stocktaking
stocktaking - inventura, sčítání zásob, kontrola zásob, revize skladu
BrE
/'stɒkˌteɪkɪŋ/
AmE
/'stɑ:kˌteɪkɪŋ/

noun, British English - the process of counting and checking all the goods or materials a business has

primeval
primeval - pravěký, prastarý, prvotní, prehistorický
BrE
/praɪ'mi:vl/
AmE
/praɪ'mi:vl/

adjective - relating to the earliest ages of the world or human history; ancient or prehistoric

 
swing - swing (tanec)
BrE
/'swɪŋ/
AmE
/'swɪŋ/

noun - one of the social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music

 
gaudiness - křiklavost, extravagantnost, okázalost
BrE
/'gɔ:dɪnəs/
AmE
/'gɔ:dɪnəs/

noun - the state of being extravagant, using bright colours, standing out from the rest etc.

 
materialism - materialismus
BrE
/mə'tɪəriəlɪzəm/
AmE
/'mətɪriəlɪzəm/

noun, technical - the belief that the spiritual world does not exist and only physical matter exists

 
debriefing - vyslechnutí, podání hlášení
BrE
/ˌdi:'bri:fɪŋ/
AmE
/ˌdi:'bri:fɪŋ/

noun - the activity of asking someone questions officially about the task they have just done

 
doomsday - soudný konec, konec světa
BrE
/'du:mzdeɪ/
AmE
/'du:mzdeɪ/

adjective - the end of the world, Christians believe that people will be judged by God

 
pandemic - pandemie
BrE
/ˌpæn'demɪk/
AmE
/ˌpæn'demɪk/

noun - a disease that affects the whole country or several countries or the whole world

backfire
backfire - vymstít se, mít opačný účinek, obrátit se proti
BrE
/ˌbæk'faɪə/
AmE
/'bækfaɪr/

verb - to have the opposite effect to the one you intended, usually with bad results

 
wording - formulace, stylizace (textu)
BrE
/'wɜ:dɪŋ/
AmE
/'wɜ:rdɪŋ/

noun - the choice of the words that you use when you say or write something

auction
auction - aukce, dražba
BrE
/'ɔ:kʃn/
AmE
/'ɑ:kʃn/

noun - an event where things are sold to the people who offer the highest price

 
impatience - netrpělivost
BrE
/ɪm'peɪʃns/
AmE
/ɪm'peɪʃns/

adjective - unwillingness to wait calmly; the lack of the ability to wait for something calmly

 
search warrant - povolení k domovní prohlídce
BrE
/'sɜ:tʃˌwɒrənt/
AmE
/'sɜ:rtʃˌwɑ:rənt/

noun - a legal document from the court that allows the police to search someone's home

 
enthrone - usadit na trůn
BrE
/ɪn'θrəʊn/
AmE
/ɪn'θroʊn/

verb - to put somebody on the the throne officially (and make them King or Queen)

wiper
wiper - stěrač
BrE
/'waɪpə/
AmE
/'waɪpər/

noun - one of the devices that remove water etc. from the windscreen of a car