severance - odstupné, výpověď, ukončení pracovního poměru
BrE
/'sevrəns/
AmE
/'sevrəns/

noun - compensation paid to an employee upon termination of employment; the ending of employment, often with compensation

 
severance - ukončení, odtržení, rozkol, přerušení styků
BrE
/'sevrəns/
AmE
/'sevrəns/

noun, formal - the act of ending a relationship or connection with another person, organization, country etc.

 
pinch - tlačit (obuv), škrtit (oblečení)
BrE
/'pɪntʃ/
AmE
/'pɪntʃ/

verb - (of shoes or clothes) to press on a part of your body making it painful

 
pinch - stisknout, přimáčknout, zmáčknout, zacpat
BrE
/'pɪntʃ/
AmE
/'pɪntʃ/

verb - to press something tightly between your finger and thumb

 
gawk - civět, zírat, čumět
BrE
/'gɔ:k/
AmE
/'gɔ:k/

verb, informal - to look at somebody or something in a rude or stupid way, usually for a long time

 
desist - ustat, přestat, upustit od
BrE
/dɪ'sɪst/
AmE
/dɪ'sɪst/

verb, formal - to stop doing something

 
scented - navoněný, voňavý, provoněný, naparfémovaný, aromatický
BrE
/'sentɪd/
AmE
/'sentɪd/

adjective - with a particular pleasant smell

 
scent - ucítit, větřit, vyčenichat
BrE
/'sent/
AmE
/'sent/

verb - to find something using the sense of smell

 
scent - provonět
BrE
/'sent/
AmE
/'sent/

verb - to give a particular, pleasant smell to something

 
bulbil - pacibulka, hlízka
BrE
/'bʌlbl/
AmE
/'bʌlbl/

noun - a small bulb-like structure that forms on certain plants, containing embryonic tissue capable of developing into a new plant

 
staple - hlavní produkt, hlavní komodita, hlavní artikl
BrE
/'steɪpl/
AmE
/'steɪpl/

noun - the main product that is produced by a country and is crucial for its economy

 
staple - základní potravina
BrE
/'steɪpl/
AmE
/'steɪpl/

noun - a basic food that is used and needed a lot

grub
grub - larva, červ, ponrava
BrE
/'grʌb/
AmE
/'grʌb/

noun - a fat worm that feeds on plants or decaying organic matter

 
biogenetics - biogenetika
BrE
/ˌbaɪəʊdʒɪ'netɪks/
AmE
/ˌbaɪəʊdʒɪ'netɪks/

noun - study of genes' role in shaping life

 
polish up - vypilovat, vytříbit, vybrousit (např. styl, text)
BrE
/ˌpɒlɪʃ'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌpɑ:lɪʃ'ʌap/

verb - to make slight changes to something, e.g. a piece of writing, in order to improve it