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1 substitute
1. verb(to put in, or to take, the place of someone or something else: I substituted your name for mine on the list.) dosadit; nahradit2. noun(a person or thing used or acting instead of another: Guesswork is no substitute for investigation; She is not well enough to play in the tennis match, so we must find a substitute; ( also adjective) I was substitute headmaster for a term.) náhrada; náhradní* * *• zastoupit• nahrazovat• náhradní• nahradit• náhražka• náhrada -
2 make up for
(to supply a reward, substitute etc for disappointment, damage, loss (of money or time) etc: Next week we'll try to make up for lost time.) nahradit* * *• dohánět -
3 sponge
1. noun1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) houba2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) houba3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) piškot4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) omytí houbou2. verb1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) umýt/utřít houbou2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) žít na účet (koho)•- sponger- spongy
- spongily
- sponginess
- sponge cake
- sponge pudding* * *• piškot• houba• mycí houba -
4 copper
I 1. ['kopə] noun1) (an element, a metal of a brownish-red colour: This pipe is made of copper.) měď2) ((a piece of) money made of copper or a substitute: Have you any coppers in your change?) měďák2. adjective1) (made of copper: a copper pipe.) měděný2) ((also copper-coloured) of the colour of copper.) měděné barvyII ['kopə] noun(a British nickname for a policeman: Run - there's a copper after you!) policajt, polda* * *• měď -
5 dummy
plural - dummies; noun1) (an artificial substitute looking like the real thing: The packets of cigarettes on display were dummies.) atrapa2) (a model of a human used for displaying clothes etc: a dressmaker's dummy.) figurína3) (an artificial teat put in a baby's mouth to comfort it.) dudlík* * *• fiktivní• dudlík -
6 rubber
1) (( also adjective) (of) a strong elastic substance made from the juice of certain plants (especially the rubber tree), or an artificial substitute for this: Tyres are made of rubber; rubber boots.) kaučuk2) ((also eraser) a piece of rubber used to rub out pencil etc marks: a pencil, a ruler and a rubber.) guma3) ((slang) a condom.) kondom4) (a rubber band.) gumička•- rubbery- rubber band
- rubber stamp* * *• guma• gumový -
7 surrogate
(a person or thing that is considered or used as a substitute for another person or thing.) náhrada* * *• náhradní• náhrada -
8 soya bean
['soiəbi:n](a type of bean, processed and used as a substitute for meat etc.) sójový bob- soya sauce- soy sauce -
9 take the place of
(to be used instead of, or to be a substitute for: I don't think television will ever take the place of books.) nahradit
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