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to+one's+face

  • 1 save one's face

    (to avoid appearing stupid or wrong: I refuse to accept the reponsibility for that error just to save your face - it's your fault.) zachovať si tvár

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  • 2 face

    [feis] 1. noun
    1) (the front part of the head, from forehead to chin: a beautiful face.) tvár
    2) (a surface especially the front surface: a rock face.) stena
    3) (in mining, the end of a tunnel etc where work is being done: a coal face.) čelo, predok (porubu)
    2. verb
    1) (to be opposite to: My house faces the park.) byť obrátený
    2) (to turn, stand etc in the direction of: She faced him across the desk.) stáť čelom (k)
    3) (to meet or accept boldly: to face one's fate.) čeliť
    - - faced
    - facial
    - facing
    - facecloth
    - facelift
    - face-powder
    - face-saving
    - face value
    - at face value
    - face the music
    - face to face
    - face up to
    - in the face of
    - lose face
    - make/pull a face
    - on the face of it
    - put a good face on it
    - save one's face
    * * *
    • výraz
    • zovnajšok
    • stena
    • tváre
    • tvár
    • priecelie
    • predná strana
    • predná stena
    • fasáda
    • drzost
    • celit comu
    • celná plocha
    • celo
    • celná stena
    • císelník
    • charakter písma
    • ciferník
    • opovážlivost
    • plocha
    • plôška
    • pohlad spredu
    • povrch
    • pracovná plocha
    • lícna strana bankovky
    • líce
    • menovitá ciastka
    • maska
    • omietka
    • obklad
    • obraz

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  • 3 face to face

    (in person; in the actual presence of one another: I'd like to meet him face to face some day - I've heard so much about him.) tvárou v tvár
    * * *
    • tvárou v tvár
    • drzo
    • osamote

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  • 4 face the music

    (to accept punishment or responsibility for something one has done: The child had to face the music after being rude to the teacher.) niesť následky

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  • 5 make/pull a face

    (to twist one's face into a strange expression: She pulled faces at the baby to make it laugh.) robiť grimasy

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  • 6 put a good face on it

    (to give the appearance of being satisfied etc with something when one is not: Now it's done we'll have to put a good face on it.) tváriť sa, ako keby sa nič nestalo

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  • 7 expression

    [-ʃən]
    1) (a look on one's face that shows one's feelings: He always has a bored expression on his face.) výraz
    2) (a word or phrase: `Dough' is a slang expression for `money`.) výraz
    3) ((a) showing of thoughts or feelings by words, actions etc: This poem is an expression of his grief.) výraz
    4) (the showing of feeling when eg reciting, reading aloud or playing a musical instrument: Put more expression into your playing!) cit
    * * *
    • vymackanie
    • výraz

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  • 8 feature

    ['fi: ə] 1. noun
    1) (a mark by which anything is known; a quality: The use of bright colours is one of the features of her painting.) znak
    2) (one of the parts of one's face (eyes, nose etc): She has very regular features.) črta
    3) (a special article in a newspaper: `The Times' is doing a feature on holidays.) veľký článok
    4) (the main film in a cinema programme etc: The feature begins at 7.30; ( also adjective) a feature film.) hlavný program; celovečerný
    2. verb
    (to give or have a part (especially an important one): That film features the best of the British actresses.) uviesť v hlavnej úlohe
    * * *
    • uverejnený vo zvýraz. úpr
    • uviest vo výraznej úprave
    • uviest ako hlavnú vec
    • uviest na význacné miesto
    • vlastnost
    • uvádzat
    • vybavenie
    • vystupovat
    • význacný rys
    • zariadenie
    • rys
    • rys (tváre)
    • predstavovat si
    • hlavná zaujímavost
    • hlavný film
    • hlavný program
    • funkcia
    • hlavný
    • jav
    • byt významným rysom
    • crta
    • pravidelná rubrika
    • mat významnú rolu
    • najzaujímavejší clánok

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  • 9 powder

    1. noun
    1) (any substance in the form of fine particles: soap powder; milk-powder.) prášok
    2) (a special kind of substance in this form, used as a cosmetic etc: face-powder; talcum powder.) púder
    3) (formerly, gunpowder: powder and shot.) prach
    2. verb
    (to put powder on (one's face or body): She powdered her nose.) pudrovať (sa)
    - powdery
    - powder puff
    - powder room
    * * *
    • prach
    • prášok

