self-raising flour - mouka s kypřidlem
BrE
/ˌselfreɪzɪŋ'flaʊə/
AmE
/ˌselfreɪzɪŋ'flaʊər/

noun, British English - flour that contains baking powder

 
make excuses - vymlouvat se, hledat výmluvy
BrE
/ˌmeɪk ɪk'skju:sɪz/
AmE
/ˌmeɪk ɪk'skju:sɪz/

verb - to come up with reasons to justify something

 
excuse - záminka
BrE
/ɪks'kju:s/
AmE
/ɪks'kju:s/

noun - a reason for doing something you want to do anyway

 
underrate - nedocenit, podcenit
BrE
/ˌʌndə'reɪt/
AmE
/ˌʌndə'reɪt/

verb - not to pay something as much attention as it deserves, not to value something highly enough

 
overrate - přeceňovat
BrE
/ˌəʊvə'reɪt/
AmE
/'oʊvəˌreɪt/

verb - to pay more attention to something than it deserves, to value something too highly

 
duplicate - duplikát, kopie
BrE
/'dju:plɪkət/
AmE
/'du:plɪkət/

noun - an exact copy of something

 
duplicate - kopírovat, duplikovat
BrE
/'dju:plɪkeɪt/
AmE
/'du:plɪkeɪt/

verb - to make an exact copy of something

 
numerate - matematicky gramotný, umějící počítat
BrE
/'njʊ:mərət/
AmE
/'nʊ:mərət/

adjective - able to work with numbers

 
illiteracy - negramotnost
BrE
/ɪ'lɪtərəsi/
AmE
/ɪ'lɪt̬ərəsi/

noun - the inability to write and read

 
Kiwi - Novozélanďan
BrE
/'ki:wi:/
AmE
/'ki:wi:/

noun - a person from New Zealand

 
Oz - Austrálie
BrE
/'ɒz/
AmE
/'ɑ:z/

noun, informal - Australia

 
general manager - generální ředitel
BrE
/ˌdʒenrəl 'mænɪdʒə/
AmE
/ˌdʒenrəl 'mænɪdʒər/

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

 
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