DWI - řízení pod vlivem (zkr.)
BrE
/ˌdi: dʌblju: 'aɪ/
AmE
/ˌdi: dʌblju: 'aɪ/

noun, formal - short for 'driving while intoxicated', driving when drunk or drugged

 
intoxicated - opilý, pod vlivem alkoholu (drog)
BrE
/ɪn'tɒksɪkeɪtɪd/
AmE
/ɪn'tɑ:ksɪkeɪt̬ɪd/

adjective, formal - under the influence of alcohol or drugs

 
acknowledge - uznávat, uznat (např. autoritu)
BrE
/ək'nɒlɪdʒ/
AmE
/ək'nɑ:lɪdʒ/

verb - to accept someone's authority or status

 
haughtiness - povýšenost, namyšlenost, arogance
BrE
/'hɔ:tinəs/
AmE
/'hɑ:t̬inəs/

noun - the feeling of pride and being smarter and more important than other people

 
arrogantly - arogantně
BrE
/'ærəgəntli/
AmE
/'ærəgəntli/

adverb - in a proud way that shows that you think you are better than others

 
haughtily - namyšleně, nafoukaně, nadutě, arogantně
BrE
/'hɔ:təli/
AmE
/'hɑ:t̬i/

adverb - in a proud way that shows that you think you are better than others

 
echo - rozléhat se, ozývat se
BrE
/'ekəʊ/
AmE
/'ekoʊ/

verb - reflect off walls, sides of mountains etc.

 
self-raising flour - mouka s kypřidlem
BrE
/ˌselfreɪzɪŋ'flaʊə/
AmE
/ˌselfreɪzɪŋ'flaʊər/

noun, British English - flour that contains baking powder

 
make excuses - vymlouvat se, hledat výmluvy
BrE
/ˌmeɪk ɪk'skju:sɪz/
AmE
/ˌmeɪk ɪk'skju:sɪz/

verb - to come up with reasons to justify something

 
excuse - záminka
BrE
/ɪks'kju:s/
AmE
/ɪks'kju:s/

noun - a reason for doing something you want to do anyway

 
underrate - nedocenit, podcenit
BrE
/ˌʌndə'reɪt/
AmE
/ˌʌndə'reɪt/

verb - not to pay something as much attention as it deserves, not to value something highly enough

 
overrate - přeceňovat
BrE
/ˌəʊvə'reɪt/
AmE
/'oʊvəˌreɪt/

verb - to pay more attention to something than it deserves, to value something too highly

 
duplicate - duplikát, kopie
BrE
/'dju:plɪkət/
AmE
/'du:plɪkət/

noun - an exact copy of something

 
duplicate - kopírovat, duplikovat
BrE
/'dju:plɪkeɪt/
AmE
/'du:plɪkeɪt/

verb - to make an exact copy of something

 
numerate - matematicky gramotný, umějící počítat
BrE
/'njʊ:mərət/
AmE
/'nʊ:mərət/

adjective - able to work with numbers