leak - prosáknout, uniknout (např. informace), vyzradit
BrE
/'li:k/
AmE
/'li:k/

verb - (of something secret) to become known, to give away secret information

do exercise
do exercise - cvičit, zacvičit si
BrE
/du: 'eksəsaɪz/
AmE
/du: 'eksərsaɪz/

verb - to do physical activity in order to become healthier and stronger

 
break up - vypadávat (v tel. hovoru), ztrácet spojení (tel.), ztrácet se (při tel. hovoru)
BrE
/ˌbreɪk'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌbreɪk'ʌp/

verb - to become difficult to understand because the telephone connection is bad

 
base - základ umocňování (mat.)
BrE
/'beɪs/
AmE
/'beɪs/

noun - the number that is going to be raised to a power

 
make time - udělat si čas (na), najít si čas (na), najít si chvilku (na)
BrE
/meɪk 'taɪm/
AmE
/meɪk 'taɪm/

verb - to find some time to do something you think you should

even out
even out - srovnat, vyhladit, vyrovnat (nerovnosti), srovnat se, uhladit se
BrE
/ˌi:vn'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌi:vn'aʊt/

verb - to make something flat and level; to become flat and level

stop
stop - zabránit, zamezit (někomu či něčemu v)
BrE
/'stɒp/
AmE
/'stɑ:p/

verb - make impossible for something to happen or someone to do something

 
take advantage of - využít (čeho), využít něčeho (ve vlastní prospěch)
BrE
/ˌteɪk əd'vɑ:ntɪdʒ əv/
AmE
/ˌteɪk əd'vænt̬ɪdʒ əv/

verb - to use the opportunity, to use something for your own good

 
abide - snést, snášet, vystát
BrE
/ə'baɪd/
AmE
/ə'baɪd/

verb - (with negative CAN'T) to be able to bear or stand something

 
mitigate - zmírnit, zklidnit, ulehčit
BrE
/'mɪtɪgeɪt/
AmE
/'mɪt̬ɪgeɪt/

verb, formal - to ease something, to make something less severe or less serious

 
disregard - pohrdání, nevšímání si, ignorování (něčeho)
BrE
/ˌdɪsrɪ'gɑ:d/
AmE
/ˌdɪsrɪ'gɑ:rd/

noun - to act of paying no attention to something or ignoring something

INTERMEDIATE

Pohádky a pohádkové postavy

Roman Svozílek | 20. 7. 2017 | komentáře: 4

Pojďme se dnes vrátit do dětství a podívat se na různé pohádkové postavy.

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decant
decant - dekantovat, přelít (např. víno)
BrE
/dɪ'kænt/
AmE
/dɪ'kænt/

verb - to pour a liquid, especially wine or another beverage, from one container into another, typically to separate it from sediment or to allow it to breathe

 
past simple - minulý prostý čas
BrE
/ˌpɑ:st'sɪmpl/
AmE
/ˌpæst'sɪmpl/

noun - a tense that is used for actions that happened at some point in the past or happened regularly in the past, were generally true etc. Verbs usually have the ending -ED and in questions and negatives we usually use DID / DIDN'T

prune back
prune back - ořezat, prořezávat (stromy), prořezat (strom), klestit (stromy)
BrE
/ˌpru:n'bæk/
AmE
/ˌpru:n'bæk/

verb - to cut branches off a tree in order to make it look better or enable it to grow more