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PET Practice Tests Plus 2

Roman Svozílek | 10. 7. 2009 | komentáře: 14

Recenze cvičebnice, ve které naleznete kompletní testy mezinárodních zkoušek PET (Preliminary English Test). 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

stir-fry
stir-fry - orestovat, osmahnout, zprudka opéct (většinou maso a zeleninu)
BrE
/'stɜ:fraɪ/
AmE
/'stɜ:rfraɪ/

verb - to fry small pieces of food quickly in very hot oil while moving them around, usually in a wok pan

 
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.

review
review - opakovat si (učivo)
BrE
/rɪ'vju:/
AmE
/rɪ'vju:/

verb, American English - to go through something you once learned in order to remember it better, e.g. before a test in school etc.

 
set - zasadit (děj kam)
BrE
/'set/
AmE
/'set/

verb - (of a film, book, story etc.) to make something happen in a particular place, in a particular period of time

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

 
plug plant - sazenice, sazenička
BrE
/'plʌgˌplɑ:nt/
AmE
/'plʌgˌplænt/

noun - a small young flower or vegetable plant that you can buy in a garden centre and plant in your garden

taste
taste - ochutnat, ochutnávat
BrE
/'teɪst/
AmE
/'teɪst/

verb - to put something (usually food or drink) in your mouth in order to test if it is good or not

 
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

revision
revision - opakování (učiva)
BrE
/rɪ'vɪʒən/
AmE
/rɪ'vɪʒən/

noun - reading or studying something you learned before in order to remember it better, e.g. before a test in school, etc.

revise
revise - opakovat si (učivo)
BrE
/rɪ'vaɪz/
AmE
/rɪ'vaɪz/

verb, British English - to go through something you once learned in order to remember it better, e.g. before a test in school etc.

squint
squint - mžourat, mhouřit, přimhouřit (oči)
BrE
/'skwɪnt/
AmE
/'skwɪnt/

verb - to close your eyes slightly in order to protect them from bright light or in order to see something better