act of God - vyšší moc

noun - something people have no control over, e.g. an earthquake etc.

 

rule of thumb - obecné pravidlo, praktická pomůcka, praktický ukazatel (to, co většinou funguje)

noun - a method of doing or measuring something, based on practical experience

 

talk out of - rozmluvit, vymluvit

verb - to persuade someone not to do something

 

ahead of schedule - v předstihu, napřed

adverb - earlier than expected

 

Department of Health - Ministerstvo zdravotnictví

noun, British English - the governmental organisation that is in charge of health and social care

 

in terms of - pokud jde o, z hlediska (čeho)

preposition - a phrase used to specify which particular aspect of something we are talking about

 

on account of - kvůli, z důvodu

preposition - because of

 

out of control - nekontrolovatelný, neovladatelný, neříditelný

phrase - to be impossible to control

 

out of it - mimo, nevědíc o sobě

phrase, informal - not aware of what is going on

 

end-of-term - k ukončení semestru

adjective - happening at the end of one of the periods that the school year is divided into

 

speaking of which - když o tom (tak) mluvíme, když už jsme u toho, což mi připomíná, to mi připomíná

phrase - a phrase which is used in a conversation to move on to the topic of something that has just been mentioned

out of stock - (nebýt) skladem, vyprodaný

adjective - not available to buy in a store

 

in spite of - navzdory, přes

preposition - despite, even though something else is true

 

a couple of - několik

determiner - a few, several, not many

 

free of charge - zadarmo, zdarma, bezplatně

adverb - without cost, without payment