noun
-
a feeling you have when you are in a dangerous situation or scary situation
officialdom
- byrokracie
BrE
/ə'fɪʃldəm/
AmE
/ə'fɪʃldəm/
noun
-
used to refer to people who have a position of authority, especially in the government or in on other organizations, usually when you think that their rules are not effective
underemployment
- nízká zaměstnanost, nevyužitost
BrE
/ˌʌndərɪm'plɔɪmənt/
AmE
/ˌʌndərɪm'plɔɪmənt/
noun
-
a situation in which someone does not have enough work to do or when someone has a job that does not use all their skills
commission
- komise, rada (komise), výbor
BrE
/kə'mɪʃn/
AmE
/kə'mɪʃn/
noun
-
an official group of people who have been given the task to gather information about something, investigate something or control something, especially for the government
uneducated
- nevzdělaný
BrE
/ʌn'edʒukeɪtɪd/
AmE
/ʌn'edʒukeɪt̬ɪd/
adjective
-
not having studied, not knowing a lot of things because you have not studied enough
last resort
- krajní případ, poslední možnost, východisko z nouze
BrE
/ˌlɑ:st rɪ'zɔ:t/
AmE
/ˌlæst rɪ'zɔ:rt/
noun
-
situation in which everything else fails and you have only one course of action left
conception
- pojetí, představa
BrE
/kən'sepʃn/
AmE
/kən'sepʃn/
noun
-
an idea that you have of what something or someone is like in your mind
fifth wheel
- páté kolo u vozu (o člověku)
BrE
/ˌfɪfθ 'wi:l/
AmE
/ˌfɪfθ 'wi:l/
noun, American English, informal
-
a person who accompanies couples in a social event and does not have a partner
dishtowel
- utěrka
BrE
/'dɪʃˌtaʊəl/
AmE
/'dɪʃˌtaʊəl/
noun, American English
-
a piece of cloth that you use for drying dishes after you have washed them
backstage
- v zákulisí, za jevištěm, za pódiem
BrE
/ˌbæk'steɪdʒ/
AmE
/ˌbæk'steɪdʒ/
adverb
-
(at a concert) at the back of a stage where only certain people have access
experience
- zkušenosti, praxe
BrE
/ɪks'pɪəriəns/
AmE
/ɪks'pɪriəns/
noun
-
knowledge or skill that you get from what you have gone through and from practice
triumphantly
- triumfálně
BrE
/traɪ'ʌmfəntli/
AmE
/traɪ'ʌmfəntli/
adverb
-
in a very happy and proud way which shows that you have achieved victory etc.
feminism
- feminismus
BrE
/'femɪnɪzəm/
AmE
/'femɪnɪzəm/
noun
-
a movement that believes that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men
flares
- kalhoty do zvonu
BrE
/'fleəz/
AmE
/'flerz/
noun
-
a kind of trousers which have the ends of the legs wider than the rest
surname
- příjmení
BrE
/'sɜ:neɪm/
AmE
/'sɜ:rneɪm/
noun
-
the name you have in common with other members of the family, a family name