governing - vládnoucí
BrE
/'gʌvənɪŋ/
AmE
/'gʌvərnɪŋ/

adjective - having the right to control a country or an organization

 
negligently - nedbale, lhostejně
BrE
/'neglɪdʒəntli/
AmE
/'neglɪdʒəntli/

adverb, formal - without giving enough attention or care to things or people

 
favourably - příznivě
BrE
/'feɪvərəbli/
AmE
/'feɪvərəbli/

adverb - in a way that makes something likely to be successful

 
causation - zapříčinění, způsobení
BrE
/kɔ:'zeɪʃn/
AmE
/kɔ:'zeɪʃn/

noun, formal - the process of causing something to happen, usually something bad

 
transpire - vyjít najevo
BrE
/træn'spaɪə/
AmE
/træn'spaɪər/

verb, formal - to discover that something that has not been known happened

 
publicist - žurnalista, publicista
BrE
/'pʌblɪsɪst/
AmE
/'pʌblɪsɪst/

noun, technical - a person whose job is to provide information about something

 
canoodle - muchlat se, muckat se, muchlovat se
BrE
/kə'nu:dl/
AmE
/kə'nu:dl/

verb, informal - to kiss passionately for a long time and touch sexually

 
busy bee - pilná včelka, pracovitý člověk
BrE
/ˌbɪzi'bi:/
AmE
/ˌbɪzi'bi:/

noun - a person who manages to do a lot of things

 
inefficiency - neefektivnost, neefektivita
BrE
/ɪnə'fɪʃənsi/
AmE
/ɪnə'fɪʃənsi/

noun - the inability to work without wasting time, money, effort etc.

 
smite - udeřit, srazit (k zemi), zasáhnout, ztrestat
BrE
/'smaɪt/
AmE
/'smaɪt/

verb, literary - to hit very hard, especially as a punishment from God

 
eye up - očumovat, pokukovat, vrhat chtivé pohledy, sjíždět pohledem
BrE
/'aɪ ʌp/
AmE
/'aɪ ʌp/

verb, informal - to look at someone because you find them sexually attractive

 
tweet - pípat, švitořit, štěbetat
BrE
/'twi:t/
AmE
/'twi:t/

verb - to make a short high sound (typical for small birds)

 
criss-cross - křížit se, být křížem krážem
BrE
/'krɪsˌkrɒs/
AmE
/'krɪsˌkrɑ:s/

verb - to form a pattern like many lines crossing each other

 
excuse - záminka
BrE
/ɪks'kju:s/
AmE
/ɪks'kju:s/

noun - a reason for doing something you want to do anyway

shave off
shave off - oholit
BrE
/ˌʃeɪv'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌʃeɪv'ɑ:f/

verb - to cut off hair, beard etc. completely with a razor