be up to - vyrovnat se (čemu), dosahovat (čeho)

verb, informal - to be as good as something, to reach a level or quality

 

surrogate - náhradní (např. matka)

adjective, formal - replacing someone else or something else

 

in unison - najednou, současně, jednohlasně

adverb - simultaneously, at the same time, at the same pitch, in perfect agreement

 

unison - shoda, souhra

noun - perfect agreement, concord, the same pitch, the same moment

 

spider mite - sviluška (zahradní škůdce)

noun, technical - a very small red spider which attacks harms plants

infestation - zamoření, napadení (škůdci apod.)

noun - (especially of pests) the act of appearing in a place in large numbers, often causing damage

infest - zamořit, napadnout (škůdci apod.)

verb - (especially of insects or pests) to come to a place in large numbers, often causing damage

in this day and age - v dnešní době, v současnosti

adverb - nowadays, at the present time, in the modern world

 

the wilds - divočina, divoká příroda

noun - land that has not been civilized

sentence element - větný člen

noun - a part of the sentence, such as subject, verb, object, complement or adverbial

modal verb - modální sloveso, způsobové sloveso

noun - a verb like 'can', 'must' etc.

modal - modální sloveso, způsobové sloveso

noun - a verb like 'can', 'must' etc.

telling-off - vynadání, vyhubování, kartáč

noun, British English, informal - the act of speaking angrily to somebody who has done something bad or wrong

 

cushion - tlumit, ztlumit, zmírnit, chránit vycpávkou

verb - to make the effect of a fall or hit softer or less painful

 

cushion - zmírňující opatření, ochrana (hlavně finanční)

noun - something that protects someone from being affected by something bad or unpleasant