deception - klam, lež, faleš
BrE
/dɪ'sepʃən/
AmE
/dɪ'sepʃən/

noun - hiding the truth or lying in order to get an advantage

 
unscrew - odšroubovat
BrE
/ʌn'skru:/
AmE
/ʌn'skru:/

verb - to turn a screw anti-clockwise in order to release something

pursue
pursue - pronásledovat
BrE
/pə'sju:/
AmE
/pə'su:/

verb - to follow somebody or something in order to catch them/it

flatter
flatter - lichotit, pochlebovat
BrE
/'flætə/
AmE
/'flæt̬ər/

verb - to give compliments or praise in order to get someone's attention

 
mimic - imitovat
BrE
/'mɪmɪk/
AmE
/'mɪmɪk/

verb - to imitate something, usually in order to make fun of it

 
vigilant - ostražitý, bdělý
BrE
/'vɪdʒɪlənt/
AmE
/'vɪdʒɪlənt/

adjective - alert, watching carefully in order to prevent something bad from happening

 
downsize - zredukovat, snížit (stavy ve společnosti)
BrE
/'daʊnsaɪz/
AmE
/'daʊnsaɪz/

verb - to reduce the number of employees in order to reduce costs

alphabetically
alphabetically - abecedně, podle abecedy, v abecedním řazení
BrE
/ˌælfə'betɪkli/
AmE
/ˌælfə'betɪkli/

adverb - arranged in the same order as the letters of the alphabet

do exercise
do exercise - cvičit, zacvičit si
BrE
/du: 'eksəsaɪz/
AmE
/du: 'eksərsaɪz/

verb - to do physical activity in order to become healthier and stronger

 
skirt off - odběhnout (do ústraní), zmizet (do ústraní)
BrE
/ˌskɜ:t'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌskɜ:rt̬'ɑ:f/

verb - to get away from a place in order to avoid something

close
close - zavřít
BrE
/'kləʊz/
AmE
/'kloʊz/

verb - to do an activity in order that something doesn't stay open

note
note - poznámka
BrE
/'nəʊt/
AmE
/'noʊt/

noun - words that you write down quickly in order to remember them

 
placing - umístění
BrE
/'pleɪsɪŋ/
AmE
/'pleɪsɪŋ/

noun - the position of somebody or something in a list, competition, etc. in order of success

 
restate - přeformulovat, říct jinak
BrE
/ˌri:'steɪt/
AmE
/ˌri:'steɪt/

verb, formal - to say something again in a different way in order to make it more clear

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE

The Celts

Petra Luňáková | 23. 6. 2007 | komentáře: 3

Around 700 BC, Celtic people began to arrive in the British Isles. Many of them were tall, and had fair or red hair and blue eyes. These were the Celts, who probably came from central Europe or further east. Pokračování článku »