miss the mark
- šlápnout vedle, minout se, nepodařit se, nepovést se
BrE
/ˌmɪs ðə'mɑ:k/
AmE
/ˌmɪs ðə'mɑ:rk/
verb
-
not to succeed, to fail to achieve something
audiobook
- audiokniha
BrE
/'ɔ:diəʊbʊk/
AmE
/'ˌɑ:dioʊbʊk/
noun
-
a recording of someone reading a book so you can listen to it
heroically
- hrdinsky
BrE
/hɪ'rəʊɪkli/
AmE
/hɪ'roʊɪkli/
adverb
-
very bravely
grown-up
- dospělácký, dospělý
BrE
/'grəʊnəp/
AmE
/'groʊnʌp/
adjective
-
connected with adults
adult
- dospělý
BrE
/'ædʌlt/
AmE
/ə'dʌlt/
adjective
-
of age, grown-up
young adult
- adolescent, mladý dospělý
BrE
/ˌjʌŋ 'ædʌlt/
AmE
/ˌjʌŋ ə'dʌlt/
noun
-
a person in their late teens or early twenties
vote in
- zvolit (do funkce)
BrE
/ˌvəʊt'ɪn/
AmE
/ˌvoʊt̬'ɪn/
verb
-
to elect somebody for a particular position
make the bed
- ustlat postel
BrE
/'meɪk ðə bed/
AmE
/'meɪk ðə bed/
verb
-
to arrange the sheets and blankets on a bed
business partner
- obchodní partner
BrE
/bɪznəs 'pɑ:tnə/
AmE
/bɪznəs 'pɑ:rtnər/
noun
-
an organisation that shares business with another organisation
retina
- sítnice (oka)
BrE
/'retɪnə/
AmE
/'retɪnə/
noun
-
a layer of tissue at the back of the eye that receives light and sends pictures of what the eye sees to the brain
call centre
- telefonické centrum
BrE
/'kɔ:l sentə/
AmE
/'kɔ:l sentər/
noun, British English
-
an office in which a lot of employees work using phones, for example providing information to customers, or taking customers’ orders