serrated
serrated - zoubkovaný, zubatý
BrE
/sə'reɪtɪd/
AmE
/sə'reɪtɪd/

adjective - having a saw-like edge

 
fleeting - krátký, prchavý, pomíjivý
BrE
/'fli:tɪŋ/
AmE
/'fli:tɪŋ/

adjective - brief, lasting for only a very short time

 
fugitive - prchající, uprchlý
BrE
/'fju:dʒɪtɪv/
AmE
/'fju:dʒɪt̬ɪv/

adjective - running away or hiding from someone or something

 
runaway - neovládaný, splašený; nekontrolovatelný
BrE
/'rʌnəweɪ/
AmE
/'rʌnəweɪ/

adjective - out of control; happening quickly and uncontrollably

 
contract - stáhnout se, smrštit se, zmenšit se, zúžit se
BrE
/kən'trækt/
AmE
/kən'trækt/

verb - to become smaller, tighter, thinner, narrower etc.

contract
contract - zadat na smlouvu, smluvně dohodnout, uzavřít smlouvu
BrE
/'kɒntrækt/
AmE
/'kɑ:ntrækt/

verb - to make a written legal agreement with someone to do something for you

go south
go south - pokazit se, jít do háje, jít do kopru
BrE
/ˌgəʊ'saʊθ/
AmE
/ˌgoʊ'saʊθ/

verb, informal - to go wrong

 
magenta - purpurová
BrE
/mə'dʒenta/
AmE
/mə'dʒent̬a/

adjective - reddish-purple

 
bill - účtovat, naúčtovat, fakturovat, vyfakturovat
BrE
/'bɪl/
AmE
/'bɪl/

verb - to send someone a bill to pay

emergency brake
emergency brake - ruční brzda
BrE
/ɪ'mɜ:dʒənsiˌbreɪk/
AmE
/ɪ'mɜ:rdʒənsiˌbreɪk/

noun, American English - a brake operated by hand that prevents a vehicle from moving

 
savings account - spořící účet
BrE
/'seɪvɪŋz əkaʊnt/
AmE
/'seɪvɪŋz əkaʊnt/

noun - an account in a bank that pays interest on the money that you have left in it

 
countermeasure - protiopatření
BrE
/'kaʊntəmeʒə/
AmE
/'kaʊntəmeʒər/

noun - an action taken against a bad or dangerous situation

 
margin - kraj, okraj (stránky)
BrE
/'mɑ:dʒɪn/
AmE
/'mɑ:rdʒɪn/

noun - the empty space at the side of a page

 
constituency - volební obvod
BrE
/kən'stɪtʃuənsi/
AmE
/kən'stɪtʃuənsi/

noun, British English - an area that elects its representative to parliament

 
clash - konflikt, srážka
BrE
/'klæʃ/
AmE
/'klæʃ/

noun - an argument between two groups of people who have different opinions