spotlight
spotlight - zaměřit reflektory (na něco, na někoho)
BrE
/'spɒtlaɪt/
AmE
/'spɑ:tlaɪt/

verb - to light something or someone with a spotlight

 
spotlight - střed zájmu, střed pozornosti
BrE
/'spɒtlaɪt/
AmE
/'spɑ:tlaɪt/

noun - attention of the media or the public

 
fasten on - upřít (např. zrak či pozornost) na
BrE
/'fɑ:sn ɒn/
AmE
/'fæsn ɒn/

verb - to direct something toward something (sight, attention etc.)

in this day and age
in this day and age - v dnešní době, v současnosti
BrE
/ɪn'ðɪs deɪənˌeɪdʒ/
AmE
/ɪn'ðɪs deɪənˌeɪdʒ/

adverb - nowadays, at the present time, in the modern world

 
in unison - najednou, současně, jednohlasně
BrE
/ɪn'ju:nɪsn/
AmE
/ɪn'ju:nɪsn/

adverb - simultaneously, at the same time, at the same pitch, in perfect agreement

 
unison - shoda, souhra
BrE
/'ju:nɪsn/
AmE
/'ju:nɪsn/

noun - perfect agreement, concord, the same pitch, the same moment

 
spider mite - sviluška (zahradní škůdce)
BrE
/'spaɪdəˌmaɪt/
AmE
/'spaɪdərˌmaɪt/

noun, technical - a very small red spider which attacks harms plants

infestation
infestation - zamoření, napadení (škůdci apod.)
BrE
/ˌɪnfe'steɪʃn/
AmE
/ˌɪnfe'steɪʃn/

noun - (especially of pests) the act of appearing in a place in large numbers, often causing damage

infest
infest - zamořit, napadnout (škůdci apod.)
BrE
/ɪn'fest/
AmE
/ɪn'fest/

verb - (especially of insects or pests) to come to a place in large numbers, often causing damage

 
the wilds - divočina, divoká příroda
BrE
/ðə'waɪldz/
AmE
/ðə'waɪldz/

noun - land that has not been civilized

sentence element
sentence element - větný člen
BrE
/'sentənsˌeləmənt/
AmE
/'sentənsˌeləmənt/

noun - a part of the sentence, such as subject, verb, object, complement or adverbial

modal verb
modal verb - modální sloveso, způsobové sloveso
BrE
/ˌməʊdl'vɜ:b/
AmE
/ˌmoʊdl'vɜ:rb/

noun - a verb like 'can', 'must' etc.

modal
modal - modální sloveso, způsobové sloveso
BrE
/'məʊdl/
AmE
/'moʊdl/

noun - a verb like 'can', 'must' etc.

telling-off
telling-off - vynadání, vyhubování, kartáč
BrE
/ˌtelɪŋ'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌtelɪŋ'ɑ:f/

noun, British English, informal - the act of speaking angrily to somebody who has done something bad or wrong

 
sightly - vzhledný, pohledný
BrE
/'saɪtli/
AmE
/'saɪtli/

adjective, literary - pleasant to look at