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  • 10 wrinkle

    ['riŋkl] 1. noun
    (a small crease on the skin (usually on one's face): Her face is full of wrinkles.) vráska
    2. verb
    (to (cause to) become full of wrinkles or creases: The damp had wrinkled the pages.) pokrčiť
    * * *
    • vráska
    • vraštit (sa)
    • tip
    • dobrá rada
    • pokyn
    • nápad

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  • 11 headband

    noun (a strip of material worn round the head to keep one's hair off one's face.) páska do vlasov

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  • 12 wash-basin

    noun (a basin in which to wash one's face and hands: We are having a new washbasin installed in the bathroom.) umývadlo
    * * *
    • valcha
    • tesniaci krúžok
    • umývadlo
    • prácka (stroj)
    • prácka (osoba)
    • lavór

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  • 13 work

    [wə:k] 1. noun
    1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) práca
    2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) práca
    3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) práca
    4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) dielo
    5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) práca
    6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) práca, zamestnanie
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) pracovať; nútiť do práce, naháňať (do roboty)
    2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) mať prácu
    3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) uviesť do chodu; fungovať
    4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) osvedčiť sa
    5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) raziť si cestu
    6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) postupne sa stávať
    7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) vypracovať
    - - work
    - workable
    - worker
    - works
    3. noun plural
    1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mechanizmus
    2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) skutky
    - work-box
    - workbook
    - workforce
    - working class
    - working day
    - work-day
    - working hours
    - working-party
    - work-party
    - working week
    - workman
    - workmanlike
    - workmanship
    - workmate
    - workout
    - workshop
    - at work
    - get/set to work
    - go to work on
    - have one's work cut out
    - in working order
    - out of work
    - work of art
    - work off
    - work out
    - work up
    - work up to
    - work wonders
    * * *
    • uvádzat do pohybu
    • vyriešit
    • výplod
    • vypocítat
    • výtvor
    • výšivka
    • vycerpávat
    • zamestnanie
    • zapôsobit
    • zaprícinit
    • zavinit
    • služba
    • spis
    • upracovat
    • fungovat
    • dielo
    • cinnost
    • robit
    • osvedcit sa
    • pôsobit
    • pracovat
    • práca
    • obrábat

