pay cut - snížení platu, krácení platu

noun - a reduction in the money you earn for your work (especially done if a company wants to reduce lay-offs)

pay rise - zvýšení platu

noun, British English - an increase in the money you get for your work

 

die-hard - skalní (věrný), věrný

adjective - loyal, not likely to abandon something

 

mindless of - nedbaje, nedbající

adjective, formal - not paying attention to, not minding something

 

mindlessly - bezduše, bezmyšlenkovitě

adverb - without thinking

 

mindless - zbytečný, nesmyslný

adjective - having no purpose, making no sense

 

in droves - masově, davově, houfně, ve velkých počtech

adverb - in large numbers

 

drove - dav, houf, stádo

noun - a large number of people or animals

wallpaper - tapetovat, vytapetovat

verb - to put wallpaper onto the walls of a room

sever - utnout, přetnout, uříznout, useknout, přeříznout, přeseknout

verb, formal - to cut something off, to cut something into two pieces

 

inversion - inverze, obrácený slovosled

noun, technical - the opposite order some words in a sentence (especially the subject and the verb)

have a sweet tooth - být na sladké, mít rád sladkosti

verb - to like eating sweet things

 

appal - děsit, šokovat, znechutit

verb - to make someone feel shocked or disgusted

 

compound - uzavřený areál, ohraničený pozemek

noun - a group of buildings surrounded by a wall or fence

 

payslip - výplatní páska

noun, British English - a piece of paper that an employee always gets with the money they are paid for work