courgette - cuketa, cukina

noun, British English - a long green vegetable, similar to a cucumber

 

powwow - schůzka, debatní schůzka, jednání, schůze, rada starších (humorně)

noun, informal - a gathering to discuss something and make decisions

 

overdraw - přečerpat (účet), překročit (limit účtu)

verb - to take out more money than is available

 

in - uvnitř, dovnitř

adverb - towards the inside, to the inside of something

 

at short notice - na požádání, kdykoliv, rychle, narychlo, v krátkém čase

adverb - immediately (after you've been told to do something)

 

take pride in - být hrdý, pyšný na (co)

verb - to be very pleased about something or someone

break - zlomit, prasknout, zlomit se, přelomit, ulomit

verb - to make something into two or more pieces

browse - listovat, prolistovat, letmo prolistovat

verb - to go through a book or magazine quickly

 

accumulate - akumulovat, nashromáždit

verb - to collect over a long period of time

adopt - adoptovat

verb - to take (esp. a child) as your own

adventurous - dobrodružný (člověk), odvážný

adjective - willing to do unusual, dangerous and exciting things

 

assess - zhodnotit, vyhodnotit, odhadnout, posoudit

verb - to determine or calculate the value of something

 

assume - předpokládat, domnívat se

verb - to believe that something is true without proof

 

AD - našeho letopočtu

phrase - anno Domini (as opposed to BC - before Christ)

attraction - přitažlivost, lákavost

noun - something that attracts you or appeals to you