contract - stáhnout se, smrštit se, zmenšit se, zúžit se

verb - to become smaller, tighter, thinner, narrower etc.

contract - zadat na smlouvu, smluvně dohodnout, uzavřít smlouvu

verb - to make a written legal agreement with someone to do something for you

prickly pear - opuncie

noun - a kind of cactus with edible fruit

alligator pear - avokádo

noun - a tropical fruit shaped like a pear, with green skin, soft green flesh inside and a large seed in the centre

go south - pokazit se, jít do háje, jít do kopru

verb, informal - to go wrong

go pear-shaped - pokazit se, jít do háje, jít do kopru

verb - to go wrong

 

pear-shaped - ve tvaru hrušky

adjective - shaped like a pear

 

magenta - purpurová

adjective - reddish-purple

 

bill - účtovat, naúčtovat, fakturovat, vyfakturovat

verb - to send someone a bill to pay

emergency brake - ruční brzda

noun, American English - a brake operated by hand that prevents a vehicle from moving

 

savings account - spořící účet

noun - an account in a bank that pays interest on the money that you have left in it

 

countermeasure - protiopatření

noun - an action taken against a bad or dangerous situation

 

margin - kraj, okraj (stránky)

noun - the empty space at the side of a page

 

constituency - volební obvod

noun, British English - an area that elects its representative to parliament

 

clash - neshodnout se, střetnout se

verb - to disagree or argue seriously with somebody