    English-Slovak dictionary > work

  • 14 round

    1. adjective
    1) (shaped like a circle or globe: a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round.) guľatý
    2) (rather fat; plump: a round face.) plný, bucľatý
    2. adverb
    1) (in the opposite direction: He turned round.) (na)späť
    2) (in a circle: They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round.) dookola; po celý
    3) (from one person to another: They passed the letter round; The news went round.) dookola
    4) (from place to place: We drove round for a while.) sem a tam
    5) (in circumference: The tree measured two metres round.) okolo
    6) (to a particular place, usually a person's home: Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?) sem, k nám
    3. preposition
    1) (on all sides of: There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room.) okolo
    2) (passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place): They ran round the tree.) okolo
    3) (changing direction at: He came round the corner.) za, spoza
    4) (in or to all parts of: The news spread all round the town.) po celom
    4. noun
    1) (a complete circuit: a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf.) runda; partia
    2) (a regular journey one takes to do one's work: a postman's round.) pochôdzka, roznáška
    3) (a burst of cheering, shooting etc: They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds.) salva
    4) (a single bullet, shell etc: five hundred rounds of ammunition.) náboj
    5) (a stage in a competition etc: The winners of the first round will go through to the next.) kolo
    6) (a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession.) kánon
    5. verb
    (to go round: The car rounded the corner.) zahnúť (za)
    - roundly
    - roundness
    - rounds
    - all-round
    - all-rounder
    - roundabout
    6. adjective
    (not direct: a roundabout route.) okľukou
    - round-shouldered
    - round trip
    - all round
    - round about
    - round off
    - round on
    - round up
    * * *
    • valcový
    • vrhnút sa
    • vedený celou pažou
    • vírenie
    • vojenská stráž
    • uzavriet
    • vyrást
    • vybrúsit štýl
    • vypilovat
    • výstrel
    • vyvinút sa
    • zaokrúhlený
    • zaoblit
    • zaokrúhlit
    • zaokrúhlovat
    • zaoblený
    • zagulatit
    • zaokrúhlovanie
    • zájazd
    • zakoncit
    • zagulatený
    • zložit
    • zvucný
    • znacný
    • zriet
    • zvinút
    • sférický
    • skocit
    • sem tam
    • séria
    • salva
    • silný
    • tanec dookola
    • štreka
    • stiahnut
    • svižný
    • sýty
    • strihat vlasy
    • turné
    • udat
    • trojrozmerný
    • približný
    • priecka
    • približne správny
    • dookola (2.p.)
    • dookola
    • doviest do konca
    • dovršit
    • dorobený
    • dozadu
    • gula
    • gulatý predmet
    • gulatý
    • gulatá veža
    • držadlo
    • dráha
    • dozriet
    • hliadka
    • dospiet
    • jasne zrozumitelný
    • inšpekcia
    • kánon
    • hotový
    • hromadný výstrel
    • baculatý
    • celých
    • baculatiet
    • beh
    • celý
    • byt na obchôdzke
    • cylindrický
    • dôkladný
    • cyklus
    • dokoncit
    • cestný
    • dokoncený
    • dávka striel
    • runda
    • rad
    • rana
    • prsten
    • roznáška
    • prstenec
    • plný
    • ostrihat vlasy
    • pekný
    • partia kariet
    • plných
    • otocit sa
    • plátok
    • plastický
    • otocenie
    • otvorený
    • pochôdzka
    • podla poradia
    • patrola
    • poctivý
    • orezávat
    • poriadny
    • pošepkat
    • korunovat
    • kružnica
    • krajec
    • kupírovat uši
    • krúžok
    • koleso
    • kruhovitost
    • kruhový
    • krúženie
    • kruh
    • koliesko
    • kolobeh
    • kolo
    • kompletný
    • na druhý stranu
    • náboj
    • našepkat
    • naspät
    • nepriamo
    • našpúlit
    • oboplávat
    • opakovaný dookola
    • oklukou
    • okolo (2.p.)
    • oblá tyc
    • okružný
    • opacným smerom
    • okružná cesta
    • okrúhly
    • obletiet
    • obklopovat
    • oblý
    • obchádzat
    • obchádzka
    • obchôdzka
    • obchádzkou
    • obíst
    • oblina
    • obrátka
    • okruh

    English-Slovak dictionary > round

  • 15 turn

    [tə:n] 1. verb
    1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) točiť sa
    2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) obrátiť sa
    3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) zatáčať sa, odchýliť sa, zabočiť
    4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) zamerať
    5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) zahnúť
    6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) premeniť (sa)
    7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) stať sa, zostať
    2. noun
    1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) otočenie
    2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) závit
    3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) odbočka
    4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) rad, poradie
    5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) číslo, výstup
    - turnover
    - turnstile
    - turntable
    - turn-up
    - by turns
    - do someone a good turn
    - do a good turn
    - in turn
    - by turns
    - out of turn
    - speak out of turn
    - take a turn for the better
    - worse
    - take turns
    - turn a blind eye
    - turn against
    - turn away
    - turn back
    - turn down
    - turn in
    - turn loose
    - turn off
    - turn on
    - turn out
    - turn over
    - turn up
    * * *
    • vybrúsit
    • vykôstkovat
    • vzopriet sa
    • vyklbit
    • vyrobit na sústruhu
    • vytocit na sústruhu
    • zamierit
    • zbláznit sa
    • zahnút
    • zastavit
    • zatocit
    • zakrivit
    • zafarbit
    • zarazit
    • zákruta
    • zorat
    • zmenit farbu
    • služba (komu)
    • schopnost
    • sklon
    • skvasit
    • šok
    • špirálovito okrájat
    • spracovat
    • spôsobit kysnutie
    • stat sa
    • sústružit
    • úder
    • tocit sa
    • tocit
    • urobit obrat
    • úsek práce
    • prehnút
    • premýšlat
    • prispôsobit
    • prevrátit
    • prevracat
    • premienat
    • predat a kúpit nové
    • prekrocit
    • dosiahnut
    • blokovat
    • dobre formulovat
    • dat stranou
    • dat
    • docielit obratu
    • císlo
    • cítit závrat
    • chodit
    • pustit
    • rad
    • otupit sa
    • otocenie
    • otocit
    • otácat sa
    • otocit sa
    • otupit
    • otácka
    • otácat
    • otácanie
    • opracovat
    • otras
    • poradie
    • postavit sa na odpor
    • použit
    • pozriet sa
    • poslat
    • potreba
    • konvertovat
    • krátky výstup
    • krátka prechádzka
    • nahodit motor
    • menit
    • mat závrat
    • náklonnost
    • nasadit
    • nepustit dalej
    • naštartovat
    • namierit
    • nastavit
    • oboplávat
    • obchádzat
    • obracat
    • obracat sa
    • odpadnút
    • obíst
    • obrábat
    • odvracat
    • odvrátit
    • olúpat
    • obalit
    • odbocit
    • obrátit do protismeru
    • obrátit na svoju vieru
    • obrátit
    • ohnút

