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1 down
I 1. adverb1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) dolů2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) na zem3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) postupně, stále dál4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) dolů5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.) dolů, k jihu2. preposition1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) níže2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) dolů3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) podél3. verb(to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) hodit do sebe- downward- downwards
- downward
- down-and-out
- down-at-heel
- downcast
- downfall
- downgrade
- downhearted
- downhill
- downhill racing
- downhill skiing
- down-in-the-mouth
- down payment
- downpour
- downright 4. adjectiveHe is a downright nuisance!) naprostý, vyložený- downstream
- down-to-earth
- downtown
- downtown
- down-trodden
- be/go down with
- down on one's luck
- down tools
- down with
- get down to
- suit someone down to the ground
- suit down to the ground II noun(small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) prachové peří- downie®- downy* * *• poklesnout• shodit• srazit• dolů• dole -
2 down-and-out
noun, adjective ((a person) having no money and no means of earning a living: a hostel for down-and-outs.) člověk na dně/mizině* * *• zkrachovaný• ztroskotanec -
3 down-to-earth
adjective (practical and not concerned with theories, ideals etc: She is a sensible, down-to-earth person.) praktický, realistický* * *• vstřícný• přízemní• nápomocný -
4 down the drain
(wasted: We had to scrap everything and start again - six months' work down the drain!) v tahu, na nic -
5 down tools
(to stop working: When the man was sacked his fellow workers downed tools and walked out.) seknout s prací -
6 down-at-heel
adjective (shabby, untidy and not well looked after or well-dressed.) ošuntělý, sešlý -
7 down and out
• bezmocný -
8 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 -
9 break down
1) (to use force on (a door etc) to cause it to open.) vyrazit, rozrazit2) (to stop working properly: My car has broken down.) porouchat se3) (to fail: The talks have broken down.) ztroskotat4) (to be overcome with emotion: She broke down and wept.) zhroutit se* * *• zhroutit se• zlomit• zbořit• porouchat se• selhat• rozpadnout se• rozbít se• rozčlenit• rozepsat• rozměnit peníze• strhnout• neuspět• chemicky rozložit• bořit -
10 bear down on
1) (to approach quickly and often threateningly: The angry teacher bore down on the child.) hnát se k, přiskočit k2) (to exert pressure on: The weight is bearing down on my chest.) těžce dolehnout, snést se na* * *• snést se na• mířit k -
11 touch down
1) ((of aircraft) to land: The plane should touch down at 2 o'clock.) přistát2) (in rugby and American football, to put the ball on the ground behind the opposite team's goal line (noun touch-down).) položit míč za brankovou čáru* * *• dosednout -
12 boil down to
(to amount to; to indicate as a final analysis or judgement: It all boils down to money; What it boils down to is that you have to make a choice between family and career.) směřovat (k čemu), znamenat (co) -
13 set down
((of a bus etc) to stop and let (passengers) out: The bus set us down outside the post-office.) vysadit* * *• určit• stanovit -
14 take down
(to make a note or record of: He took down her name and address.) zapsat si* * *• zaznamenat• zbořit• zaprotokolovat• sejmout• sesadit• rozebrat• snést• sundat• bourat -
15 dust down
(to remove the dust from with a brushing action: She picked herself up and dusted herself down.) okartáčovat (se), oprášit (se) -
16 get down to brass tacks
(to deal with basic principles or matters: Let's stop arguing about nothing and get down to brass tacks.) jít/dostat se k jádru věci -
17 put one's foot down
(to be firm about something: I put my foot down and refused.) dupnout si -
18 in black and white
(in writing or print: Would you put that down in black and white?) černé na bílém -
19 shoot down
(to hit (a plane) with eg a shell and cause it to crash.) sestřelit* * *• sestřelit -
20 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
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