threshold - práh, zápraží
BrE
/'θreʃhəʊld/
AmE
/'θreʃhəʊld/

noun - an entrance to a building or a room

 
undertaking - formální slib, závazek
BrE
/ˌʌndə'teɪkɪŋ/
AmE
/ˌʌndər'teɪkɪŋ/

noun, formal - a formal promise; an agreement to do something

 
glint - lesknout se, třpytit se
BrE
/'glɪnt/
AmE
/'glɪnt/

verb - to produce or reflect bright flashes of light

 
condense - kondenzovat
BrE
/kən'dens/
AmE
/kən'dens/

verb - to change from a gas into a liquid

 
interpret - tlumočit
BrE
/ɪn'tɜ:prət/
AmE
/ɪn'tɜ:rprət/

verb - to translate someone's spoken words into another language

 
emery - smirek
BrE
/'eməri/
AmE
/'eməri/

noun - rough powder used to polish wood, metal etc.

 
be in the closet - nepřiznat sexuální orientaci
BrE
/ˌbi ɪn ðə 'klɒzɪt/
AmE
/ˌbi ɪn ðə 'klɑ:zət/

verb - not to tell people that you are gay

 
disillusion - zbavit iluzí
BrE
/ˌdɪsɪ'lu:ʒn/
AmE
/ˌdɪsɪ'lu:ʒn/

verb - to destroy someone's belief in something or someone

 
prescribe - stanovit, nařídit
BrE
/prɪ'skraɪb/
AmE
/prɪ'skraɪb/

verb, formal - to set rules that must be carried out

 
paralysis - ochromení
BrE
/pə'ræləsɪs/
AmE
/pə'ræləsɪs/

noun - the state of being unable to function properly

 
structural - strukturální, konstrukční
BrE
/'strʌktʃərəl/
AmE
/'strʌktʃərəl/

adjective - relating to how something is built or arranged

 
explicable - vysvětlitelný
BrE
/ɪk'splɪkəbl/
AmE
/ɪk'splɪkəbl/

adjective, formal - able to be explained because it is logical

 
definitive - nejlepší (svého druhu)
BrE
/dɪ'fɪnətɪv/
AmE
/dɪ'fɪnətɪv/

adjective - thought to be the best of its type

 
decisiveness - rozhodnost
BrE
/dɪ'saɪsɪvnəs/
AmE
/dɪ'saɪsɪvnəs/

noun - the ability to make decisions quickly and certainly

 
technically - přísně vzato, v podstatě
BrE
/'teknɪkli/
AmE
/'teknɪkli/

adverb - according to the exact facts, laws, rules, etc.