    English-Slovak dictionary > turn

  • 16 meet

    [mi:t] 1. past tense, past participle - met; verb
    1) (to come face to face with (eg a person whom one knows), by chance: She met a man on the train.) stretnúť
    2) ((sometimes, especially American, with with) to come together with (a person etc), by arrangement: The committee meets every Monday.) zísť sa
    3) (to be introduced to (someone) for the first time: Come and meet my wife.) zoznámiť sa (s)
    4) (to join: Where do the two roads meet?) stretnúť sa
    5) (to be equal to or satisfy (eg a person's needs, requirements etc): Will there be sufficient stocks to meet the public demand?) uspokojiť
    6) (to come into the view, experience or presence of: A terrible sight met him / his eyes when he opened the door.) zasiahnuť
    7) (to come to or be faced with: He met his death in a car accident.) nájsť
    8) ((with with) to experience or suffer; to receive a particular response: She met with an accident; The scheme met with their approval.) mať; stretnúť sa (s)
    9) (to answer or oppose: We will meet force with greater force.) reagovať (na)
    2. noun
    (a gathering, especially of sportsmen: The local huntsmen are holding a meet this week.) zhromaždenie
    - meet someone halfway
    - meet halfway
    * * *
    • vítat
    • vediet si poradit
    • uspokojovat
    • vhodný
    • vyjst v ústrety
    • vyhovovat
    • vyhoviet
    • zápas
    • zaplatit
    • zíst sa
    • zvládnut
    • zoznámit sa
    • zraz
    • zodpovedat
    • schádzat sa
    • splnit
    • správny
    • stretávat (sa)
    • súci
    • stretnút (sa)
    • stretnutie
    • stretnút (niekoho)
    • stretnút sa
    • uhradit
    • preteky
    • pristúpit
    • primeraný
    • prichádzat
    • dotýkat sa
    • jednat
    • íst naproti
    • celit
    • byt uspokojivým
    • dat si radu
    • dat si schôdzku
    • riešit
    • poznat
    • križovat sa
    • križovatka
    • miesto stretnutia
    • napájat sa
    • odpovedat

    English-Slovak dictionary > meet

  • 17 pull

    [pul] 1. verb
    1) (to (try to) move something especially towards oneself usually by using force: He pulled the chair towards the fire; She pulled at the door but couldn't open it; He kept pulling the girls' hair for fun; Help me to pull my boots off; This railway engine can pull twelve carriages.) pritiahnuť, potiahnuť, ťahať
    2) ((with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at: He pulled at his cigarette.) povtiahnuť, zabafkať
    3) (to row: He pulled towards the shore.) veslovať
    4) ((of a driver or vehicle) to steer or move in a certain direction: The car pulled in at the garage; I pulled into the side of the road; The train pulled out of the station; The motorbike pulled out to overtake; He pulled off the road.) zájsť, odísť
    2. noun
    1) (an act of pulling: I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe.) potiahnutie, dúšok
    2) (a pulling or attracting force: magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea.) príťažlivosť
    3) (influence: He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.) vplyv
    - pull down
    - pull a face / faces at
    - pull a face / faces
    - pull a gun on
    - pull off
    - pull on
    - pull oneself together
    - pull through
    - pull up
    - pull one's weight
    - pull someone's leg
    * * *
    • vyhrnút
    • vytiahnut
    • tah
    • tahat
    • tažná sila
    • pritiahnut
    • cítanie dát

