be on a diet - držet dietu

verb - to eat only certain kinds of food or stop eating very much in order to lose weight etc.

 

mortgagor - hypoteční dlůžník

noun - a person who borrows money from an organization, usually a bank, in order to buy their own property

appraisal - posouzení, zhodnocení, ohodnocení, ocenění

noun - the act of examining someone or something carefully in order to say how good or valuable they are

 

appraise - hodnotit, ohodnotit, zhodnotit

verb - to look at someone in order to say how good they are, how good their performance is etc.

shopping - nakupování, nákupy, nákup

noun - The activity of going into shops in order to buy food and other things you need or want

torture - mučit

verb - to cause someone great pain esp. in order to make them give you information or to punish them

 

process - zpracovat

verb - to work on a material in order to improve it, make it more suitable for further use etc.

 

coaster - podtácek, podložka (např. pod skleničku)

noun - a small mat that you put under a glass or a cup in order to protect the table

 

gag - roubík

noun - a piece of cloth etc. tied over someone's mouth in order to prevent them from speaking or screaming

 

counterbalance - vyrovnat, vyvážit

verb - to create a balance, to reduce or add something on one side in order to create a balance

stonewall - dělat obstrukce, zdržovat, blokovat

verb - to refuse to cooperate or answer questions, often in a deliberate or obstructive way, in order to delay or block progress in a discussion, investigation, or process

bribery - úplatkářství, podplácení

noun - an illegal act that involves giving money to an official in order to persuade him to do something for you in a dishonest way

 

banish - vyhostit, vyhnat

verb - to order someone to leave, especially from their country

 

bass - okounek, mořčák

noun - one of many kinds of fish (the order perciformes)

 

comply with - dodržet (co), splnit (např. rozkaz)

verb - to obey an order, to keep the rules etc.