read - říkat (o nápisu apod.), stát (být napsáno na ceduli apod.)

verb - (of texts, signs etc.) to be saying something

 

take pride in - být hrdý, pyšný na (co)

verb - to be very pleased about something or someone

 

applicable - příslušný, aplikovatelný, platný (pro daný případ)

adjective - possible to be used in a particular situation

 

no dice - ani omylem, ani náhodou, bez šance

phrase, American English, informal - used to show that something cannot be done

aloud - nahlas (slyšitelně)

adverb - in a way that it can be heard

 

appear - objevit se

verb - to come into sight, to be seen suddenly

lock - zdymadlo, plavební komora

noun - a section of a river or canal with a set of gates where the water level can be changed

 

escort - doprovázet, doprovodit, eskortovat

verb - to go with someone to a place to be sure that the person really left, or to protect them

 

first come, first served - kdo dřív přijde, ten dřív mele

phrase - used to mean that a group of people will be dealt with in the order in which they arrive

smartphone - chytrý telefon

noun - a device that can be used to make phone calls, send text messages, browse the internet, take photographs etc.

 

switchboard - telefonní ústředna

noun - a telephone central in a company etc. where callers can be put through to different parts of the company

 

rat race - honba za (penězi či kariérou apod.)

noun - the kind of way of life in which people always compete with each other to be rich, powerful etc.

hang - pověsit, viset, zavěsit

verb - to put something up in a way that the upper part is fixed and the lower part is loose, to be in such a position

 

gerund - gerundium

noun - the form of a verb that can be used instead of a noun, in English it has the ending -ING (swimming, being, knowing, having etc.)

 

get off - opustit, odejít, dostat se z

verb - to leave a place because you do not want to be there or you have no right to be there