up to - schopný, schopen
BrE
/'ʌp tʊ/
AmE
/'ʌp tʊ/

adjective - able to do something

 
be up to - vyrovnat se (čemu), dosahovat (čeho)
BrE
/ˌbi:'ʌp tʊ/
AmE
/ˌbi:'ʌp tʊ/

verb, informal - to be as good as something, to reach a level or quality

 
surrogate - náhradní (např. matka)
BrE
/'sʌrəgət/
AmE
/'sɜ:rəgət/

adjective, formal - replacing someone else or something else

 
cushion - tlumit, ztlumit, zmírnit, chránit vycpávkou
BrE
/'kʊʃn/
AmE
/'kʊʃn/

verb - to make the effect of a fall or hit softer or less painful

 
cushion - zmírňující opatření, ochrana (hlavně finanční)
BrE
/'kʊʃn/
AmE
/'kʊʃn/

noun - something that protects someone from being affected by something bad or unpleasant

 
cushion - vycpávka, ochrana, ztlumení, polštář
BrE
/'kʊʃn/
AmE
/'kʊʃn/

noun - something that protects one object from hitting another object

 
unwillingly - neochotně, nerad, nedobrovolně
BrE
/ʌn'wɪlɪŋli/
AmE
/ʌn'wɪlɪŋli/

adverb - without wanting to do something

 
surpassing - mimořádný, výjimečný, nedostižný
BrE
/sə'pɑ:sɪŋ/
AmE
/sər'pæsɪŋ/

adjective - extremely good, much better than anything else

 
second best - druhořadý, nouzový, náhradní, přijetelný
BrE
/ˌsekənd 'best/
AmE
/ˌsekənd 'best/

adjective - acceptable but worse than the best and not wanted so much

 
neat - super, parádní, bezva
BrE
/'ni:t/
AmE
/'ni:t/

adjective, American English, informal - very good, excellent

 
neat - pořádkumilovný, pořádný
BrE
/'ni:t/
AmE
/'ni:t/

adjective - liking things tidy and arranged

 
Tokyo - Tokyo
BrE
/'təʊkiəʊ/
AmE
/'toʊkioʊ/

noun - the largest city in Japan, the capital of Japan

 
Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro
BrE
/ˌri:əʊ də dʒə'neɪrəʊ/
AmE
/ˌri:oʊ də dʒə'neɪroʊ/

noun - the second largest city in Brazil

 
Sydney - Sydney
BrE
/'sɪdni/
AmE
/'sɪdni/

noun - the largest and the most populous city in Australia

 
run past - probrat, zkonzultovat (něco s někým)
BrE
/ˌrʌn 'pɑ:st/
AmE
/ˌrʌn 'pæst/

verb, informal - to discuss an idea with someone in order to see what they think about it