rev - túrovat (motor)
BrE
/'rev/
AmE
/'rev/

verb - to make the engine turn faster, to increase its rotation, esp. making it much louder

 
oppose - oponovat
BrE
/ə'pəʊz/
AmE
/ə'poʊz/

verb - to be against something, to say that you are against something or disagree with something

 
tuck - zastrčit, založit, zandat, vecpat
BrE
/'tʌk/
AmE
/'tʌk/

verb - to put something into or under something in order to hide it or protect it

 
beacon - signální oheň
BrE
/'bi:kən/
AmE
/'bi:kən/

noun - (in the past) a fire lit on a hill to give a signal to someone

 
sheaf - snop, svazek
BrE
/'ʃi:f/
AmE
/'ʃi:f/

noun - a number of plants (usually wheat etc.) bound together to make them easier to carry

 
surpass - předčit, překonat, předběhnout
BrE
/sə'pɑ:s/
AmE
/sər'pæs/

verb, formal - to do something in a better way, to be better or greater than something else

 
testify - svědčit, vypovídat (u soudu)
BrE
/'testɪfaɪ/
AmE
/'testɪfaɪ/

verb - to give a testimony about something, to say something as a witness (especially in court)

clumsy
clumsy - nešikovný, neohrabaný, nemotorný
BrE
/'klʌmzi/
AmE
/'klʌmzi/

adjective - awkward, not good at doing things, not able to use hands to do something well

clap
clap - tleskat, zatleskat, tlesknout
BrE
/'klæp/
AmE
/'klæp/

verb - to hit your palms together to show that you have liked something (e.g. a performance)

 
number - očíslovat
BrE
/'nʌmbə/
AmE
/'nʌmbər/

verb - to write numbers to show the order in which the things go after one another

 
bookmark - přidat do záložek, založit si, vytvořit si záložku
BrE
/'bʊkmɑ:k/
AmE
/'bʊkmɑ:rk/

verb - to mark a specific page in a book using a bookmark, making it easier to return to that page later without losing one's place, to save or mark a specific webpage or online resource

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no problem - bez starostí, žádné strachy, bez problému, žádný problém
BrE
/ˌnəʊ'prɒbləm/
AmE
/ˌnoʊ'prɑ:bləm/

phrase, informal - a phrase we use to say that something we are asked to do can be done easily, or that we are willing to do that

 
view - prohlédnout si, zkoumat, prozkoumat
BrE
/'vju:/
AmE
/'vju:/

verb, formal - to inspect or examine something carefully

 
view - sledovat, dívat se, pozorovat, prohlížet si
BrE
/'vju:/
AmE
/'vju:/

verb, formal - to see or look at something