selflessness - nezištnost, obětavost
BrE
/'selfləsnəs/
AmE
/'selfləsnəs/

noun - the quality of caring about other people more than about yourself

 
perceptiveness - vnímavost
BrE
/pə'septɪvnəs/
AmE
/pər'septɪvnəs/

noun - the quality of being able to see and understand things quickly

 
inadequacy - neschopnost
BrE
/ɪn'ædɪkwəsi/
AmE
/ɪn'ædɪkwəsi/

noun - the state of not being confident enough to deal with something

 
retrospective - zpětný, retrospektivní
BrE
/ˌretrə'spektɪv/
AmE
/ˌretrə'spektɪv/

adjective - relating to or connected with something that happened in the past

 
salivate - slintat, slinit (i přeneseně)
BrE
/'sælɪveɪt/
AmE
/'sælɪveɪt/

verb - to produce more saliva in the mouth than usual (also figuratively)

 
provocation - provokace, provokování
BrE
/ˌprɒvə'keɪʃn/
AmE
/ˌprɑ:və'keɪʃn/

noun - the act that is intended to make someone angry or upset

 
associate - pomocný, přidružený
BrE
/ə'səʊsiət/
AmE
/ə'səʊsiət/

adjective - used in the title of a person whose rank is lower

 
valuer - odhadce
BrE
/'vælju:ə/
AmE
/'vælju:ər/

noun, British English - a person whose job is to estimate the value of something

 
overuse - nadměrné používání
BrE
/ˌəʊvə'ju:s/
AmE
/ˌəʊvər'ju:s/

noun - the fact that something is used too much or too often

leaf through
leaf through - prolistovat
BrE
/'li:f θru:/
AmE
/'li:f θru:/

verb - to turn the pages of a book quickly without reading it

 
courser - klusák, oř
BrE
/'kɔ:sə/
AmE
/'kɔ:rsər/

noun, dated - a type of horse used in the Middle Ages by knights

 
sumo wrestling - zápas sumo
BrE
/'su:məʊˌreslɪŋ/
AmE
/'su:moʊˌreslɪŋ/

noun - a Japanese type of wrestling where the opponent are very large

 
come on - začít hrát (např. píseň v rádiu)
BrE
/ˌkʌm'ɒn/
AmE
/ˌkʌm'ɑ:n/

verb - to start to play (such as a song on the radio)

 
self-appraisal - sebehodnocení
BrE
/ˌselfə'preɪzl/
AmE
/ˌselfə'preɪzl/

noun - the process of evaluating your own work and your own achievements

 
denounce - udat, nahlásit úřadům
BrE
/dɪ'naʊns/
AmE
/dɪ'naʊns/

verb - to report someone who has done something illegal to the authorities