lump sum - jednorázová částka

noun - an amount of money that is paid on a single occasion

 

insistence - trvání (na něčem), naléhání

noun - an act of demanding something and refusing to accept any excuses

 

conservation - památková péče

noun - the official protection of historical objects such as buildings, paintings, etc.

 

buoyancy - veselí, radost

noun - cheerfulness, the state of feeling happy and confident about the future

 

mobilisation - mobilizace

noun - the act of preparing or organizing something for a particular purpose

 

perishables - potraviny s krátkou trvanlivostí

noun - a type of food that is likely to go bad quickly

 

paper towel - papírová utěrka (kuchyňská)

noun - an absorbent sheet of paper that is used in the kitchen

 

epiphany - uvědomění, prozření, zjevení

noun - a sudden feeling of understanding something, realizing something, seeing something clearly

 

busy as a bee - pilný jako včelka, zaměstnaný, zaneprázdněný

adjective - doing a lot of things and having no time to spare

 

over - na, směrem k

adverb - in the direction of where the particular thing or person is

open-plan - beze zdí, bez příček

adjective - made up of a big, spacious room without inner dividing walls

 

border on - hraničit s, blížit se (čemu)

verb - to be on the boundary of something, to almost be something

 

pay-as-you-go - předplacený, s předplaceným tarifem (tel.)

adjective - (usually of phone services) paid for in advance, without a contract

 

bring - způsobit, přivézt, uvést (do stavu)

verb - to cause a particular state or condition of something or somebody

 

band - skupina, skupinka

noun - a group of people who have the same interests or ideas