vice - svěrák

noun, British English - a tool used for holding an object tightly between two parts

 

alloy - slitina

noun - a metal that is a combination of more metals or metals and nonmetals

 

adjustment - úprava, přizpůsobení

noun - a small change made to improve something, a change in a person's behaviour

 

pike - štika

noun - a large freshwater fish, often olive green, mainly found in the Northern Hemisphere

brook - potok, říčka

noun - a small and shallow stream that you can cross easily

 

kindly - laskavý, vlídný

adjective - being helpful, caring and gracious

 

kindly - laskavě, vlídně

adverb - in a gracious and helpful manner

 

umpire - dělat rozhodčího

verb - to supervise a game and make sure that the players obey the rules (e.g. in tennis, baseball or cricket)

delicates - jemné prádlo

noun - clothes that should be washed carefully

out of this world - neskutečný, úchvatný

adjective, informal - extremely good or beautiful

 

make up - napracovat, nahradit si, dohnat

verb - to compensate for work you missed, for not working hard enough etc.

 

lie ahead - čekat (někoho v budoucnosti) , být před někým (čekat něhoho)

verb - to be going to happen in the future

 

knuckle down - máknout (na něčem), zabrat, pustit se do něčeho

verb, informal - to start working hard on something

 

knock off - zabalit (skončit), skončit v práci

verb - to stop working

 

recruit - rekrut

noun - a person who has just started working for the police or joined the armed forces