managing director - generální ředitel
BrE
/ˌmænɪdʒɪŋ də'rektə/
AmE
/ˌmænɪdʒɪŋ də'rektər/

noun - someone who is in charge of a company or organization

 
discipline - ukáznit, cepovat, trestat
BrE
/'dɪsɪplɪn/
AmE
/'dɪsɪplɪn/

verb - to punish someone who doesn't behave properly

 
thresh - mlátit obilí
BrE
/'θreʃ/
AmE
/'θreʃ/

verb - to separate grains from their husks using a special tool or a machine

 
flail - cep
BrE
/'fleɪl/
AmE
/'fleɪl/

noun - a tool that people used in the past to separate the grains from their husks, it consisted of a long handle and a shorter stick hanging from it, it was also used as a primitive weapon

 
shy from - vyhnout se (čemu)
BrE
/'ʃaɪ frɒm/
AmE
/'ʃaɪ frɑ:m/

verb, American English - to avoid doing something, especially because of being afraid, nervous etc.

shy away
shy away - vyhnout se, cuknout (před něčím)
BrE
/ˌʃaɪə'weɪ/
AmE
/ˌʃaɪə'weɪ/

verb, American English - to avoid doing something, especially because of being afraid, nervous etc.

 
shy - splašit se (o koni), ucuknout, leknout se
BrE
/'ʃaɪ/
AmE
/'ʃaɪ/

verb - (esp. of horses) to move away from something because of fear

 
aloofness - odtažitost, odměřenost
BrE
/ə'lu:fnəs/
AmE
/ə'lu:fnəs/

noun - the quality of being unfriendly or not interested in people, uninvolved, distant

 
taxicab - taxík, taxi
BrE
/'tæksiˌkæb/
AmE
/'tæksiˌkæb/

noun - a car driven by a professional driver, it takes you where you want and then you pay the fare

 
inhuman - nepodobný člověku, nelidský
BrE
/ɪn'hju:mən/
AmE
/ɪn'hju:mən/

adjective - causing fear because of something that is not typical for a human

 
inhuman - nelidský, krutý
BrE
/ɪn'hju:mən/
AmE
/ɪn'hju:mən/

adjective - cruel, not showing sympathy, not showing human emotions

 
humanely - humánně, lidsky
BrE
/hju:'meɪnli/
AmE
/hju:'meɪnli/

adverb - kindly, with sympathy, without causing people or animals pain or suffering

 
inhumane - nehumánní, nelidský
BrE
/ˌɪnhju:'meɪn/
AmE
/ˌɪnhju:'meɪn/

adjective - not behaving towards other people or animals kindly or with sympathy, causing them pain or suffering

 
articulate - výřečný (schopen se pohotově vyjádřit)
BrE
/a:'tɪkjələt/
AmE
/a:r'tɪkjələt/

adjective - good at expressing, ideas, thoughts or feelings

 
articulate - vyjádřit, vyslovit, formulovat
BrE
/a:'tɪkjəleɪt/
AmE
/a:r'tɪkjəleɪt/

verb, formal - to express your ideas, thought or feelings in words