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1 work
[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) práce2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) práce3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) práce4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) dílo5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) práce6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) práce2. verb1) (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.) pracovat; nutit do práce2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) mít práci3) (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.) pracovat; uvést do chodu4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) osvědčit se5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) razit si cestu6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) postupně se stávat7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) vypracovat•- - work- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mechanismus2) (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* * *• výroba• zaměstnání• způsobit• práce• pracovat• pracovní• působit• fungovat• dílna• činnost• dílo• čin -
2 hard-earned
adjective (earned by hard work or with difficulty: I deserve every penny of my hard-earned wages.) těžce zasloužený* * *• těžce vydělaný -
3 work hard
• pilně pracovat -
4 donkey-work
noun (hard, uninteresting work: We have a computer now, which saves us a lot of donkey-work.) monotónní práce -
5 slog
[sloɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - slogged; verb1) (to hit hard (usually without aiming carefully): She slogged him with her handbag.) mlátit2) (to make one's way with difficulty: We slogged on up the hill.) pachtit se3) (to work very hard: She has been slogging all week at the shop.) dřít se2. noun1) ((a period of) hard work: months of hard slog.) dřina2) (a hard blow: He gave the ball a slog.) tvrdý úder* * *• dřina• dřít se -
6 slave
[sleiv] 1. noun1) (a person who works for a master to whom he belongs: In the nineteenth century many Africans were sold as slaves in the United States.) otrok, -yně2) (a person who works very hard for someone else: He has a slave who types his letters and organizes his life for him.) otrok2. verb(to work very hard, often for another person: I've been slaving away for you all day while you sit and watch television.) otročit- slavery* * *• otrok -
7 in the end
(finally: He had to work very hard but he passed his exam in the end.) nakonec* * *• nakonec -
8 overworked
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9 take it easy
(not to work etc hard or energetically; to avoid using much effort: The doctor told him to take it easy.) nenamáhat se* * *• jen klid! -
10 unreasonable
1) (not guided by good sense or reason: It is unreasonable to expect children to work so hard.) nerozumný2) (excessive, or too great: That butcher charges unreasonable prices.) přemrštěný* * *• nesmyslný• nepřiměřený• nerozumný• bezdůvodný -
11 warning
1) (an event, or something said or done, that warns: He gave her a warning against driving too fast; His heart attack will be a warning to him not to work so hard.) varování2) (advance notice or advance signs: The earthquake came without warning.) varování* * *• varovný• upozornění• varování• výstraha• výstražný -
12 put one's shoulder to the wheel
(to begin to work very hard.) pořádně se obout (do) -
13 labour
['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) práce; dřina2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) pracovní síly3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) porodní bolesti4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) labouristé2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) pracovat, lopotit se2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) prodírat se; vléci se•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving* * *• práce• námaha -
14 fruit
[fru:t] 1. noun1) (the part of a plant that produces the seed, especially when eaten as food: The fruit of the vine is the grape.) plod2) (a result; something gained as a result of hard work etc: the fruit of his hard work.) ovoce2. verb(to produce fruit: This tree fruits early.) rodit- fruitful- fruition
- fruitless
- fruitlessly
- fruity* * *• ovoce• ovocný -
15 toil
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16 drive
1. past tense - drove; verb1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) řídit2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) (od)vézt3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) hnát4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) zatlouci; odpálit5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) pohánět2. noun1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) projížďka2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) příjezdová cesta3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) energie, elán4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) kampaň5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) úder6) ((computers) a disk drive.) mechanika, jednotka•- driver- driver's license
- drive-in
- drive-through
- driving licence
- be driving at
- drive off
- drive on* * *• vézt• vozit• zavézt• řídit• odpal• jezdit• honit• hnát• drive/drove/driven• disk -
17 effort
['efət]1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) úsilí2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) úsilí, snaha3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) pokus•- effortlessly* * *• úsilí• snaha• námaha -
18 drudge
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19 lazy
['leizi](too inclined to avoid hard work, exercise etc: I take the bus to work as I'm too lazy to walk; Lazy people tend to become fat.) líný- lazily- laziness
- lazy-bones* * *• líný• lenivý -
20 sweat
[swet] 1. noun(the moisture given out through the skin: He was dripping with sweat after running so far in the heat.) pot2. verb1) (to give out sweat: Vigorous exercise makes you sweat.) potit se2) (to work hard: I was sweating (away) at my work from morning till night.) dřít (se)•- sweater- sweaty
- sweatiness
- a cold sweat* * *• pot• potit se
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