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1 elbow
['elbəu] 1. noun(the joint where the arm bends: He leant forward on his elbows.) loket2. verb(to push with the elbow: He elbowed his way through the crowd.) razit si- at one's elbow* * *• loket -
2 at one's elbow
(close to one: The journalist always works with a dictionary at his elbow.) u ruky -
3 dig
[diɡ] 1. present participle - digging; verb1) (to turn up (earth) with a spade etc: to dig the garden.) kopat, rýt2) (to make (a hole) in this way: The child dug a tunnel in the sand.) vyhloubit, vykopat3) (to poke: He dug his brother in the ribs with his elbow.) dloubnout2. noun(a poke: a dig in the ribs; I knew that his remarks about women drivers were a dig at me (= a joke directed at me).) dloubnutí, rýpnutí- digger- dig out
- dig up* * *• hloubit• kopat• kopnout• dig/dug/dug -
4 jab
[‹æb] 1. past tense, past participle - jabbed; verb(to poke or prod: He jabbed me in the ribs with his elbow; She jabbed the needle into her finger.) dloubnout; bodnout2. noun(a sudden hard poke or prod: He gave me a jab with his finger; a jab of pain.) šťouchnutí, bodnutí* * *• popíchnutí• bodat -
5 poke
[pəuk] 1. verb1) (to push something into; to prod: He poked a stick into the hole; He poked her in the ribs with his elbow.) strčit, šťouchnout2) (to make (a hole) by doing this: She poked a hole in the sand with her finger.) udělat (díru)3) (to (cause to) protrude or project: She poked her head in at the window; His foot was poking out of the blankets.) vstrčit; vystrčit2. noun(an act of poking; a prod or nudge: He gave me a poke in the arm.) rýpnutí, šťouchanec- poker- poky
- pokey
- poke about/around
- poke fun at
- poke one's nose into* * *• vrazit• šťourat• šťourat se• strkat• hrabat• hrabat se -
6 stick
I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) propíchnout, píchat2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) (v)bodnout3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) přilepit, slepit, zůstat4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) uváznout•- sticker- sticky
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticking-plaster
- stick-in-the-mud
- come to a sticky end
- stick at
- stick by
- stick it out
- stick out
- stick one's neck out
- stick to/with
- stick together
- stick up for II [stik] noun1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) větev2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) hůl3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) stvol•- get hold of the wrong end of the stick- get the wrong end of the stick* * *• tyčinka• prut• přilepit• stick/stuck/stuck• hůl• lepit• klacek
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