irregular verb - nepravidelné sloveso

noun - a verb that belongs to the group of verbs that do not form the past tense and past participle by using the ending -ED

bribery - úplatkářství, podplácení

noun - an illegal act that involves giving money to an official in order to persuade him to do something for you in a dishonest way

 

present simple - přítomný prostý čas

noun - a tense that is used for actions that happen regularly, are generally true etc. In questions and negatives we use DO / DOES / DON'T / DOESN'T

 

caution - udělit napomenutí, udělit výstrahu

verb, British English, formal - to give a formal warning to somebody (especially one that says that the next time they do something wrong or illegal, they will be punished)

 

loophole - skulina, mezera (v zákonu)

noun - a small mistake in the way a law or a contract has been written that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something

 

underemployment - nízká zaměstnanost, nevyužitost

noun - a situation in which someone does not have enough work to do or when someone has a job that does not use all their skills

hostage - rukojmí

noun - a civillian who is taken prisoner by a criminal who threatens to kill him/her if the government etc. does not do what he wants

 

gap year - rok volna, roční pauza (ve studiu)

noun - a year when a student doesn't go to school but decides to travel or do something else instead, usually before starting at a new school

 

burden - zatížit (někoho), být přítěží, zatěžovat (někoho)

verb - to hold someone back, to prevent somebody from doing something or going somewhere, to make it difficult for someone to do something or go somewhere

 

encumber - zatížit (někoho), být přítěží, zatěžovat (někoho)

verb, formal - to hold someone back, to prevent somebody from doing something or going somewhere, to make it difficult for someone to do something or go somewhere

 

detention - po škole (trest)

noun - a kind of school punishment which means you have to stay at school or go to school when there are no lessons and do some work etc.

burpee - angličák (cvik)

noun - a type of exercise in which you do a squat, kick your feet back into a plank position and then back and then you stand up straight again

 

Spin the bottle - flaška (hra)

noun - a party game in which people sit in a circle and one of them spins a bottle that is in the middle. The person the neck of the bottle points at then has to do something.

 

low tide - odliv, vrchol odlivu, nejnižší hladina odlivu

noun - the time when the sea is at its lowest level and the water has moved far back from the shore

 

high tide - příliv, vrchol přílivu, nejvyšší hladina přílivu

noun - the time when the sea reaches its highest level and comes furthest up the shore