engagement - závazek, povinnost
BrE
/ɪn'geɪdʒmənt/
AmE
/ɪn'geɪdʒmənt/

noun, formal - an arrangement that you have made to meet someone or do something, especially something official

exercise
exercise - cvičení (v učebnici)
BrE
/'eksəsaɪz/
AmE
/'eksərsaɪz/

noun - a piece of work done at school or at home that you do for practise

 
inspiration - inspirace
BrE
/ˌɪnspə'reɪʃən/
AmE
/ˌɪnspə'reɪʃən/

noun - something or somebody who gives you new ideas or makes you want to do something

stress
stress - stres, vypětí
BrE
/'stres/
AmE
/'stres/

noun - a kind of pressure that you feel when you have too much work to do

stake out
stake out - sledovat, provádět dozor
BrE
/ˌsteɪk'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌsteɪk'aʊt/

verb - to watch a place or a person, especially to see if they do anything illegal

be about to
be about to - chystat se (něco udělat)
BrE
/bi: ə'baʊt tʊ/
AmE
/bi: ə'baʊt tʊ/

verb - to be going to do something very soon, to be going to happen very soon

 
right wing - pravice (politická)
BrE
/ˌraɪt'wɪŋ/
AmE
/ˌraɪt'wɪŋ/

noun - the group of politicians who do not want social change and emphasize business and market

 
lure - lákadlo
BrE
/'lʊə/
AmE
/'lʊr/

noun - something that persuades somebody to go somewhere or do something, usually in a tricky way

 
license - oprávnit, udělit povolení, povolit, udělit oprávnění
BrE
/'laɪsəns/
AmE
/'laɪsəns/

verb - to give a written permission to do an activity (e.g. use a car or gun)

luxury
luxury - luxus, přepych
BrE
/'lʌkʃəri/
AmE
/'lʌkʃəri/

noun - very expensive and comfortable things that people do not really need but can enjoy them

promise
promise - slíbit
BrE
/'prɒmɪs/
AmE
/'prɑ:mɪs/

verb - to say that you will definitely do something so that people can rely on it

clumsy
clumsy - nešikovný, neohrabaný, nemotorný
BrE
/'klʌmzi/
AmE
/'klʌmzi/

adjective - awkward, not good at doing things, not able to use hands to do something well

robot
robot - robot
BrE
/'rəʊbɒt/
AmE
/'roʊbɑ:t/

noun - a machine that can do people's work, it sometimes looks a little like a person

 
evergreen - stálezelený, neopadavý
BrE
/'evəgri:n/
AmE
/'evərgri:n/

adjective - used in connection with trees or bushes that do not lose their leaves in winter

 
avenge - pomstít, pomstít se
BrE
/ə'vendʒ/
AmE
/ə'vendʒ/

verb - to do something in order to harm or hurt someone because they have hurt you