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21 candid camera
noun (the use of a hidden video camera to show people while they are being tricked as a joke.) skrytá kamera* * *• skrytá kamera -
22 clatter
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23 cocoon
[kə'ku:n](a silk covering spun by many insect larvae, and in which they live while turning into butterflies.) kukla, kokon* * *• zámotek• kokon -
24 deputy
['depjuti]noun (someone appointed to help a person and take over some of his jobs if necessary: While the boss was ill, his deputy ran the office.) zástupce* * *• zástupce• poslanec• náměstek -
25 desk
[desk](a piece of furniture, often like a table, for sitting at while writing, reading etc: She kept the pile of letters in a drawer in her desk.) psací stůl* * *• přepážka• psací stůl -
26 distracted
1) (turned aside (from what one is doing or thinking): He had slipped out while her attention was distracted.) rozptýlený2) (out of one's mind; mad: a distracted old woman.) šílený, zbavený smyslů3) (distressed: The distracted mother couldn't reach her child in the burning house.) rozrušený* * *• nepozorný -
27 doodle
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28 dripping
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29 drive-in
adjective ((of a cinema, café etc, especially in North America) catering for people who remain in their cars while watching a film, eating etc: a drive-in movie.) s obsluhou do auta* * *• vjíždět -
30 escape
[i'skeip] 1. verb1) (to gain freedom: He escaped from prison.) uprchnout2) (to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc): She escaped the infection.) uniknout3) (to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of): The fact escaped me / my notice; His name escapes me / my memory.) ujít4) ((of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out: Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.) ucházet2. noun((act of) escaping; state of having escaped: Make your escape while the guard is away; There have been several escapes from that prison; Escape was impossible; The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.) útěk, únik- escapism- escapist* * *• únik• unikat• uniknout• ujít -
31 fiddle
['fidl] 1. noun1) (a violin: She played the fiddle.) housle2) (a dishonest business arrangement: He's working a fiddle over his taxes.) podfuk2. verb1) (to play a violin: He fiddled while they danced.) hrát na housle2) ((with with) to make restless, aimless movements: Stop fiddling with your pencil!) hrát si (s)3) (to manage (money, accounts etc) dishonestly: She has been fiddling the accounts for years.) švindlovat•- fiddler- fiddler crab
- on the fiddle* * *• podfuk• housle• fidlat -
32 fidget
['fi‹it] 1. past tense, past participle - fidgeted; verb(to move (the hands, feet etc) restlessly: Stop fidgeting while I'm talking to you!) vrtět se2. noun(a person who fidgets: She's a terrible fidget!) nervóza* * *• vrtět se• neposeda -
33 fingertip
noun (the very end of a finger: He cut his fingertip by accident while preparing the salad.) špička prstu* * *• bříško -
34 fresco
['freskəu]plural - fresco(e)s; noun(a picture painted on a wall while the plaster is still wet.) freska* * *• fresková malba• freska -
35 gush
1. verb1) ((of liquids) to flow out suddenly and in large amounts: Blood gushed from his wound.) proudit, řinout se2) (to exaggerate one's enthusiasm etc while talking: The lady kept gushing about her husband's success.) nadšeně hovořit, rozplývat se (nad)2. noun(a sudden flowing (of a liquid): a gush of water.) vytrysknutí- gushing- gushingly* * *• tryskat• vytrysknutí -
36 hijack
1. verb1) (to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.) unést2) (to stop and rob (a vehicle): Thieves hijacked a lorry carrying $20,000 worth of whisky.) přepadnout3) (to steal (something) from a vehicle: Thieves hijacked $20,000 worth of whisky from a lorry.) zmocnit se2. noun(the act of hijacking.) přepadení- hijacker* * *• unést -
37 hold on
1) ((often with to) to keep (a grip on) (something): She held on to me to stop herself slipping; I couldn't hold on any longer, so I let go of the rope.) držet (se)2) (to stop or wait: Hold on - I'm not quite ready yet; The operator asked the caller to hold on while she connected him.) počkat, mít strpení* * *• vytrvat• počkat• přidržet -
38 home
[həum] 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) domov2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) vlast3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) domov4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) internát; ubytovna5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) dům2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) domácí2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) tuzemský, zdejší3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) domácí3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) domů, doma2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) pevně; na místo určení; úplně•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about* * *• domov• domácí• domů• dům• doma -
39 houseman
noun (a recently qualified doctor who is living in a hospital while working there to complete his training.) sekundář* * *• podomek -
40 hover
1) ((of a bird, insect etc) to remain in the air without moving in any direction.) vznášet se2) (to move around while still remaining near a person etc: I wish she'd stop hovering round me and go away.) točit se (kolem)3) ((with between) to be undecided: She hovered between leaving and staying.) váhat•* * *• vznášet se
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