raise

[reiz] 1. verb

1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) zvednout, vztyčit

2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) zvýšit

3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) pěstovat, chovat

4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) vychovat

5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) vznést

6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) sebrat; shromáždit se

7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) vyvolat

8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) zvednout, způsobit

9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) postavit

10) (to give (a shout etc).) vydat

11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) navázat spojení

2. noun

(an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) zvýšení platu

- raise someone's hopes

- raise hell/Cain / the roof
- raise someone's spirits

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• vychovat

• vypěstovat

• zdvihat

• zvedat

• zvednout

• zdvihnout

• zvýšit