conservatism - konzervatismus
BrE
/kən'sɜ:vətɪzəm/
AmE
/kən'sɜ:rvətɪzəm/

noun - the unwillingness to accept changes, especially in politics

 
causative - příčinný
BrE
/'kɔ:zətɪv/
AmE
/'kɔ:zətɪv/

adjective, formal - responsible for causing something

 
causal - příčinný
BrE
/'kɔ:zl/
AmE
/'kɔ:zl/

adjective, formal - relating to a link between two things in which one causes the other

 
causation - zapříčinění, způsobení
BrE
/kɔ:'zeɪʃn/
AmE
/kɔ:'zeɪʃn/

noun, formal - the process of causing something to happen, usually something bad

 
engaging - poutavý
BrE
/ɪn'geɪdʒɪŋ/
AmE
/ɪn'geɪdʒɪŋ/

adjective - making you pay attention, making you interested

 
uncertainty - nejistota
BrE
/ʌn'sɜ:tnti/
AmE
/ʌn'sɜ:rtnti/

noun - a situation in which something is not known or certain

 
transpire - vyjít najevo
BrE
/træn'spaɪə/
AmE
/træn'spaɪər/

verb, formal - to discover that something that has not been known happened

 
transpire - stát se, přihodit se
BrE
/træn'spaɪə/
AmE
/træn'spaɪər/

verb, formal - to happen

 
pot luck - stěstí, štěstěna
BrE
/pɒt'lʌk/
AmE
/pɒ:t'lʌk/

noun - something that happened or is found by chance, rather than being planned or chosen

 
ascribe - připisovat, přičítat
BrE
/ə'skraɪb/
AmE
/ə'skraɪb/

verb - to consider that something is caused, owned, or created by something or someone

larva
larva - larva
BrE
/'lɑ:və/
AmE
/'lɑ:rvə/

noun - a young insect that has just come out of an egg and looks like a worm

 
private detective - soukromý detektiv
BrE
/ˌpraɪvət dɪ'tektɪv/
AmE
/ˌpraɪvət dɪ'tektɪv/

noun - a detective that you can pay to find out information

 
torque - točivý moment
BrE
/'tɔ:k/
AmE
/'tɔ:rk/

noun, technical - a twisting force that causes something to rotate

 
apprehend - zatknout, zadržet
BrE
/ˌæprɪ'hend/
AmE
/ˌæprɪ'hend/

verb, formal - (of the police) to catch and arrest someone

 
bearing - ložisko
BrE
/'beərɪŋ/
AmE
/'berɪŋ/

noun, technical - a part of a machine that makes other parts move smoothly and easily over each other