check-in desk - odbavovací přepážka (na letišti)

noun - a place at the airport where you show your ticket and get other instructions

thinking - myšlení

noun - the process of using your mind to consider a problem or create an idea

 

rationalism - racionalismus

noun - the belief that actions and opinions should be based on reason rather than emotions

 

commercially - komerčně, obchodně

adverb - in a way that relates to the buying and selling of goods and services

short-change - ošidit, špatně vrátit (peníze při placení)

verb - to give someone back less money than the correct amount when they are paying

 

Tupperware - plastové dózy s víčkem (obchodní značka)

noun - (trademark) a range of plastic containers with lids that are used in the kitchen

mantel - římsa nad krbem

noun, American English - a kind of shelf above the fireplace; children hang their Christmas stockings on it

 

mass transit - hromadná doprava

noun, American English - the system of trains, buses etc. that people can use, esp. in a city

stag beetle - roháč (brouk)

noun - a large beetle with large mandibles that look like the antlers of a deer

forsythia - zlatice, zlatý déšť, forzýtie (keř)

noun - a large bush that has hundreds of small yellow flowers in the early spring

 

tap - napíchnout, odposlouchávat (telefon)

verb - to listen to someone's telephone conversation by putting a special device into the phone

 

dependence - závislost

noun - the situation in which you need someone or something to survive or be successful

 

diagnosis - analýza, diagnostika (problému)

noun - a statement of what is the problem or why something is not working properly

 

acknowledge - potvrdit příjem

verb - to let the person who sent you something know that you have received it

 

investment - vynaložení (námahy, času)

noun - the act of giving effort and time to something to make it a success