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1 present
I ['preznt] adjective1) (being here, or at the place, occasion etc mentioned: My father was present on that occasion; Who else was present at the wedding?; Now that the whole class is present, we can begin the lesson.) přítomný2) (existing now: the present moment; the present prime minister.) nynější, současný3) ((of the tense of a verb) indicating action now: In the sentence `She wants a chocolate', the verb is in the present tense.) přítomný•- the present
- at present
- for the present II [pri'zent] verb1) (to give, especially formally or ceremonially: The child presented a bunch of flowers to the Queen; He was presented with a gold watch when he retired.) předat, obdařit2) (to introduce: May I present my wife (to you)?) představit3) (to arrange the production of (a play, film etc): The Elizabethan Theatre Company presents `Hamlet', by William Shakespeare.) uvést4) (to offer (ideas etc) for consideration, or (a problem etc) for solving: She presents (=expresses) her ideas very clearly; The situation presents a problem.) vyjádřit, klást5) (to bring (oneself); to appear: He presented himself at the dinner table half an hour late.) dostavit se•- presentable
- presentation
- present arms III ['preznt] noun(a gift: a wedding present; birthday presents.) dar* * *• věnovat• při tom• přítomen• přítomný• přítomnost• prezentovat• přítomna• skutečný• současný• současnost• nynější• dosavadní• dárek• dar -
2 rival
1. noun(a person etc who tries to compete with another; a person who wants the same thing as someone else: For students of English, this dictionary is without a rival; The two brothers are rivals for the girl next door - they both want to marry her; ( also adjective) rival companies; rival teams.) konkurence; sok, -yně, soupeřící2. verb(to (try to) be as good as someone or something else: He rivals his brother as a chess-player; Nothing rivals football for excitement and entertainment.) soupeřit, konkurovat- rivalry* * *• sok• soupeř -
3 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 -
4 pirate
1. noun1) (a person who attacks and robs ships at sea: Their ship was attacked by pirates; ( also adjective) a pirate ship.) pirát(ský)2) (a person who does something without legal right, eg publishes someone else's work as his own or broadcasts without a licence: a pirate radio-station.) pirát(ský)2. verb(to publish, broadcast etc without the legal right to do so: The dictionary was pirated and sold abroad.) vydat bez povolení- piracy* * *• pirát -
5 relate
[rə'leit] 1. verb1) (to tell (a story etc): He related all that had happened to him.) vyprávět2) ((with to) to be about, concerned or connected with: Have you any information relating to the effect of penicillin on mice?) týkat se3) ((with to) to behave towards: He finds it difficult to relate normally to his mother.) navázat vztah (s)•- related- relation
- relationship
- relative 2. adjective1) (compared with something else, or with each other, or with a situation in the past etc: the relative speeds of a car and a train; She used to be rich but now lives in relative poverty.) poměrný2) ((of a pronoun, adjective or clause) referring back to something previously mentioned: the girl who sang the song; the girl who sang the song.) vztažný•* * *• vztahovat• svázat• souviset -
6 retail
['ri:teil] 1. verb(to sell (goods) (usually in small quantities) to the person who is going to use them (rather than to someone who is going to sell them to someone else).) prodávat v malém2. adjective(relating to the sale of goods in this way: a retail price.) maloobchodní- retailer* * *• maloobchod• detail -
7 underdog
(a weak person who is dominated by someone else, or who is the loser in a struggle: He always likes to help the underdog.) slabší* * *• předpokládaný poražený -
8 boarder
noun (a person who temporarily lives, and takes his meals, in someone else's house.) strávník* * *• strávník -
9 commission
[kə'miʃən] 1.1) (money earned by a person who sells things for someone else.) provize2) (an order for a work of art: a commission to paint the president's portrait.) pověření3) (an official paper giving authority, especially to an army officer etc: My son got his commission last year.) jmenovací dekret4) (an official group appointed to report on a specific matter: a commission of enquiry.) komise2. verb1) (to give an order (especially for a work of art) to: He was commissioned to paint the Lord Mayor's portrait.) pověřit2) (to give a military commission to.) udělit důstojnickou hodnost•- commissioner
- in/out of commission* * *• úkol• úřad• výbor• zplnomocnit• zmocnit• zplnomocnění• pověření• pověřit• provize• komise• jmenovací listina důstojníka -
10 extension
[-ʃən]1) (an added part: He built an extension to his house; a two-day extension to the holiday; He has telephone extensions (= telephones) in every bedroom.) přístavba; prodloužení2) ((a program by which) part of a university located somewhere else offers courses to people who are not fulltime students.) nástavba3) (the process of extending.) zvětšení4) (a telephone that operates on the same line as another: They have a phone in the living-room and an extension in the bedroom.) přípojka* * *• rozšíření• linka -
11 host
I [houst] noun1) ((feminine hostess) a person who entertains someone else as his guest, usually in his own house: The host and hostess greeted their guests at the door.) hostitel, -ka2) (an animal or plant on which another lives as a parasite.) hostitelII [houst] noun(a very large number of people or things.) hromada, spousta* * *• spousta• hostitel -
12 impostor
[im'postə](a person who pretends to be someone else, or to be something he is not, in order to deceive another person.) podvodník* * *• podvodník• šejdíř -
13 lodger
noun (a person who lives in a room or rooms, for which he pays, in someone else's house: She rented a room to a lodger.) podnájemník, -ice* * *• nájemník -
14 look-alike
noun (a person who looks (exactly) like someone else; a double: the prince's look-alike.) podobná osoba* * *• podobná osoba -
15 place
[pleis] 1. noun1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) místo2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) místo3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) místo4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) místo, sedadlo5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) místo6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) místo7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) stránka8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) úkol, povinnost9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) místo10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) dům, domů, k sobě11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) ulice, náměstí12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) (desetinné) místo2. verb1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) položit, postavit2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) umístit•- go places
- in the first
- second place
- in place
- in place of
- out of place
- put oneself in someone else's place
- put someone in his place
- put in his place
- take place
- take the place of* * *• ustanovit• uskutečnit• umístit• postavit• položit• sídlo• místo• bydliště -
16 stand-in
noun (a person who takes someone else's job etc for a temporary period, especially in making films.) dubl, dvojník* * *• náhradník -
17 succeed
[sək'si:d]1) (to manage to do what one is trying to do; to achieve one's aim or purpose: He succeeded in persuading her to do it; He's happy to have succeeded in his chosen career; She tried three times to pass her driving-test, and at last succeeded; Our new teaching methods seem to be succeeding.) mít úspěch2) (to follow next in order, and take the place of someone or something else: He succeeded his father as manager of the firm / as king; The cold summer was succeeded by a stormy autumn; If the duke has no children, who will succeed to (= inherit) his property?) nastoupit po; zdědit•- success- successful
- successfully
- succession
- successive
- successively
- successor
- in succession* * *• uspět• podařit se• následovat -
18 trustee
noun (a person who keeps and takes care of something (especially money or property) for some one else.) opatrovník* * *• pověřenec• správce• opatrovník
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