wholesale - velkoobchodní

adjective - relating to the business of selling goods in large quantities, usually not to end users

 

tedium - nuda

noun - boredom, the state of being boring, uninteresting

 

tediously - nudně, zdlouhavě

adverb - in a way that is too long and uninteresting

cane sugar - třtinový cukr

noun - sugar that is made from the juice of sugar cane

sugar cane - cukrová třtina

noun - a tropical plant with tall stems that are used to make sugar

cane - rákoska (k potrestání)

noun - a long stick that was used in the past as a school punishment

 

enliven - oživit, učinit zajímavějším, zpestřit

verb, formal - to make something more interesting

hardening - otužování

noun - the process of becoming resistant to cold weather, imrpoving one's fitness and immunity etc.

hardened - otužilý

adjective - having become resistant to cold weather, having improved one's fitness and immunity

 

hardened - zpevněný, ztvrdlý, ztuhlý

adjective - having become hard

harden - otužit, otužit se, otužovat se

verb - to become resistant to cold weather etc., to improve one's immunity

 

exit poll - volební průzkum (těsně po hlasování)

noun - the activity of asking people how they have just voted to predict the result of the election

 

poll - dotazovat se, ptát se na názor

verb - to ask people questions to find out public opinion

 

straw poll - rychlý průzkum, neformální anketa, neformální volba

noun - a quick, informal poll

 

inflammatory - zánětlivý

adjective - causing inflammation