touch wood
touch wood - abych to nezakřikl, musím to zaklepat
BrE
/ˌtʌtʃ 'wʊd/
AmE
/ˌtʌtʃ 'wʊd/

phrase, British English - said to avoid bad luck in the future

 
sous chef - zástupce šéfkuchaře
BrE
/'su: ʃef/
AmE
/'su: ʃef/

noun - the second most senior cook in a restaurant

 
Fury - Fúrie (římská bohyně pomsty)
BrE
/'fjʊəri/
AmE
/'fjʊri/

noun - one of the three Roman goddesses of vengeance

 
decision - rozhodnost, ráznost
BrE
/dɪ'sɪʒən/
AmE
/dɪ'sɪʒən/

noun - the ability to decide quickly and with certainty

congestion
congestion - zácpy (na silnici), hustý provoz, ucpané silnice, zácpa
BrE
/kən'dʒestʃən/
AmE
/kən'dʒestʃən/

noun - heavy traffic, the state of being very crowded

 
underway - probíhající, v procesu, v plném proudu
BrE
/ˌʌndə'weɪ/
AmE
/ˌʌndər'weɪ/

adjective - in progress, happening at the moment, having started

 
green light - zelená (na semaforu)
BrE
/ˌgri:n'laɪt/
AmE
/ˌgri:n'laɪt/

noun - the traffic light that tells drivers to go

 
red light - červená (na semaforu)
BrE
/ˌred'laɪt/
AmE
/ˌred'laɪt/

noun - the traffic light that tells drivers to stop

 
inflexible - nepružný, neměnný (systém ap.)
BrE
/ɪn'fleksəbl/
AmE
/ɪn'fleksəbl/

adjective - unable to change, even if the situation changes

 
unemployment benefit - podpora v nezaměstanosti
BrE
/ˌʌnɪm'plɔɪmənt benɪfɪt/
AmE
/ˌʌnɪm'plɔɪmənt benɪfɪt/

noun, British English - money that unemployed people receive from the government

 
continuity - nepřetržitost
BrE
/ˌkɒntɪ'nju:əti/
AmE
/ˌkɑ:ntɪ'nu:əti/

noun - the fact that something continues without great interruptions

 
offline - nepřipojený, offline
BrE
/ˌɒf'laɪn/
AmE
/ˌɔ:f'laɪn/

adjective - not connected to the internet or a computer

back to back
back to back - těsně po sobě, hned za sebou, jeden za druhým
BrE
/ˌbæktə'bæk/
AmE
/ˌbæktə'bæk/

adverb - (happening) one after the other, without a break

 
longingly - toužebně
BrE
/'lɒŋɪŋli/
AmE
/'lɔ:ŋɪŋli/

adverb - with the feeling of wanting something very much

 
sirloin - nízký roštěnec
BrE
/'sɜ:lɔɪn/
AmE
/'sɜ:rlɔɪn/

noun - meat from the lower back of a cow