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CzechEd@yahoogroups.com
Feb 1, 2004 7:34 pm
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Hi all listers, Would anyone know the best translation into English of the above term? Context: ‘Nekdo to spiskal’. I couldn’t find the word in any...
Wild guess here: Could it be a perfective of 'piskat'? In which case could it mean something like English 'blow the whistle on somebody/something'? i.e....
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nick.miller@...
Feb 2, 2004 2:08 pm
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Hi Nick, Thanks for the reply. I also pondered on this possibility, but decided that it wouldn’t make sense as, according to the reflexive context mentioned...
Hi Zuzana, it means "he is responsible for it" or "he caused it" depending on context. Sarka ... From: Zuzana Maritz [mailto:zuzana@...] Sent: Monday,...
Rubková
rubkova@...
Feb 2, 2004 3:04 pm
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Dekuji moc, Sarko! ... From: Rubková [mailto:rubkova@...] Sent: 02 February 2004 16:06 To: CzechEd@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [CzechEd] Spiskat to Hi...
Hi Zuzana, your first idea is correct. If it is a text where you can use slang, and I assume it is, simply saying "He blew it" would do. Or " He sure as heck...
Thanks John and Alastair. I've only just had chance to get back to you on this. ... is not "a bigger count" anyway. Alastair, about 'viscount': My Oxford says...
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nick.miller@...
Feb 2, 2004 4:13 pm
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Hi guys and gals, a question slightly out of the usual ones here, but I am running out of ideas. An agency here in the US asked me to provide all info for...
AFAIK, "spiskat neco" means "to put something together" (as in an event, a project) or ... loosely ... mastermind and organize something. Not sure about "to...
Thank you Slavomir, Sarka, Kostas, Nick, TT, Michal, Beata and Martina for your input. I know my query was a bit ambiguous, but there was unfortunately not...
Zuzana Maritz
zuzana@...
Feb 3, 2004 9:12 am
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For what it's worth, Poldauf gives "spiskat <, expr.: play (a nasty trick on a p.)" The contexts given in Fronek, however, definitely agree with Sarka's ...
Yet again, my astonishing ignorance of (even English) horticulture is letting me down... Can someone please provide an English translation and/or the Latin...
Hi Nick, If memory serves, under the British system the order of seniority is: Duke Marquis Earl Viscount Baron (lowest rank in the peerage) Baronet (the...
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Lenka Mandryszová
iona@...
Feb 3, 2004 10:42 am
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Piddling point, perhaps, Alastair, but in Britain Marquis is rather the Scots title and Marquess is English . John Newton [Non-text portions of this message...
JNewton149@...
Feb 3, 2004 10:44 am
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Thank you, Alistair. Although it seems that the definition of the others seems more appropriate, I haven’t come across this one yet. Will definitely add it...
Zuzana Maritz
zuzana@...
Feb 3, 2004 10:49 am
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Any suggestions on how to translate aktivacni linka? Context: treatment of waste water, removal of anorganicky dusik. Sewerage generally. "Realizovat se bude...
andeds@...
Feb 3, 2004 12:39 pm
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Hi Dylan, "Aktivace" or "aktivacni" is usually 'activation', but in fact it's also 'aeration'. As far as I know the process lies in feeding air or oxygen into ...
Oh damn, thanks for pointing that out John... of course you're quite right. Marquis is the spelling used for Continental nobles, and by some pre-Union holders...
Thank you, Jirka. "Unit" or "facility" would be a useful word here. They probably don't go into detail about the configuration. That's a useful point about...
andeds@...
Feb 3, 2004 2:40 pm
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These are words in two documents concerning a sewerage system. **Zausteni** sberace je uvazovano v xxxxx ulici do nove navrhovaneho odvodneni xxxxx ul. do...
andeds@...
Feb 3, 2004 4:33 pm
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Hi Dylan, ... vejcite stoky. I feel 'output' or 'oulet' could be used. ... Something along the word 'drainage' should do the job. It's more puzzling for me to...
PrázdnéHi listmates, can anybody confirm the meaning of the Czech abbreviation MUK (in the context of traffic solutions of a construction). Perhaps "mestska...
Iveta Pecinkova - pre...
pecinkova@...
Feb 3, 2004 7:47 pm
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pro odkanalizovani se zpravidla pouziva wastewater collection Kamila...
Adámková Kamila...
adamkova.kamila@...
Feb 4, 2004 7:35 am
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Thank you for your comments, Jirka and Kamila. "Outlet" for zausteni confirms what I guessed from the context. (A colleague has asked if it could be "inlet",...
andeds@...
Feb 4, 2004 12:07 pm
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Anyone know where/what "Spis'" (with a hac'ek over the last s) is? The only context I have is the last line of an English-language summary for an article in a...
A region of Slovakia. Nick M ... Sent message contains no viruses. Zkontrolováno antivirovým systémem AVG (http://www.grisoft.cz). Verze: 6.0.577 / Virová...
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nick.miller@...
Feb 4, 2004 12:33 pm
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It could also be Spis Castle, I should add. Nick M ... Sent message contains no viruses. Zkontrolováno antivirovým systémem AVG (http://www.grisoft.cz). ...
