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1 come to grips with
(to deal with (a problem, difficulty etc).) utkat se s* * *• čelit pravdě -
2 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 -
3 hammer
['hæmə] 1. noun1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) kladivo2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) srdce; kladívko3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) kladivo2. verb1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) (za)tlouci kladivem2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) vtloukat•- give someone a hammering- give a hammering
- hammer home
- hammer out* * *• tlouci• zabouchat• kladivo• bušit -
4 stiff
[stif]1) (rigid or firm, and not easily bent, folded etc: He has walked with a stiff leg since he injured his knee; stiff cardboard.) tuhý; nepohyblivý2) (moving, or moved, with difficulty, pain etc: I can't turn the key - the lock is stiff; I woke up with a stiff neck; I felt stiff the day after the climb.) nepoddajný, ztuhlý3) ((of a cooking mixture etc) thick, and not flowing: a stiff dough.) tuhý4) (difficult to do: a stiff examination.) těžký5) (strong: a stiff breeze.) ostrý6) ((of a person or his manner etc) formal and unfriendly: I received a stiff note from the bank manager.) strohý•- stiffly- stiffness
- stiffen
- stiffening
- bore
- scare stiff* * *• těžký• tuha• tvrdý• tuhý• pevný• pyšný• silný• stuha• ostrý -
5 fumble
1) (to use one's hands awkwardly and with difficulty: He fumbled with the key; She fumbled about in her bag for her key.) pohrávat si; šmátrat2) (to drop a ball (clumsily), or fail to hold or catch it.) upustit/nechytit/zkazit míč* * *• šmátrat• tápat -
6 hobble
['hobl](to walk with difficulty, usually taking short steps (eg because one is lame or because one's feet are sore): The old lady hobbled along with a stick.) kulhat* * *• šourat se• pajdat• kulhat• kulhání• belhat se -
7 pick out
1) (to choose or select: She picked out one dress that she particularly liked.) vybrat si2) (to see or recognize (a person, thing etc): He must be among those people getting off the train, but I can't pick him out.) rozeznat3) (to play (a piece of music), especially slowly and with difficulty, especially by ear, without music in front of one: I don't really play the piano, but I can pick out a tune on one with one finger.) vyťukat* * *• vybrat• zvolit si• rozpoznat -
8 plough
1. noun(a type of farm tool pulled through the top layer of the soil to turn it over.) pluh2. verb1) (to turn over (the earth) with such a tool: The farmer was ploughing (in) a field.) orat2) (to travel with difficulty, force a way etc: The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through.) ploužit se, prokousat se3) (to crash: The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus.) nabourat (se)* * *• zorat• pluh• orat• brázdit -
9 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 -
10 struggle
1. verb1) (to twist violently when trying to free oneself: The child struggled in his arms.) zmítat se2) (to make great efforts or try hard: All his life he has been struggling with illness / against injustice.) zápasit3) (to move with difficulty: He struggled out of the hole.) prodírat se2. noun(an act of struggling, or a fight: The struggle for independence was long and hard.) boj* * *• usilovat• zápasit• zápas• bojovat• boj -
11 wheeze
[wi:z] 1. verb(to breathe with a hissing sound and with difficulty.) sípat2. noun(such a sound.) sípot- wheezy- wheezily
- wheeziness* * *• těžce dýchat• trik• šikovný nápad• sípání• sípat• stará fráze• supět• extempore -
12 worm
[wə:m] 1. noun(a kind of small creeping animal with a ringed body and no backbone; an earth-worm.) červ2. verb1) (to make (one's way) slowly or secretly: He wormed his way to the front of the crowd.) vetřít se2) (to get (information etc) with difficulty (out of someone): It took me hours to worm the true story out of him.) vytáhnout (z někoho)* * *• žížala• červ -
13 eke out
1) (to make (a supply of something) last longer eg by adding something else to it: You could eke out the meat with potatoes.) nastavit2) (to manage with difficulty to make (a living, livelihood etc): The artist could scarcely eke out a living from his painting.) protloukat se -
14 elicit
[i'lisit](to succeed in getting (information etc) from a person, usually with difficulty.) vylákat* * *• vylákat• zjistit• odvodit -
15 flounder
(to move one's legs and arms violently and with difficulty (in water, mud etc): She floundered helplessly in the mud.) plácat se* * *• zmítat se -
16 hard-earned
adjective (earned by hard work or with difficulty: I deserve every penny of my hard-earned wages.) těžce zasloužený* * *• těžce vydělaný -
17 lug
past tense, past participle - lugged; verb(to drag with difficulty: She lugged the heavy trunk across the floor.) vléci* * *• vláčet• táhnout -
18 peer
I [piə] noun1) (a nobleman (in Britain, one from the rank of baron upwards).) šlechtic2) (a person's equal in rank, merit or age: The child was disliked by his peers; ( also adjective) He is more advanced than the rest of his peer group.) sobě rovný•- peerage- peeress
- peerless II [piə] verb(to look with difficulty: He peered at the small writing.) mžourat, civět* * *• zírat• kolega• čučet• civět• člen Sněmovny lordů• dívat se zvědavě -
19 restrain
[rə'strein](to prevent from doing something; to control: He was so angry he could hardly restrain himself; He had to be restrained from hitting the man; He restrained his anger with difficulty.) ovládat (se), krotit* * *• potlačit• omezit• krotit• bránit• držet na uzdě -
20 winkle
I ['wiŋkl] verb(to force (something out of something) gradually and with difficulty: He winkled the shell out from the rock; He tried to winkle some information out of her.) vydloubnout, vypáčitII ['wiŋkl] noun((also periwinkle ['peri-]) a type of small shellfish, shaped like a small snail, eaten as food.) druh mořského plže* * *• druh mořských plžů
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