one's hand in order to touch or get hold of something: He reached (across the table) for another cake; She reached out and took the book; He reached across/over and slapped her.) natáhnout ruku4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) spojit se (s)5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) dosahovat2. noun1) (the distance that can be travelled easily: My house is within (easy) reach (of London).) dosah2) (the distance one can stretch one's arm: I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children's reach; My keys are down that hole, just out of reach (of my fingers); The boxer has a very long reach.) dosah3) ((usually in plural) a straight part of a river, canal etc: the lower reaches of the Thames.) rovný úsek toku* * *• sáhnout• sahat• dosahovat• dojet• dojít• dojíždět• doletět• dosáhnout
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