    English-Slovak dictionary > pull

  • 18 nose

    [nəuz] 1. noun
    1) (the part of the face by which people and animals smell and usually breathe: She held the flower to her nose; He punched the man on the nose.) nos
    2) (the sense of smell: Police dogs have good noses and can follow criminals' trails.) čuch
    3) (the part of anything which is like a nose in shape or position: the nose of an aeroplane.) nos, predok
    2. verb
    1) (to make a way by pushing carefully forward: The ship nosed (its way) through the ice.) opatrne sa plaviť
    2) (to look or search as if by smelling: He nosed about (in) the cupboard.) čmuchať, hľadať
    - - nosed
    - nosey
    - nosy
    - nosily
    - nosiness
    - nose-bag
    - nosedive
    - nose job
    3. verb
    (to make such a dive: Suddenly the plane nosedived.) letieť strmhlav dolu
    - lead by the nose
    - nose out
    - pay through the nose
    - turn up one's nose at
    - under a person's very nose
    - under very nose
    - under a person's nose
    - under nose
    * * *
    • vôna
    • ústie
    • vynuchat
    • výbežok
    • výstupok
    • vysliedit
    • výcnelok
    • zaoblit sa
    • šinút sa
    • špicka
    • strkat nos
    • predierat sa
    • predok
    • predný koniec
    • íst
    • celo (lode)
    • cuchat
    • cumák
    • cuch
    • dlžka nosu
    • rypák
    • rozrážat špicou
    • pliest sa
    • pach
    • pchat nos
    • plavit sa
    • nájst
    • nuchat
    • nos
    • nuch

    English-Slovak dictionary > nose

  • 19 over

    ['əuvə] 1. preposition
    1) (higher than; above in position, number, authority etc: Hang that picture over the fireplace; He's over 90 years old.) nad, cez
    2) (from one side to another, on or above the top of; on the other side of: He jumped over the gate; She fell over the cat; My friend lives over the street.) cez
    3) (covering: He put his handkerchief over his face.) na, cez
    4) (across: You find people like him all over the world.) na
    5) (about: a quarrel over money.) o
    6) (by means of: He spoke to her over the telephone.) prostredníctvom
    7) (during: Over the years, she grew to hate her husband.) za
    8) (while having etc: He fell asleep over his dinner.) pri
    2. adverb
    1) (higher, moving etc above: The plane flew over about an hour ago.) nad, hore
    2) (used to show movement, change of position: He rolled over on his back; He turned over the page.) pre-
    3) (across: He went over and spoke to them.) cez, na druhú stranu
    4) (downwards: He fell over.) dolu, na zem
    5) (higher in number etc: for people aged twenty and over.) viac, hore
    6) (remaining: There are two cakes for each of us, and two over.) navyše
    7) (through from beginning to end, carefully: Read it over; Talk it over between you.) pre-
    3. adjective
    (finished: The affair is over now.) skončený
    4. noun
    ((in cricket) a certain number of balls bowled from one end of the wicket: He bowled thirty overs in the match.) zmena
    5. as part of a word
    1) (too (much), as in overdo.)
    2) (in a higher position, as in overhead.)
    3) (covering, as in overcoat.)
    4) (down from an upright position, as in overturn.)
    5) (completely, as in overcome.)
    - over all
    - over and done with
    * * *
    • viac
    • viac než to
    • zbytok
    • znova
    • skoncený
    • tam
    • pred
    • prepínam
    • prekonanie priestoru
    • cez
    • po
    • ponad
    • lomeno
    • nad
    • nadto
    • na

    English-Slovak dictionary > over

  • 20 back down

    (to give up one's opinion, claim etc: She backed down in the face of strong opposition.) ustúpiť
    * * *
    • utiect
    • sklonit sa
    • stiahnut sa
    • podrobit sa
    • odtiahnut sa
    • odstúpit
    • odvolat

    English-Slovak dictionary > back down

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  • to\ one's\ face — adv. phr. Directly to you; in your presence. I told him to his face that I didn t like the idea. I called him a coward to his face. Compare: in one s face Contrast: behind one s back …   Словарь американских идиом

  • to one's face — ► to one s face openly in one s presence. Main Entry: ↑face …   English terms dictionary

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