vicious spiral - začarovaná spirála

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem makes the first one even worse

 

vicious circle - začarovaný kruh

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

referee - rozhodčí

noun - a person in a game or sport who prevents the players from breaking the rules, punishes players who break them etc.

surface - povrch, plocha, hladina

noun - the flat top or outside part of something, e.g. of a table etc; the flat top of a body of water

 

sum - shrnout, sečíst dohromady, sečíst

verb - to put everything together; to add all the numbers together; to come to a conclusion by putting all the things together

gargle - kloktadlo

noun - a liquid medicine that you use to rinse the back of the mouth and throat and then you spit it out

encore - přídavek (na koncertě)

noun - an extra part of a performance (e.g. a few extra songs at the end of a concert) requested by the audience

gargle - kloktat, vykloktat

verb - to rinse the back of the mouth and throat with a liquid (mouthwash or some medicine) and then spit it out

cloak - plášť

noun - a loose piece of clothing that has no sleeves, you fasten it around the neck (it was used in the past)

vane - korouhev

noun - a kind of device consisting of a thin flat piece of metal etc. that turns in the direction of the wind

shears - velké nůžky (např. zahradnické nebo na drůbež)

noun - a kind of large scissors used e.g. in the garden to trim bushes or in the kitchen to cut poultry etc.

verge - krajnice (travnatá nebo nezpevněná)

noun, British English - the strip of grass or land beside a road

 

turnout - návštevnost, účast

noun - the number of people pro attend a particular event

tardiness - nedochvilnost, opožděnost, pomalost, chození pozdě

noun, formal - the quality or fact of being late or slow

 

dunning - upomínání dluhu, vymáhání pohledávky, urgování platby

noun, formal - the act of repeatedly demanding payment of a debt