mountain bike
mountain bike - horské kolo
BrE
/'maʊntɪnˌbaɪk/
AmE
/'maʊnt̬ənˌbaɪk/

noun - a special bicycle for riding in the mountains

 
manufacture - produkovat, vyrábět
BrE
/ˌmænju'fæktʃə/
AmE
/ˌmænju'fæktʃər/

verb - to make or produce, esp. in large quantities

slop
slop - cákat, vycáknout
BrE
/'slɒp/
AmE
/'slɑ:p/

verb - (of liquid) to move inside a container because the container moves, to come out of the container because of this kind of movement

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Lingea Lexicon 5 (elektronický slovník)

Roman Svozílek | 14. 8. 2013 | komentáře: 16

Dnes nabízíme podrobnou recenzi skvělého anglicko-českého a česko-anglického elektronického slovníku Lexicon 5 od firmy Lingea. Součástí je i sleva pro HFE. Pokračování článku »
 
scramble - míchat a smažit (vejce), dělat míchaná vejce
BrE
/'skræmbəl/
AmE
/'skræmbəl/

verb - to cook (eggs) by beating and stirring them in a pan while heating, resulting in a soft, curd-like texture

putty
putty - tmel, kyt
BrE
/'pʌti/
AmE
/'pʌt̬i/

noun, technical - a soft, flexible substance used for sealing glass panes in window frames and filling small gaps or cracks in woodwork

condo
condo - byt v osobním vlastnictví, vlastnický byt
BrE
/'kɒndəʊ/
AmE
/'kɑ:ndoʊ/

noun, American English, informal - an apartment in a building where every apartment is owned by the people who live in it (short for condominium)

 
dress code - pravidla oblékání, předepsané oblečení
BrE
/'dresˌkəʊd/
AmE
/'dresˌkoʊd/

noun - the clothes that people should wear in a particular situation or in a particular place (e.g. restaurant, school, work etc.)

 
fiddle around with - hrát si s (něčím) pohrávat si s (něčím), vrtat se v (něčem)
BrE
/ˌfɪdl ə'raʊndt wɪð/
AmE
/ˌfɪdl ə'raʊnd wɪð/

verb, informal - to keep moving or playing with something in order to make it look better, in order to fix it etc.

 
fiddle about with - hrát si s (něčím) pohrávat si s (něčím), vrtat se v (něčem)
BrE
/ˌfɪdl ə'baʊt wɪð/
AmE
/ˌfɪdl ə'baʊt wɪð/

verb, British English, informal - to keep moving or playing with something in order to make it look better, in order to fix it etc.

redecorate
redecorate - nově vymalovat, nově vytapetovat (byt apod.), renovovat vzhled (bytu apod.)
BrE
/ri:'dekəreɪt/
AmE
/ri:'dekəreɪt/

verb - to put (new) paint on the walls in a room/house, to hang (new) wallpaper in a room/house etc.

 
soothingly - konejšivě, uklidňujícím způsobem, zklidňujícím způsobem, utěšujícím způsobem
BrE
/'su:ðɪŋli/
AmE
/'su:ðɪŋli/

adverb - in a way that makes something less painful, in a way that makes somebody feel less unhappy or sad etc.

ant
ant - mravenec
BrE
/'ænt/
AmE
/'ænt/

noun - a very small black or brown insect which lives in forests etc, lives in large groups and works very hard

 
self-service - samoobsluha
BrE
/ˌself'sɜ:vɪs/
AmE
/ˌself'sɜ:rvɪs/

noun - a system in a shop, restaurant etc. in which you take what you want and pay at a special desk

plant
plant - rostlina
BrE
/'plɑ:nt/
AmE
/'plænt/

noun - a living thing that grows in the earth, usually with green leaves etc., sometimes grown by people in their houses