egotist - egoista
BrE
/'i:gətɪst/
AmE
/'i:gətɪst/

noun - a person who thinks they are better, smarter, more important etc. than others

egoist
egoist - egoista
BrE
/'i:gəʊɪst/
AmE
/'i:gəʊɪst/

noun - a person who thinks they are better, smarter, more important etc. than others

 
egotism - egoismus
BrE
/'i:gətɪzm/
AmE
/'i:gətɪzm/

noun - the belief that you are better, smarter, more important etc. than other people

 
egoism - egoismus
BrE
/'i:gəʊɪzm/
AmE
/'i:goʊɪzm/

noun - the belief that you are better, smarter, more important etc. than other people

egotistic
egotistic - egoistický
BrE
/ˌi:gə'tɪstɪk/
AmE
/ˌi:gə'tɪstɪk/

adjective - thinking and talking about oneself too much, only interested in oneself

 
force majeure - vyšší moc
BrE
/ˌfɔ:s mə'ɜ:/
AmE
/ˌfɔ:rs mə'ɜ:r/

noun, formal - (law) circumstances that someone cannot affect (natural disasters, wars etc.) that prevent them from keeping a contract etc.

 
tide over - pomoci překonat, pomoci překlenout období
BrE
/ˌtaɪd'əʊvə/
AmE
/ˌtaɪd'oʊvər/

verb - to help someone get through a difficult period of time by providing them with what they need

 
press on - nepřestávat, vytrvale pokračovat, nevzdávat to
BrE
/ˌpres'ɒn/
AmE
/ˌpres'ɑ:n/

verb - to continue doing something in spite of difficulties etc.

 
factual - faktický
BrE
/'fæktʃuəl/
AmE
/'fæktʃuəl/

adjective - connected with facts, containing facts

 
make a wish - přát si něco, mít přání, něco si přát
BrE
/ˌmeɪkə'wɪʃ/
AmE
/ˌmeɪkə'wɪʃ/

verb - to think of what you wish for, hoping that it will happen as if by magic

 
clean as a whistle - čistý jako ze škatulky
BrE
/ˌkli:n əz ə 'wɪsl/
AmE
/ˌkli:n əz ə 'wɪsl/

adjective, informal - remarkably clean

 
as old as the hills - starý jako Metuzalém, starý jako lidstvo samo
BrE
/æz ˌəʊld æz ðə 'hɪlz/
AmE
/æz ˌoʊld æz ðə 'hɪlz/

phrase - extremely old

 
plain as day - jasný, zřetelný, jasný jak facka
BrE
/pleɪn æz 'deɪ/
AmE
/pleɪn æz 'deɪ/

adjective, informal - apparent and easily understandable from the clues given

 
happy as a clam - šťastný jako blecha
BrE
/ˌhæpi æz ə 'klæm/
AmE
/ˌhæpi æz ə 'klæm/

adjective, American English - very happy, thrilled

 
as common as dirt - jak much, jak vší
BrE
/æz ˌkɒmən æz 'dɜət/
AmE
/æz ˌkɑ:mən æz 'dɜ:rt/

phrase, informal - very common, very frequent