mnemonic - mnemotechnický
BrE
/nɪ'mɒnɪk/
AmE
/nɪ'mɑ:nɪk/

adjective - helping to memorize something

 
fatigue - unavit, vyčerpat, vysílit
BrE
/fə'ti:g/
AmE
/fə'ti:g/

verb - to make someone exhausted

 
conflict - být v rozporu
BrE
/kən'flɪkt/
AmE
/kən'flɪkt/

verb - to be in conflict

 
brew - chystat se, schylovat se, hrozit
BrE
/'bru:/
AmE
/'bru:/

verb - likely to happen soon

cross one's fingers
cross one's fingers - držet (někomu) palce
BrE
/'krɒs wʌns 'fɪŋgəz/
AmE
/'krɑ:s wʌns 'fɪŋgəz/

verb - to wish someone luck

 
offend - provinit se, spáchat delikt
BrE
/ə'fend/
AmE
/ə'fend/

verb, formal - to commit a crime

 
hurl - vrhnout, mrknout, mrštit
BrE
/'hɜ:l/
AmE
/'hɜ:rl/

verb - to throw something violently

 
shadow - sledovat (někoho tajně)
BrE
/'ʃædəʊ/
AmE
/'ʃædoʊ/

verb - to follow somebody secretly

skim
skim - proletět očima (text)
BrE
/'skɪm/
AmE
/'skɪm/

verb - to read something quickly

 
exacerbate - zhoršit, ztížit
BrE
/ɪg'zæsəbeɪt/
AmE
/ɪg'zæsərbeɪt/

verb, formal - to make something worse

 
strike a balance - najít kompromis, najít střední cestu
BrE
/ˌstraɪk ə'bæləns/
AmE
/ˌstraɪk ə'bæləns/

verb - to make a compromise

 
puzzle - zmást, poplést
BrE
/'pʌzl/
AmE
/'pʌzl/

verb - to make somebody confused

 
quick on the uptake - bystrý, chápavý
BrE
/ˌkwɪk ɒn ði: 'ʌpteɪk/
AmE
/ˌkwɪk ɑ:n ði: 'ʌpteɪk/

adjective, informal - quick to understand something

 
inclined - mít sklony, náchylný
BrE
/ɪn'klaɪnd/
AmE
/ɪn'klaɪnd/

adjective - likely to do something

 
stagnate - stagnovat, váznout
BrE
/stæg'neɪt/
AmE
/'stægneɪt/

verb - to stop making progress