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

 
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

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

 
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

 
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

resent
resent - cítit se ukřivděně (čím), mít za zlé, nést nelibě
BrE
/rɪ'zent/
AmE
/rɪ'zent/

verb - to be angry because you feel that someone or something has been unfair to you

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

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

 
leftover - zbytek, pozůstatek
BrE
/'leftəʊvə/
AmE
/'leftoʊvər/

noun - the thing or things that are left when the rest has been used, eaten etc.

 
remnant - ostatek, zbytek, pozůstatek
BrE
/'remnənt/
AmE
/'remnənt/

noun - the thing or things that are left when the rest has been used, eaten etc.

 
conversely - naopak, oproti tomu, obráceně, na druhou stranu
BrE
/kən'vɜ:sli/
AmE
/kən'vɜ:rsli/

adverb, formal - used to introduce a statement that contrasts with or reverses one that has just been made

 
enrolment - počet zapsaných, počet přihlášených, počet účastníků
BrE
/ɪn'rəʊlmənt/
AmE
/ɪn'roʊlmənt/

noun - the number of people who have registered or been accepted in an organization, institution, or course

golden retriever
golden retriever - zlatý retrívr
BrE
/ˌgəʊldən rɪ'tri:və/
AmE
/ˌgoʊldən rɪ'tri:vər/

noun - a type of large hunting dog with yellow hair that brings birds that have been shot

resentment
resentment - rozhořčení, pocit křivdy, pocit nespravedlnosti
BrE
/rɪ'zentmənt/
AmE
/rɪ'zentmənt/

noun - a feeling of anger because you feel that someone or something has been unfair to you