adjuster
adjuster - odhadce, likvidátor škod (u pojištění)
BrE
/ə'dʒʌstə/
AmE
/ə'dʒʌstər/

noun - a person who works in an insurance company and whose job is to decide how much money someone should receive after something bad has happened to them

 
insurance agent - pojišťovací agent
BrE
/ɪn'ʃʊərəns ˌeɪdʒnt/
AmE
/ɪn'ʃʊrəns ˌeɪdʒnt/

noun - a person who arranges and sells insurance as their job

broker
broker - makléř, zprostředkovatel, dohodce
BrE
/'brəʊkə/
AmE
/'broʊkər/

noun - a person who arranges sales or business agreements for someone else

 
insurance broker - pojišťovací agent
BrE
/ɪn'ʃʊərəns ˌbrəʊkə/
AmE
/ɪn'ʃʊrəns ˌbroʊkər/

noun - a person who arranges and sells insurance as their job

 
insurance - pojistka, zabezpečení (proti něčemu)
BrE
/ɪn'ʃʊərəns/
AmE
/ɪn'ʃʊrəns/

noun - something that you do that might protect you from something bad happening in the future

insurance
insurance - pojišťovnictví
BrE
/ɪn'ʃʊərəns/
AmE
/ɪn'ʃʊrəns/

noun - the business of providing insurance

 
tall tale - báchorka, výmysl, přehnaná historka, za vlasy přitažený příběh
BrE
/ˌtɔ:l'teɪl/
AmE
/ˌtɔ:l'teɪl/

noun - a story that is difficult to believe and is very unlikely to have happened

 
patronizing - povýšený, povýšenecký, ukazující nadřazenost
BrE
/'pætrənaɪzɪŋ/
AmE
/'peɪtrənaɪzɪŋ/

adjective - showing someone you think you are better, more intelligent or more experienced than them

 
patronize - poučovat, povyšovat se, chovat se blahosklonně
BrE
/'pætrənaɪz/
AmE
/'peɪtrənaɪz/

verb - to behave in a way that seems friendly but shows that you think that someone is not as intelligent or experienced as you

 
cream - vyšlehat, ušlehat na krémovou konzistenci
BrE
/'kri:m/
AmE
/'kri:m/

verb - to mix ingredients together to form a thick smooth mixture

 
sugar-coated - obalený v cukru, s cukrovou polevou
BrE
/'ʃʊgəˌkəʊtɪd/
AmE
/'ʃʊgərˌkoʊt̬ɪd/

adjective - covered with sugar

 
trusting - důvěřivý
BrE
/'trʌstɪŋ/
AmE
/'trʌstɪŋ/

adjective - willing to believe or tending to believe that people are good and honest

 
not say boo to a goose - být velmi ostýchavý, být velmi plachý, být velmi stydlivý
BrE
/nɒt seɪ ˌbu: tʊə'gu:s/
AmE
/nɑ:t seɪ ˌbu: tʊə'gu:s/

verb - to be very shy and quiet

 
cook sb's goose - překazit někomu šanci, zhatit něčí plány
BrE
/ˌkʊk sʌmbədiz'gu:s/
AmE
/ˌkʊk sʌmbədiz'gu:s/

verb - to ruin somebody's chance

 
wild goose chase - marná snaha, zbytečná práce, nikam nevedoucí práce, zbytečná námaha
BrE
/ˌwaɪld'gu:s tʃeɪs/
AmE
/ˌwaɪld'gu:s tʃeɪs/

noun - searching for something that cannot be found and therefore is a waste of time