literacy - gramotnost

noun - the ability to write and read

 

subject - vystavit, podrobit (něčemu nepřijemnému)

verb - to make someone experience something unpleasant

 

keep up with - držet krok s něčím, být informován

verb - to be aware of current events

heat up - rozehřát, zahřát

verb - to make something warm or hot

 

tight-fisted - lakomý, skoupý

adjective, informal - unwilling to spend or give money

 

foregone conclusion - předem rozhodnutá věc, hotová věc, jasná věc

noun - something that is certain to happen

 

rack your brains - lámat si hlavu, namáhat si hlavu

verb - to think very hard about something

 

on the basis of - na základě

adverb - according to something, based on something

batter - mlátit, tlouct, bičovat, bít

verb - to hit something or someone repeatedly

 

soak up - nasáknout

verb - to absorb liquid through its surface

 

dust off - oprášit, oklepat prach

verb - to remove the dust from something

 

grab - chňapnutí, uchopení

noun - a sudden attempt to take something

 

cut up - rozřezat, rozkouskovat

verb - to divide something into several pieces

 

go wild - bláznit, šílet

verb, informal - to become very excited about something

 

inflexible - neohebný (materiál)

adjective - hard, not able to be bent