spruce up - dát (se) do pucu, hodit (se) do gala, poladit, porovnat
BrE
/ˌspru:s'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌspru:s'ʌp/

verb, informal - to make someone or something cleaner; to improve the appearance generally

 
in favour of - pro (co), ve prospěch (čeho)
BrE
/ɪn 'feɪvə ɒv/
AmE
/ɪn 'feɪvər ɑ:v/

preposition - in support of someone or something, for the reason of something

 
sensitivity - citlivost
BrE
/ˌsensə'tɪvəti/
AmE
/ˌsensə'tɪvət̬i/

noun - the ability to understand and respond to people's feelings, needs, emotions

 
clotted cream - hustá smetana
BrE
/ˌklɒtɪd 'kri:m/
AmE
/ˌklɑ:t̬ɪd 'kri:m/

noun - a very thick cream, made mainly in the southwest of England

 
late - pozdní, pokročilý
BrE
/'leɪt/
AmE
/'leɪt/

adjective - not early, happening toward the end of a period of time

 
break up - vypadávat (v tel. hovoru), ztrácet spojení (tel.), ztrácet se (při tel. hovoru)
BrE
/ˌbreɪk'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌbreɪk'ʌp/

verb - to become difficult to understand because the telephone connection is bad

 
assertiveness - asertivita
BrE
/ə'sɜ:tɪvnəs/
AmE
/ə'sɜ:rt̬ɪvnəs/

noun - the quality of not being frightened to say what you want

 
soviet - sovět
BrE
/'səʊvɪət/
AmE
/'soʊvɪət/

noun - an elected council in Communist countries, especially in the former USSR

 
witchcraft - čarodějnictví
BrE
/'wɪtʃkrɑ:ft/
AmE
/'wɪtʃkræft/

noun - the use of magic powers to help or harm other people

 
downsize - zredukovat, snížit (stavy ve společnosti)
BrE
/'daʊnsaɪz/
AmE
/'daʊnsaɪz/

verb - to reduce the number of employees in order to reduce costs

 
rent-free - bez placení nájemného
BrE
/ˌrent'fri:/
AmE
/ˌrent'fri:/

adverb - without rent, not requiring that people pay the rent for it

 
Cambridge - Cambridge
BrE
/'keɪmbrɪdʒ/
AmE
/'keɪmbrɪdʒ/

noun - a famous university town with the second oldest university in England

 
storage - úložiště (v počítači), paměť (počítače)
BrE
/'stɔ:rɪdʒ/
AmE
/'stɔ:rɪdʒ/

noun - the space where information, data etc. is kept in a computer

 
recurrence - opakovaný výskyt, opakování
BrE
/rɪ'kʌrəns/
AmE
/rɪ'kɜ:rəns/

noun - the act of something happening again or something that happens repeatedly

 
get - dostat se, dosáhnout (nějakého stavu)
BrE
/'get/
AmE
/'get/

verb - to reach the point in which you feel or know something