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1 work hard
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2 work
[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) práce2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) práce3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) práce4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) dílo5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) práce6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) práce2. verb1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) pracovat; nutit do práce2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) mít práci3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) pracovat; uvést do chodu4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) osvědčit se5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) razit si cestu6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) postupně se stávat7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) vypracovat•- - work- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mechanismus2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) skutky•- work-box
- workbook
- workforce
- working class
- working day
- work-day
- working hours
- working-party
- work-party
- working week
- workman
- workmanlike
- workmanship
- workmate
- workout
- workshop
- at work
- get/set to work
- go to work on
- have one's work cut out
- in working order
- out of work
- work of art
- work off
- work out
- work up
- work up to
- work wonders* * *• výroba• zaměstnání• způsobit• práce• pracovat• pracovní• působit• fungovat• dílna• činnost• dílo• čin -
3 hard-earned
adjective (earned by hard work or with difficulty: I deserve every penny of my hard-earned wages.) těžce zasloužený* * *• těžce vydělaný -
4 donkey-work
noun (hard, uninteresting work: We have a computer now, which saves us a lot of donkey-work.) monotónní práce -
5 toil
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6 sweat
[swet] 1. noun(the moisture given out through the skin: He was dripping with sweat after running so far in the heat.) pot2. verb1) (to give out sweat: Vigorous exercise makes you sweat.) potit se2) (to work hard: I was sweating (away) at my work from morning till night.) dřít (se)•- sweater- sweaty
- sweatiness
- a cold sweat* * *• pot• potit se -
7 always
['o:lweiz]1) (at all times: I always work hard; I'll always remember her.) vždy, stále2) (continually or repeatedly: He is always making mistakes.) trvale, pořád* * *• vždy• vždycky• pořád• stále -
8 exception
[-ʃən]1) (something or someone not included: They all work hard, without exception; With the exception of Jim we all went home early.) výjimka2) (something not according to the rule: We normally eat nothing at lunchtime, but Sunday is an exception.) výjimka* * *• výjimka -
9 get ahead
(to make progress; to be successful: If you want to get ahead, you must work hard.) prorazit, uspět* * *• uspět -
10 need
[ni:d] 1. negative short form - needn't; verb1) (to require: This page needs to be checked again; This page needs checking again; Do you need any help?) potřebovat2) (to be obliged: You need to work hard if you want to succeed; They don't need to come until six o'clock; She needn't have given me such an expensive present.) muset2. noun1) (something essential, that one must have: Food is one of our basic needs.) potřeba2) (poverty or other difficulty: Many people are in great need.) nouze3) (a reason: There is no need for panic.) důvod•- needless- needlessly
- needy
- a need for
- in need of* * *• potřebovat• potřeba• nouze -
11 keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
(to (force someone to) work hard, without stopping.) (nechat) dřít do úpaduEnglish-Czech dictionary > keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
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12 keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
(to (force someone to) work hard, without stopping.) (nechat) dřít do úpaduEnglish-Czech dictionary > keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
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13 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 -
14 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 -
15 fruit
[fru:t] 1. noun1) (the part of a plant that produces the seed, especially when eaten as food: The fruit of the vine is the grape.) plod2) (a result; something gained as a result of hard work etc: the fruit of his hard work.) ovoce2. verb(to produce fruit: This tree fruits early.) rodit- fruitful- fruition
- fruitless
- fruitlessly
- fruity* * *• ovoce• ovocný -
16 drive
1. past tense - drove; verb1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) řídit2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) (od)vézt3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) hnát4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) zatlouci; odpálit5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) pohánět2. noun1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) projížďka2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) příjezdová cesta3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) energie, elán4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) kampaň5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) úder6) ((computers) a disk drive.) mechanika, jednotka•- driver- driver's license
- drive-in
- drive-through
- driving licence
- be driving at
- drive off
- drive on* * *• vézt• vozit• zavézt• řídit• odpal• jezdit• honit• hnát• drive/drove/driven• disk -
17 effort
['efət]1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) úsilí2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) úsilí, snaha3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) pokus•- effortlessly* * *• úsilí• snaha• námaha -
18 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 -
19 drudge
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20 lazy
['leizi](too inclined to avoid hard work, exercise etc: I take the bus to work as I'm too lazy to walk; Lazy people tend to become fat.) líný- lazily- laziness
- lazy-bones* * *• líný• lenivý
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