nurturing
nurturing - pečující, podporující, vychovávající, láskyplný
BrE
/'nɜ:tʃərɪŋ/
AmE
/'nɜ:rtʃərɪŋ/

adjective - giving care and encouragement to someone or something so that they can grow, develop, or succeed

 
pulverize - rozdrtit, rozdrtit na prášek
BrE
/'pʊlvəraɪz/
AmE
/'pʊlvəraɪz/

verb - to break or crush something so that it becomes dust, to make something into a powder

 
contact - kontakt
BrE
/'kɒntækt/
AmE
/'kɑ:ntækt/

noun - the state of two things being so close together that there is no space between them

raise
raise - chovat, pěstovat
BrE
/'reɪz/
AmE
/'reɪz/

verb - to look after animals or plants so that they grow and then be used or sold

 
idiot-proof - velmi jednoduchý, snadný k pochopení, blbuvzdorný
BrE
/'ɪdɪətˌpru:f/
AmE
/'ɪdɪətˌpru:f/

adjective, informal - designed to be so simple or easy to use that it cannot be misused or misunderstood

disguise
disguise - přestrojení, převlečení
BrE
/dɪs'gaɪz/
AmE
/dɪs'gaɪz/

noun - different clothes, a false beard etc. that you can wear so that people don't recognise you

 
parboil - předvařit, částečně uvařit, krátce povařit
BrE
/'pɑ:bɔɪl/
AmE
/'pɑ:rbɔɪl/

verb - to cook something until it is partly cooked so that you can cook it completely later

 
wasteful - nehospodárný, plný plýtvání, rozhazovačný
BrE
/'weɪstfl/
AmE
/'weɪstfl/

adjective - using something carelessly and ineffficiently so that some of it may not be saved or used later

 
ballot - tajná volba, volba
BrE
/'bælət/
AmE
/'bælət/

noun - the system of voting for someone in secret, so others do not know who you voted for

 
bottle bank - kontejner na sklo
BrE
/'bɒtl bæŋk/
AmE
/'bɑ:tl bæŋk/

noun, British English - a large container into which people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be recycled

 
assuming - jestliže, za předpokladu že
BrE
/ə'sju:mɪŋ/
AmE
/ə'su:mɪŋ/

conjunction - used to consider a possible situation, so that you can think about what the results might be

 
mortgagee - hypoteční věřitel
BrE
/ˌmɔ:gə'dʒi:/
AmE
/ˌmɔ:rgə'dʒi:/

noun - an organization, usually a bank, that lends money to people so they can buy their own property

jam
jam - zácpa (dopravní)
BrE
/'dʒæm/
AmE
/'dʒæm/

noun - a situation in which there are so many cars in the street that they cannot move forward

jam
jam - zácpa (dopravní), dopravní zácpa
BrE
/'dʒæm/
AmE
/'dʒæm/

noun - a situation in which there are so many cars in the street that they cannot move forward

traffic jam
traffic jam - zácpa (dopravní), dopravní zácpa
BrE
/'træfɪkˌdʒæm/
AmE
/'træfɪkˌdʒæm/

noun - a situation in which there are so many cars in the street that they cannot move forward