cornflower
cornflower - chrpa
BrE
/'kɔ:nflaʊə/
AmE
/'kɔ:rnflaʊər/

noun - a popular wild plant with blue flowers

forsythia
forsythia - zlatice, zlatý déšť, forzýtie (keř)
BrE
/fɔ:'saɪθiə/
AmE
/fər'sɪθiə/

noun - a large bush that has hundreds of small yellow flowers in the early spring

 
eat humble pie - sypat si popel na hlavu, přiznat chybu
BrE
/ˌi:tˌhʌmbl'paɪ/
AmE
/ˌi:tˌhʌmbl'paɪ/

verb - to admit that you have been wrong, to admit that you have made a mistake

 
humble - prostý, skromný
BrE
/'hʌmbl/
AmE
/'hʌmbl/

adjective - not special, not of a high rank

godsend
godsend - dar z nebe, dar shůry, dar od boha
BrE
/'gɒdsend/
AmE
/'gɑ:dsend/

noun - something good that happens unexpectedly

 
inefficiency - neefektivnost, neefektivita
BrE
/ɪnə'fɪʃənsi/
AmE
/ɪnə'fɪʃənsi/

noun - the inability to work without wasting time, money, effort etc.

 
outnumbered - čelící přesile, v menšině
BrE
/ˌaʊt'nʌmbəd/
AmE
/ˌaʊt'nʌmbərd/

adjective - to be smaller in number than someone/something else

 
clutter - zaneřádit, zaplnit
BrE
/'klʌtə/
AmE
/'klʌt̬ər/

verb - to fill a place with too many things, creating a mess

clutter
clutter - nepořádek, haraburdí, změť
BrE
/'klʌtə/
AmE
/'klʌt̬ər/

noun - a lot of things in one place that create a mess

bale
bale - balík (např. slámy)
BrE
/'beɪl/
AmE
/'beɪl/

noun - a bundle of light material tightly pressed and bound together (such as hay, cotton etc.)

 
snigger - chichotat se
BrE
/'snɪgə/
AmE
/'snɪgər/

verb, British English - laugh quietly at something rude or unkind

 
scrawny - vychrtlý
BrE
/'skrɔ:ni/
AmE
/'skrɔ:ni/

adjective - very thin, in an unattractive way

 
knobbly - hrbolatý, samá boule
BrE
/'nɒbli/
AmE
/'nɑ:bli/

adjective, British English - having raised areas on the surface

 
fateful - osudový
BrE
/'feɪtfl/
AmE
/'feɪtfl/

adjective - having an important, usually bad, effect on the future

 
deem - považovat
BrE
/'di:m/
AmE
/'di:m/

verb, formal - to have a particular opinion about something