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1 what of it?
(used in replying, to suggest that what has been done, said etc is not important: `You've offended him.' `What of it?') a co z toho? -
2 take back
1) (to make (someone) remember or think about (something): Meeting my old friends took me back to my childhood.) vrátit v duchu zpět2) (to admit that what one has said is not true: Take back what you said about my sister!) vzít zpět* * *• vzít zpět• odvolat -
3 joke
[‹əuk] 1. noun1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) vtip, žert2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) legrace2. verb1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) dělat si legraci (z)2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) žertovat•- joker- jokingly
- it's no joke
- joking apart/aside
- take a joke* * *• vtip• legrace• anekdota -
4 honestly
1) (in an honest way: He gained his wealth honestly.) poctivě2) (used to stress the truth of what a person is saying: Honestly, that's exactly what he said; I honestly don't think it's possible.) namouduši* * *• poctivě• čestně -
5 refuse
I [rə'fju:z] verb1) (not to do what one has been asked, told or is expected to do: He refused to help me; She refused to believe what I said; When I asked him to leave, he refused.) odmítnout2) (not to accept: He refused my offer of help; They refused our invitation; She refused the money.) nepřijmout3) (not to give (permission etc): I was refused admittance to the meeting.) nepovolit•- refusalII ['refju:s] noun(rubbish; waste material from eg a kitchen.) smetí; odpadky- refuse collection vehicle* * *• odmítnout• odmítat -
6 surely
1) (used in questions, exclamations etc to indicate what the speaker considers probable: Surely she's finished her work by now!; You don't believe what she said, surely?) určitě; přece2) (without doubt, hesitation, mistake or failure: Slowly but surely we're achieving our aim.) spolehlivě3) ((in answers) certainly; of course: `May I come with you?' `Surely!') jistě* * *• pochopitelně• jistě -
7 to do with
1) ((with have) to have dealings with: I never had anything to do with the neighbours.) mít co, dělat s2) ((with have) to be involved in, especially to be (partly) responsible for: Did you have anything to do with her death?) mít co společného3) ((with have) to be connected with: Has this decision anything to do with what I said yesterday?) mít co společného4) ((with be or have) to be about or concerned with: This letter is/has to do with Bill's plans for the summer.) týkat se5) ((with have) to be the concern of: I'm sorry, but that question has nothing to do with me; What has that (got) to do with him?) mít co dělat s -
8 bear out
(to support or confirm: This bears out what you said.) potvrdit* * *• potvrdit• podepřít -
9 catch
[kæ ] 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) chytit; upoutat2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) stihnout3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) chytit při, načapat4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) chytit5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) (za)chytit6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) zasáhnout7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) slyšet, rozumět8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) chytit2. noun1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) chycení2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) zámek, západka3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) lov, úlovek4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) chyták, háček•- catching- catchy
- catch-phrase
- catch-word
- catch someone's eye
- catch on
- catch out
- catch up* * *• zachytit• záchytka• zastihnout• rozumět• stihnout• catch/caught/caught• chytit• chytat -
10 confidentially
adverb (secretly; not wishing to have the information passed on to anyone else: She could not tell me what he said - he was speaking confidentially.) důvěrně* * *• tajně• důvěrně -
11 continuation
1) (the act of continuing, often after a break or pause: the continuation of his studies.) pokračování2) (something which carries on, especially a further part of a story etc: This is a continuation of what he said last week.) pokračování* * *• pokračování -
12 correct
[kə'rekt] 1. verb1) (to remove faults and errors from: These spectacles will correct his eye defect.) napravit, korigovat2) ((of a teacher etc) to mark errors in: I have fourteen exercise books to correct.) opravit2. adjective1) (free from faults or errors: This sum is correct.) správný2) (right; not wrong: Did I get the correct idea from what you said?; You are quite correct.) správný; mající pravdu•- corrective
- correctly
- correctness* * *• správný• opravovat• opravit -
13 drift
[drift] 1. noun1) (a heap of something driven together, especially snow: His car stuck in a snowdrift.) závěj2) (the direction in which something is going; the general meaning: I couldn't hear you clearly, but I did catch the drift of what you said.) smysl2. verb1) (to (cause to) float or be blown along: Sand drifted across the road; The boat drifted down the river.) být navátý, být unášen2) ((of people) to wander or live aimlessly: She drifted from job to job.) těkat, přecházet•- drifter- driftwood* * *• posun• hnát proudem -
14 hardly
1) (almost no, none, never etc: Hardly any small businesses are successful nowadays; I hardly ever go out.) skoro2) (only just; almost not: My feet are so sore, I can hardly walk; I had hardly got on my bicycle when I got a puncture.) sotva3) (probably not: He's hardly likely to forgive you after what you said about him.) stěží* * *• stěží• sotva• sotvaže -
15 hot air
(boastful words, promises that will not be kept etc: Most of what he said was just hot air.) kecy* * *• horký vzduch -
16 malice
['mælis](the wish to harm other people etc: There was no malice intended in what she said.) zloba, nepřátelství- maliciously* * *• zlomyslnost• zášť• potměšilost• nedobrý úmysl -
17 minute
I ['minit] noun1) (the sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds: It is twenty minutes to eight; The journey takes thirty minutes; a ten-minute delay.) minuta2) (in measuring an angle, the sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds: an angle of 47° 50′ (= forty-seven degrees, fifty minutes).) minuta3) (a very short time: Wait a minute; It will be done in a minute.) chvilka4) (a particular point in time: At that minute, the telephone rang.) okamžik5) ((in plural) the notes taken at a meeting recording what was said: The chairman asked for this decision to be recorded in the minutes.) zápis; protokol•- the minute that
- the minute
- to the minute
- up to the minute II adjective1) (very small: The diamonds in the brooch were minute.) drobounký2) (paying attention to the smallest details: minute care.) podrobný, detailní•- minutely- minuteness* * *• minutka• minuta -
18 misunderstand
past tense, past participle - misunderstood; verb(to take a wrong meaning from: She misunderstood what I said.) špatně rozumět* * *• nerozumět• nepochopit• neporozumět -
19 pardon
1. verb1) (to forgive: Pardon my asking, but can you help me?) prominout2) (to free (from prison, punishment etc): The king pardoned the prisoners.) udělit milost2. noun1) (forgiveness: He prayed for pardon for his wickedness.) odpuštění2) (a (document) freeing from prison or punishment: He was granted a pardon.) amnestie3. interjection(used to indicate that one has not heard properly what was said: Pardon? Could you repeat that last sentence?) prosím?- I beg your pardon
- pardon me* * *• prominout• pardon• odpustit• omluvit• milost -
20 pick holes in
(to criticize or find faults in (an argument, theory etc): He sounded very convincing, but I'm sure one could pick holes in what he said.) najít* * *• kritizovat
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