swathe - pruh země, posekaný pruh, prosekaný pruh
BrE
/'sweɪð/
AmE
/'sweɪð/

noun - a strip of land, especially a strip where plants or trees have been cut

 
build-up - napětí (napjaté očekávání), napjaté očekávání
BrE
/'bɪldˌʌp/
AmE
/'bɪldˌʌp/

noun - a period of time before an important event that you have been waiting for

 
virgin forest - prales
BrE
/ˌvɜ:dʒɪn'fɒrɪst/
AmE
/ˌvɜ:rdʒɪn'fɔ:rɪst/

noun - an area of trees and plants that has never been changed or damaged by people

 
unroll - rozbalit, rozbalit se, rozvinout, rozvinout se
BrE
/ʌn'rəʊl/
AmE
/ʌn'roʊl/

verb - to open or unwind something that has been rolled up so that it becomes flat

swell up
swell up - opuchnout, napuchnout, naběhnout (opuchnout)
BrE
/swel'ʌp/
AmE
/swel'ʌp/

verb - to become larger, often about a part of the body that has been hurt etc.

 
long-life milk - mléko s prodlouženou trvanlivostí
BrE
/'lɒŋ ˌlaɪf mɪlk/
AmE
/'lɒŋ ˌlaɪf mɪlk/

noun - milk that has been heated to a very high temperature in order to last longer

 
recyclable - recyklovatelný
BrE
/rɪ'saɪkləbl/
AmE
/rɪ'saɪkləbl/

adjective - possible to use something again after it has been processed, esp. about paper, plastic etc.

 
eat humble pie - sypat si popel na hlavu, přiznat chybu
BrE
/ˌi:tˌhʌmbl'paɪ/
AmE
/ˌi:tˌhʌmbl'paɪ/

verb - to admit that you have been wrong, to admit that you have made a mistake

 
scavenge - hledat odpadky, vybírat odpadky
BrE
/'skævəndʒ/
AmE
/'skævəndʒ/

verb - to collect things you can use or eat, especially if they have been thrown away

 
speak of the devil - my o vlku
BrE
/spi:k əv ðə 'devl/
AmE
/spi:k əv ðə 'devəl/

phrase - the phrase we use when we've been talking about someone and the person suddenly appears

 
allegation - tvrzení před soudem, obvinění, výpověď
BrE
/ælə'geɪʃn/
AmE
/ælə'geɪʃn/

noun, formal - a statement that somebody has done something illegal, wrong etc, which has not been proved

lawyer
lawyer - právník, právnička
BrE
/'lɔ:ɪə/
AmE
/'lɔ:ɪər/

noun - a person who has been educated in law and whose job is connected with law

 
dispatch - expedovat, odeslat
BrE
/dɪs'pætʃ/
AmE
/dɪs'pætʃ/

verb - to send something to somebody or to a place (esp. something that has been ordered)

 
despatch - expedovat, odeslat
BrE
/dɪs'pætʃ/
AmE
/dɪs'pætʃ/

verb - to send something to somebody or to a place (esp. something that has been ordered)

delivery
delivery - doručení, donáška, dodávka
BrE
/dɪ'lɪvəri/
AmE
/dɪ'lɪvəri/

noun - the act of taking something to somebody, usually something that has been ordered or sent