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1 bend
[bend] 1. past tense, past participle - bent; verb1) (to make, become, or be, angled or curved: Bend your arm; She bent down to pick up the coin; The road bends to the right; He could bend an iron bar.) ohnout (se); sehnout se2) (to force (someone) to do what one wants: He bent me to his will.) podrobit2. noun(a curve or angle: a bend in the road.) zatáčka, ohyb- bent on* * *• zatáčka• shýbnout• ohyb• obrátit• otočit• ohnout• hýbat se• nahne• nahnul• naklonit• nahnout• bend/bent/bent -
2 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 -
3 hair
[heə] 1. noun1) (one of the mass of thread-like objects that grow from the skin: He brushed the dog's hairs off his jacket.) chlup2) (the mass of these, especially on a person's head: He's got brown hair.) vlas(y)•- - haired- hairy
- hairiness
- hair's-breadth
- hair-breadth
- hairbrush
- haircut
- hair-do
- hairdresser
- hairdressing
- hair-drier
- hairline
- hair-oil
- hairpin 2. adjective((of a bend in a road) sharp and U-shaped, especially on a mountain or a hill.) ostrá zatáčka- hairstyle
- keep one's hair on
- let one's hair down
- make someone's hair stand on end
- make hair stand on end
- not to turn a hair
- turn a hair
- split hairs
- tear one's hair* * *• vlasy• vous• vlas• srst• ochlupení• chlup• chlupy -
4 pass
1. verb1) (to move towards and then beyond (something, by going past, through, by, over etc): I pass the shops on my way to work; The procession passed along the corridor.) míjet, projít2) (to move, give etc from one person, state etc to another: They passed the photographs around; The tradition is passed (on/down) from father to son.) přecházet3) (to go or be beyond: This passes my understanding.) přesahovat4) ((of vehicles etc on a road) to overtake: The sports car passed me at a dangerous bend in the road.) předjet5) (to spend (time): They passed several weeks in the country.) strávit6) ((of an official group, government etc) to accept or approve: The government has passed a resolution.) schválit7) (to give or announce (a judgement or sentence): The magistrate passed judgement on the prisoner.) vynést8) (to end or go away: His sickness soon passed.) minout9) (to (judge to) be successful in (an examination etc): I passed my driving test.) složit2. noun1) (a narrow path between mountains: a mountain pass.) průsmyk, soutěska2) (a ticket or card allowing a person to do something, eg to travel free or to get in to a building: You must show your pass before entering.) propustka3) (a successful result in an examination, especially when below a distinction, honours etc: There were ten passes and no fails.) složení zkoušky4) ((in ball games) a throw, kick, hit etc of the ball from one player to another: The centre-forward made a pass towards the goal.) dlouhá přihrávka•- passable- passing
- passer-by
- password
- in passing
- let something pass
- let pass
- pass as/for
- pass away
- pass the buck
- pass by
- pass off
- pass something or someone off as
- pass off as
- pass on
- pass out
- pass over
- pass up* * *• udělat např. zkoušku• vstupenka• plynout• podat• podání• podávat• projít• průkazka• minout• míjet -
5 backward
['bækwəd]1) (aimed or directed backwards: He left without a backward glance.) obrácený zpět, směřující vzad2) (less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one's age: a backward child.) opožděný (ve vývoji)3) (late in developing a modern culture, mechanization etc: That part of Britain is still very backward; the backward peoples of the world.) zaostalý•- backwards
- backwards and forwards
- bend/fall over backwards* * *• zaostalý• zpětný• pozpátku• dozadu -
6 bay
[bei] I noun(a wide inward bend of a coastline: anchored in the bay; Botany Bay.) záliv, zátokaII noun(a separate compartment, area or room etc (usually one of several) set aside for a special purpose: a bay in a library.) oddělení, kójeIII 1. adjective((of horses) reddish-brown in colour.) kaštanově hnědý; hnědák2. noun((also bay tree) the laurel tree, the leaves of which are used for seasoning and in victory wreaths.) vavřín3. verb((especially of large dogs) to bark: The hounds bayed at the fox.) štěkat* * *• vavřín• záliv -
7 flex
[fleks] 1. verb(to bend, especially in order to test: to flex one's muscles.) napnout, ohýbat2. noun((a piece of) thin insulated wire for carrying electricity: That lamp has a long flex.) šňůra- flexible- flexibility
- flexitime* * *• šňůra -
8 stoop
[stu:p] 1. verb1) (to bend the body forward and downward: The doorway was so low that he had to stoop (his head) to go through it; She stooped down to talk to the child.) sehnout (se)2) (to lower one's (moral) standards by doing something: Surely he wouldn't stoop to cheating!) snížit se2. noun(a stooping position of the body, shoulder etc: Many people develop a stoop as they grow older.) ohnutá záda- stooped* * *• sklonit• shrbení• hrbit
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