nutcase - cvok, blázen, magor

noun, informal - a crazy person

abrasive - brusný materiál

noun - a rough material used for polishing something

 

abrasive - hrubý (o člověku), otravný

adjective - (of a person) irritating or offensive

abrasive - brusný, abrazivní, hrubý, drsný

adjective - rough, coarse, capable of being used to polish something or grind something

 

careerist - kariérista

noun - someone whose career is more important than than other things

palm tree - palma

noun - a kind of tropical tree which has large leaves at the top and no branches

 

enliven - oživit, učinit zajímavějším, zpestřit

verb, formal - to make something more interesting

hardening - otužování

noun - the process of becoming resistant to cold weather, imrpoving one's fitness and immunity etc.

hardened - otužilý

adjective - having become resistant to cold weather, having improved one's fitness and immunity

 

hardened - zpevněný, ztvrdlý, ztuhlý

adjective - having become hard

harden - otužit, otužit se, otužovat se

verb - to become resistant to cold weather etc., to improve one's immunity

 

exit poll - volební průzkum (těsně po hlasování)

noun - the activity of asking people how they have just voted to predict the result of the election

 

poll - dotazovat se, ptát se na názor

verb - to ask people questions to find out public opinion

 

straw poll - rychlý průzkum, neformální anketa, neformální volba

noun - a quick, informal poll

 

inflammatory - zánětlivý

adjective - causing inflammation