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Online English - Advanced
Unit 1 Vocabulary
V každé lekci budete mít aké možnost se naučit nová
slovíčka. Ke každému slovu zde najdete jeho definici.
Po prostudování definic máte možnost si procvičit
nová slovíčka v kontextu vět a krátkých textů.
Vyzkoušejte si jaké je studování slovíček se Speakspeak:
Toto jsou slovíčka, která si procvičíte v této lekci:
dispute
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dis.pute
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verb [T]
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to disagree or question the correctness of something
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dispute something, a decision,
numbers, figures
noun: a dispute
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examples
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The players immediately disputed the referee's
decision.
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pay off
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pay off
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verb [T]
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to pay the whole of a debt (sometimes over a
period of time)
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pay off something; a loan, a debt
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I'm paying off my bank loan monthly.
It took me three years to pay off my car.
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query
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que.ry
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verb [T]
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To question something because you think there
has been a mistake
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query something; a bill, someone's point
noun: a query, queries
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example
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Martin thought the bill was too high but he
was too shy to query it.
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bribe
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bribe
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verb [T]
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To give money to someone in order to persuade
them to do something dishonest
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bribe someone, bribe someone to do something
noun: a bribe (countable), bribery (uncountable)
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The witnesses in the court case were bribed
to give false information.
There is a lot of bribery at high levels of government.
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inquire
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in.quire
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verb [I]
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also enquire
a more formal version of 'ask'
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how to use
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inquire (about) something
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examples
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Hello - I am calling to enquire about the
job you advertised in the newsaper.
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con
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con
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verb [T]
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to trick/cheat somebody, usually to make money
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con someone; con someone out of something, con
someone into doing something
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That shop assistant conned me out of $5!
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Po prostudování těchto
definicí si můžete novou slovní zásobu ihned prověřit
ve cvičeních:
Vysvětlivky k definicím:
verb [T]: tranzitivní sloveso - sloveso, které ve větě nemůže stát
bez předmětu, př. He bought a book. Bought je tranzitivní sloveso,
book je předmět.
verb [I]: intranzitivní sloveso -sloveso, které nemusí být následováno
předmětem, př. He walked. Prices are rising. Walk a rise jsou
intranzitivní - nejsou následována předmětem.
Vysvětlivky k výslovnosti: pay.ment
Slovo je rozdělěno na dvě části - dvě slabiky. Na podtrženou slabiku
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