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1 grip
[ɡrip] 1. past tense, past participle - gripped; verb(to take a firm hold of: He gripped his stick; The speaker gripped (the attention of) his audience.) zovrieť; upútať2. noun1) (a firm hold: He had a firm grip on his stick; He has a very strong grip; in the grip of the storm.) zovretie2) (a bag used by travellers: He carried his sports equipment in a large grip.) taška3) (understanding: He has a good grip of the subject.) pochopenie•- gripping- come to grips with
- lose one's grip* * *• zovriet• stisknutie• stisk• svorka• uchopit• uchopenie• držadlo• rúcka -
2 still
I 1. [stil] adjective1) (without movement or noise: The city seems very still in the early morning; Please stand/sit/keep/hold still while I brush your hair!; still (= calm) water/weather.) tichý, pokojný2) ((of drinks) not fizzy: still orange juice.) nešumivý2. noun(a photograph selected from a cinema film: The magazine contained some stills from the new film.) statický záber,,mŕtvolka``- stillborn II [stil] adverb1) (up to and including the present time, or the time mentioned previously: Are you still working for the same firm?; By Saturday he had still not / still hadn't replied to my letter.) stále (ešte)2) (nevertheless; in spite of that: Although the doctor told him to rest, he still went on working; This picture is not valuable - still, I like it.) napriek tomu3) (even: He seemed very ill in the afternoon and in the evening looked still worse.) ešte* * *• v jednom kuse• utíšený• utíšit• zátišie• stále ešte• stále• stály• stojaci• ticho• uspokojit• urcený pre fotografie• upokojit• tichý• tlmený• ukojit• tíšina• predsa len• premôct• ešte• ešte stále• doposial• fotografia• fotografia z filmu• jednako• ale• destilacný prístroj• destilovna• diagram• destilacné zariadenie• pokojne• pokojný• pokoj• kópia filmového okienka• liehovar• mrtvy pri narodený• mapa• mlciaci• mlcanlivý• nehybne• neustále• nehybný• nešumivý• obycajný
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hold firm — stand firm, not budge, not yield … English contemporary dictionary
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