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1 polish
['poliʃ] 1. verb1) (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing: She polished her shoes.) vyleštiť2) ((especially with up) to improve: Polish up your English!) zdokonaliť2. noun1) (smoothness and shininess: There's a wonderful polish on this old wood.) lesk2) (a kind of liquid, or other substance used to make something shiny: furniture polish; silver polish.) leštidlo•- polished- polish off* * *• vyleštit -
2 shine
1. past tense, past participle - shone; verb1) (to (cause to) give out light; to direct such light towards someone or something: The light shone from the window; The policeman shone his torch; He shone a torch on the body.) (po)svietiť (si)2) (to be bright: She polished the silver till it shone.) lesknúť sa3) ((past tense, past participle shined) to polish: He tries to make a living by shining shoes.) leštiť4) ((often with at) to be very good (at something): He shines at games; You really shone in yesterday's match.) zaskvieť sa2. noun1) (brightness; the state of being well polished: He likes a good shine on his shoes; a ray of sunshine.) lesk, žiara2) (an act of polishing: I'll just give my shoes a shine.) (vy)leštenie•- shining- shiny
- shininess* * *• vrhat svetlo• vynikat• vyglancovat• vypucovat• vylomenina• vyleštenie topánok• žiara• žiarit• slnce• skviet sa• slniecko• svietit cistotou• svietit• svit• tajne pálená whisky• presvetlovat• excelovat• fór• jasné svetlo• jas• byt jasne vidiet• bengál• blýskat sa• blýskat• byt do ocí• cierna huba• osvietit• ožiarit• pekné pocasie• posvietit si• lesk• lesklý obraz• leštit• lesknút sa• lesk topánok• nablýskat• mat úspech• naleštit• neger -
3 brown
1. adjective1) (of a dark colour between red and yellow: brown paint; Her eyes are brown.) hnedý2) (suntanned: She was very brown after her holiday in Greece.) opálený2. noun1) ((any shade of) a colour similar to toasted bread, tanned skin, coffee etc.) hnedá farba2) (something (eg paint, polish etc) brown in colour: I prefer the brown to the green.) hnedá farba3. verb(to make or become brown.) zafarbiť na hnedo* * *• hnedý -
4 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) štvrtina, štvrť2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) štvrťdolár3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) štvrť, časť4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) strana5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) milosť6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) štvrť7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) štvrť8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) štvrtina9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) semester2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) (roz)štvrtiť2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) deliť štyrmi3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) ubytovať•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) štvrťročne4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) štvrťročník- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters* * *• štvrt• štvrtina• kvalita• kvartál
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