industrial action - stávka, protest
BrE
/ɪnˌdʌstriəl 'ækʃn/
AmE
/ɪnˌdʌstriəl 'ækʃn/

noun, British English - an occasion when workers stop working to protest to their employers about something

 
persuasiveness - přesvědčivost
BrE
/pə'sweɪsɪvnəs/
AmE
/pər'sweɪdɪvnəs/

noun - the ability to make other people want or do what you want to

 
elaborate - rozvést, rozpracovat
BrE
/ɪ'læbəreɪt/
AmE
/ɪ'læbəreɪt/

verb - to give more details about something, or to develop a plan or idea

 
transitionally - přechodně
BrE
/træn'zɪʃənli/
AmE
/træn'zɪʃənli/

adverb - in a way that relates to a change from one form to another

foul
foul - faulovat
BrE
/'faʊl/
AmE
/'faʊl/

verb - (in sports) to do something to another player that is against the rules

 
pass on - předat dál
BrE
/ˌpɑ:s'ɒn/
AmE
/ˌpæs'ɑ:n/

verb - to give something to somebody (especially after you've had it or used it)

 
twirl - točit, točit se, otáčet, otáčet se, kroutit, kroutit se
BrE
/'twɜ:l/
AmE
/'twɜ:rl/

verb - to keep turning, moving or dancing around or to make somebody do this

 
income tax - daň z příjmů
BrE
/'ɪŋkʌmˌtæks/
AmE
/'ɪŋkʌmˌtæks/

noun - a part of your income that you have to pay to the government

 
sourdough - kvásek (chlebový)
BrE
/'saʊədəʊ/
AmE
/'saʊrdoʊ/

noun - dough that is left to ferment in order to make bread using it

 
rewrite - přepsat, předělat
BrE
/ˌri:'raɪt/
AmE
/ˌri:'raɪt/

verb - to write something again in a different way in order to improve it

 
detach - oddělit, izolovat, vytvořit odstup
BrE
/dɪ'tætʃ/
AmE
/də'tætʃt/

verb - to move one thing further from another, to separate something from a group

 
carry - přenášet
BrE
/'kæri/
AmE
/'kæri/

verb - to have a disease that you can pass to other people or animals

 
removal man - stěhovák
BrE
/rɪ'mu:vl ˌmæn/
AmE
/rɪ'mu:vl ˌmæn/

noun, American English - a person whose job is to move furniture from one building to another

forward
forward - poslat dále, přeposlat
BrE
/'fɔ:wəd/
AmE
/'fɔ:rwərd/

verb - to send something that you have received to another address (esp. e-mails)

forgive
forgive - odpustit, omluvit
BrE
/fə'gɪv/
AmE
/fər'gɪv/

verb - to stop being angry about something bad that somebody has done to you