Matrix INT Unit 4 (1)

Vydáno dne 03.10.2005

Vocabulary, pages 42–43



bargain
bargain - výhodná koupě
BrE
/'bɑ:gɪn/
AmE
/'bɑ:rgɪn/

noun - a thing that you buy at a lower price than usual


 
claim - dělat si nárok, nárokovat si
BrE
/'kleɪm/
AmE
/'kleɪm/

verb - to say that you have the right to have or own something


defeat
defeat - porazit (v boji)
BrE
/dɪ'fi:t/
AmE
/dɪ'fi:t/

verb - to win over somebody in a fight


discover
discover - objevit
BrE
/dɪs'kʌvə/
AmE
/dɪs'kʌvər/

verb - to find or see something that nobody has seen or even known of before you


disease
disease - choroba, nemoc
BrE
/dɪ'zi:z/
AmE
/dɪ'zi:z/

noun - a serious illness


 
escape - uniknout, uprchnout, utéct
BrE
/ɪs'keɪp/
AmE
/ɪs'keɪp/

verb - to get away from somewhere, to get free from something/somebody


 
eye-catching - poutavý, nápadný
BrE
/ˌaɪ'kætʃɪŋ/
AmE
/ˌaɪ'kætʃɪŋ/

adjective - attracting the eye


fail
fail - selhat (v čem), neuspět (v čem)
BrE
/'feɪl/
AmE
/'feɪl/

verb, American English - to be unsuccessful in something


 
feature - charakteristický rys
BrE
/'fi:tʃə/
AmE
/'fi:tʃər/

noun - a noticeable part of something


find
find - najít, nalézt
BrE
/'faɪnd/
AmE
/'faɪnd/

verb - to see or discover something which you have been looking for


found
found - založit, zřídit, položit základy
BrE
/'faʊnd/
AmE
/'faʊnd/

verb - to set up, to start the building of


 
gain - získat, dostat, obdržet
BrE
/'geɪn/
AmE
/'geɪn/

verb - to get or win something


 
heroic - hrdinský
BrE
/hɪ'rəʊɪk/
AmE
/hɪ'roʊɪk/

adjective - brave, full of courage


 
impressive - působivý
BrE
/ɪm'presɪv/
AmE
/ɪm'presɪv/

adjective - making one feel admiration or respect


lay
lay - položit, pokládat, klást
BrE
/'leɪ/
AmE
/'leɪ/

verb - to put down, to place something down carefully


lie
lie - lhát
BrE
/'laɪ/
AmE
/'laɪ/

verb - not to tell the truth


lie
lie - ležet
BrE
/'laɪ/
AmE
/'laɪ/

verb - to have your body in a flat position, like when you are resting or sleeping


 
original - původní, originální
BrE
/ɒ'rɪdʒənl/
AmE
/ə'rɪdʒənl/

adjective - different from others, new


raise
raise - zvednout, zvedat, vyvýšit, zvýšit
BrE
/'reɪz/
AmE
/'reɪz/

verb - to lift something up, to make something higher


 
reputation - reputace, pověst
BrE
/ˌrepjʊ'teɪʃn/
AmE
/ˌrepjʊ'teɪʃn/

noun - the general opinion people have about something


rise
rise - vstávat, zdvihat se, vstát, zdvihnout se, povstat, vzpřímit se, stoupat, stoupnout
BrE
/'raɪz/
AmE
/'raɪz/

verb - to get up, to get upright


 
skilled - dovedný, zručný
BrE
/'skɪld/
AmE
/'skɪld/

adjective - able to do something well


 
starvation - hladovění, hladomor
BrE
/stɑ:'veɪʃən/
AmE
/stɑ:r'veɪʃən/

noun - a situation in poor countries in which people don't have enough food and die of hunger


 
surviving - přežívající, dosud žijící
BrE
/sə'vaɪvɪŋ/
AmE
/sər'vaɪvɪŋ/

adjective - staying alive


victory
victory - vítězství
BrE
/'vɪktəri/
AmE
/'vɪktəri/

noun - a success in winning in something


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