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21 bid
[bid] 1. verb1) (- past tense, past participle bid - to offer (an amount of money) at an auction: John bid ($1,000) for the painting.) nabídnout (cenu)2) ((with for) - past tense, past participle bid - to state a price (for a contract): My firm is bidding for the contract for the new road.) podat nabídku3) (- past tense bade [bæd], past participle bidden - to tell (someone) to (do something): He bade me enter.) vyzvat4) (- past tense bade [bæd], past participle bidden - to express a greeting etc (to someone): He bade me farewell.) popřát2. noun1) (an offer of a price: a bid of $20.) nabídka2) (an attempt (to obtain): a bid for freedom.) pokus o, snaha•- bidder- bidding
- biddable* * *• nabídka• bid/bid/bid -
22 brace
[breis] 1. noun1) (something that draws together and holds tightly: a brace to straighten teeth.) spona, rovnátko2) (a pair usually of game-birds: a brace of pheasants.) párek2. verb(to make (often oneself) firm or steady: He braced himself for the struggle.) povzbudit (se), vyztužit (se)- braces- bracing* * *• výztuha• posílit• sepnout• svorka• svěrka• složená závorka• spona• sponka -
23 business
['biznis]1) (occupation; buying and selling: Selling china is my business; The shop does more business at Christmas than at any other time.) zaměstnání, obchodování2) (a shop, a firm: He owns his own business.) obchod, podnik3) (concern: Make it your business to help him; Let's get down to business (= Let's start the work etc that must be done).) záležitost, úkol, povinnost, věc•- businessman
- on business* * *• podnikání• provoz• obor• firma• krám• obchod• byznys• činnost -
24 cartilage
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25 centenary
[sen'ti:nəri, ]( American[) 'sentəneri](a hundredth anniversary: The firm is celebrating its centenary this year.) sté výročí* * *• stoletý• sté výročí -
26 character
['kærəktə] 1. noun1) (the set of qualities that make someone or something different from others; type: You can tell a man's character from his handwriting; Publicity of this character is not good for the firm.) povaha, charakter2) (a set of qualities that are considered admirable in some way: He showed great character in dealing with the danger.) charakter3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) pověst4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) postava (ve hře)5) (an odd or amusing person: This fellow's quite a character!) podivín; číslo6) (a letter used in typing etc: Some characters on this typewriter are broken.) písmeno, znak•2. noun(a typical quality: It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate.) vlastnost, charakteristický rys- characterize
- characterise
- characterization
- characterisation* * *• znak• písmeno• postava• literární postava• charakter -
27 consultant
1) (a person who gives professional advice: He is consultant to a firm of engineers; ( also adjective) a consultant engineer.) poradce, poradenský2) (a senior hospital doctor specializing in a particular branch of medicine: His condition is so serious that they have sent for the consultant; ( also adjective) a consultant physician.) primář, specialista* * *• poradce -
28 contract
1. [kən'trækt] verb1) (to make or become smaller, less, shorter, tighter etc: Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled; `I am' is often contracted to `I'm'; Muscles contract.) stahovat (se), zmenšit2) ( to promise legally in writing: They contracted to supply us with cable.) smluvně se zavázat3) (to become infected with (a disease): He contracted malaria.) chytit (nemoc)4) (to promise (in marriage).) uzavřít (sňatek), slíbit2. ['kontrækt] noun(a legal written agreement: He has a four-year contract (of employment) with us; The firm won a contract for three new aircraft.) kontrakt- contractor* * *• zúžit• smluvní• smlouva• kontrakt -
29 contractor
noun (a person or firm that promises to do work or supply goods at a fixed rate: a building contractor.) podnikatel, dodavatel* * *• dodavatel -
30 difficulty
plural - difficulties; noun1) (the state or quality of being hard (to do) or not easy: I have difficulty in understanding him.) potíž2) (an obstacle or objection: He has a habit of foreseeing difficulties.) obtíž3) ((especially in plural) trouble, especially money trouble: The firm was in difficulties.) těžkosti, těžká situace* * *• úskalí• potíž -
31 director
noun (a person or thing that directs, eg one of a group of persons who manage the affairs of a business or a person who is in charge of the making of a film, play etc: He is on the board of directors of our firm; The producer and the director quarrelled about the film.) ředitel, šéf; režisér* * *• ředitel• ředitelka• režisér -
32 draughtsman
especially American - draughtsmen, draftsmen; noun(a person who is good at or employed in making drawings: My son is a draughtsman in a firm of engineers.) projektant, kreslíř* * *• projektant• kreslíř -
33 embezzle
[im'bezl](to take dishonestly (money that has been entrusted to oneself): As the firm's accountant, he embezzled $20,000 in two years.) zpronevěřit- embezzler* * *• zpronevěřit• defraudovat -
34 emphatic
[-'fæ-]adjective ((negative unemphatic) expressed with emphasis; firm and definite: an emphatic denial; He was most emphatic about the importance of arriving on time.) důrazný; rozhodný* * *• důrazný -
35 employee
[em-]noun (a person employed for wages, a salary etc: That firm has fifty employees.) zaměstnanec, -kyně* * *• zaměstnanec• zaměstnankyně• pracovnice• pracovník -
36 endure
[in'djuə]1) (to bear patiently; to tolerate: She endures her troubles bravely; I can endure her rudeness no longer.) snášet2) (to remain firm; to last: You must endure to the end; The memory of her great acting has endured.) vydržet; trvat•- endurance* * *• vydržet• snést -
37 establish
[i'stæbliʃ]1) (to settle firmly in a position (eg a job, business etc): He established himself (in business) as a jeweller.) etablovat se2) (to found; to set up (eg a university, a business): How long has the firm been established?) zřídit3) (to show to be true; to prove: The police established that he was guilty.) dokázat•- establishment
- the Establishment* * *• ustanovit• usadit• zakládat• založit• zřídit -
38 expenses
[-siz]noun plural (money spent in carrying out a job etc: His firm paid his travelling expenses.) výlohy* * *• výdaje• náklady -
39 facelift
1) (an operation to smooth and firm the face: She has had a facelift.) plastická operace, vyhlazení vrásek2) (a process intended to make a building etc look better: This village will be given a facelift.) renovace* * *• plastická operace• facelift -
40 fast
I 1. adjective1) (quick-moving: a fast car.) rychlý2) (quick: a fast worker.) rychlý3) ((of a clock, watch etc) showing a time in advance of the correct time: My watch is five minutes fast.) předcházející se2. adverb(quickly: She speaks so fast I can't understand her.) rychle- fastness- fast foods
- fast food II 1. verb(to go without food, especially for religious or medical reasons: Muslims fast during the festival of Ramadan.) postit se2. noun(a time or act of fasting: She has just finished two days' fast.) půst, postění- fastingIII adjective1) ((of a dye) fixed; that will not come out of a fabric when it is washed.) státý, stálobarevný2) (firm; fixed: She made her end of the rope fast to a tree.) pevný, připoutaný•* * *• postit se• půst• rychle• rychlý
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