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

drip-feed
drip-feed - vyživovat infuzí, vyživovat nitrožilně
BrE
/'drɪpˌfi:d/
AmE
/'drɪpˌfi:d/

verb - to pass liquid slowly into a patient's vein

drip-feed
drip-feed - infúze, kapačka
BrE
/'drɪpˌfi:d/
AmE
/'drɪpˌfi:d/

noun - a piece of equipment that is used in hospitals to pass liquid slowly into a patient's vein

IV
IV - infúze, kapačka
BrE
/ˌaɪ'vi:/
AmE
/ˌaɪ'vi:/

noun, American English - a piece of equipment that is used in hospitals to pass liquid slowly into a patient's vein

 
intravenous - nitrožilní, intravenózní
BrE
/ˌɪntrə'vi:nəs/
AmE
/ˌɪntrə'vi:nəs/

adjective - going through or into a vein

 
IV - nitrožilní, intravenózní
BrE
/ˌaɪ'vi:/
AmE
/ˌaɪ'vi:/

adjective - an abbreviation for 'intravenous'

drip
drip - infúze, kapačka
BrE
/'drɪp/
AmE
/'drɪp/

noun - a piece of equipment that is used in hospitals to pass liquid slowly into a patient's vein

drip
drip - kapka, kapání
BrE
/'drɪp/
AmE
/'drɪp/

noun - a small drop of liquid that falls down

 
narrative - výpravný
BrE
/'nærətɪv/
AmE
/'nærətɪv/

adjective, formal - telling a story

 
Crimea - Krym
BrE
/kraɪ'mi:ə/
AmE
/kraɪ'mi:ə/

noun - a peninsula in Eastern Europe on the northern coast of the Black Sea

 
armistice - příměří (vojenské)
BrE
/'a:mɪstɪs/
AmE
/'a:rmɪstɪs/

noun - a formal agreement to stop fighting

 
cement - stmelit, upevnit (přátelství, vztahy apod.)
BrE
/sɪ'ment/
AmE
/sə'ment/

verb - to make something such as a relationship or friendship stronger

 
cement - zacementovat, stmelit, zpevnit
BrE
/sɪ'ment/
AmE
/sə'ment/

verb - to use cement or a similar substance to join things together or cover things