plane - rovina, plocha (geometrická)
BrE
/'pleɪn/
AmE
/'pleɪn/

noun, technical - a flat or even surface without slopes or curves

 
bite the bullet - zatnout zuby
BrE
/ˌbaɪt ðə'bʊlɪt/
AmE
/ˌbaɪt ðə'bʊlɪt/

verb, informal - to decide to do something even if it's unpleasant

 
smooth - vyhladit, uhladit
BrE
/'smu:ð/
AmE
/'smu:ð/

verb - to make the surface of something even and flat

 
despite - navzdory, přes
BrE
/dɪ'spaɪt/
AmE
/dɪ'spaɪt/

preposition - in spite of, even though something else is true

 
keep at - nepřestávat v (něčem), nevzdávat (něco), držet se (něčeho)
BrE
/'ki:p ət/
AmE
/'ki:p ət/

verb - to continue doing something, even when it's difficult or challenging

 
take the cake - nasadit tomu korunu
BrE
/ˌteɪk ðə'keɪk/
AmE
/ˌteɪk ðə'keɪk/

phrase, American English - to be even worse than everything that has happened so far

 
take the biscuit - nasadit tomu korunu
BrE
/ˌteɪk ðə'bɪskɪt/
AmE
/ˌteɪk ðə'bɪskɪt/

phrase, British English - to be even worse than everything that has happened so far

 
emergency - pohotovost
BrE
/ɪ'mɜ:dʒənsi/
AmE
/ɪ'mɜ:rdʒənsi/

noun - medical service that is available at all times, even at night

 
maintain - tvrdit, zastávat názor, trvat (na něčem)
BrE
/meɪn'teɪn/
AmE
/meɪn'teɪn/

verb - to have an opinion and keep it even when others disagree

 
straight face - kamenná tvář, kamenný obličej, vážná tvář
BrE
/ˌstreɪt'feɪs/
AmE
/ˌstreɪt'feɪs/

noun - a face that doesn't smile even though something might be very funny

 
go without - obejít se (bez čeho)
BrE
/ˌgəʊ wɪ'ðaʊt/
AmE
/ˌgoʊ wɪ'ðaʊt/

verb - to manage without something, to survive even if you don't have something


uncompromising
uncompromising - nekompromisní, zásadový, neústupný, neoblomný
BrE
/ʌn'kɒmprəmaɪzɪŋ/
AmE
/ʌn'kɑ:mprəmaɪzɪŋ/

adjective - not willing to change opinions, standards, or behaviour, even to reach an agreement

 
pluck up courage - sebrat odvahu
BrE
/ˌplʌk ʌp 'kʌrɪdʒ/
AmE
/ˌplʌk ʌp 'kɜ:rɪdʒ/

verb - to force yourself to do something even though you are afraid of it

black hole
black hole - černá díra
BrE
/'blæk'həʊl/
AmE
/'blæk'hoʊl/

noun - a star whose gravity is so large that even light cannot escape it