managing director - generální ředitel

noun - someone who is in charge of a company or organization

 

discipline - ukáznit, cepovat, trestat

verb - to punish someone who doesn't behave properly

 

thresh - mlátit obilí

verb - to separate grains from their husks using a special tool or a machine

 

flail - cep

noun - a tool that people used in the past to separate the grains from their husks, it consisted of a long handle and a shorter stick hanging from it, it was also used as a primitive weapon

 

shy from - vyhnout se (čemu)

verb, American English - to avoid doing something, especially because of being afraid, nervous etc.

shy away - vyhnout se, cuknout (před něčím)

verb, American English - to avoid doing something, especially because of being afraid, nervous etc.

 

shy - splašit se (o koni), ucuknout, leknout se

verb - (esp. of horses) to move away from something because of fear

foul play - vražda, úmyslný násilný trestný čin, násilný čin

noun - a murder, a deliberate killing

foul play - nečistá hra, faulování, hra proti pravidlům

noun, British English - actions that are against the rules (especially in sports)

foul - faulovat

verb - (in sports) to do something to another player that is against the rules

foul - faul (ve sportu)

noun - an action that is against the rules (especially in sports)

 

declutter - uklidit, protřídit, uspořádat

verb - to tidy a place by removing things you do not want or need, or by putting thing where they belong

cornflower - chrpa

noun - a popular wild plant with blue flowers

forsythia - zlatice, zlatý déšť, forzýtie (keř)

noun - a large bush that has hundreds of small yellow flowers in the early spring

 

eat humble pie - sypat si popel na hlavu, přiznat chybu

verb - to admit that you have been wrong, to admit that you have made a mistake