daylight saving time
daylight saving time - letní čas
BrE
/ˌdeɪlaɪt 'seɪvɪŋ taɪm/
AmE
/ˌdeɪlaɪt 'seɪvɪŋ taɪm/

noun, American English - the time when clocks are one hour ahead of standard time during the summer (abbreviated as DST)

 
scheming - vypočítavý
BrE
/'ski:mɪŋ/
AmE
/'ski:mɪŋ/

adjective - making clever, selfish plans

 
calculating - vypočítavý
BrE
/'kælkjəleɪtɪŋ/
AmE
/'kælkjəleɪt̬ɪŋ/

adjective - making clever, selfish plans

procrastinator
procrastinator - prokrastinátor, kdo prokrastinuje, kdo odkládá věci na později
BrE
/prə'kræstɪneɪtə/
AmE
/prə'kræstɪneɪt̬ər/

noun - a person who tends to put things off until later

procrastination
procrastination - prokrastinace, odkládání
BrE
/prəˌkræstə'neɪʃn/
AmE
/prəˌkræstə'neɪʃn/

noun - the act of putting things off until later, especially because you don't like doing them

procrastinate
procrastinate - prokrastinovat, odkládat
BrE
/prə'kræstɪneɪt/
AmE
/prə'kræstɪneɪt/

verb - to keep putting something off until later, especially because it's something you don't like doing

 
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

 
approximate - podobat se, blížit se
BrE
/ə'prəksɪmeɪt/
AmE
/ə'prɑ:ksɪmeɪt/

verb, formal - to be close to a number, or to be similar to something

 
moderate - zmírnit, umírnit, oslabit, zmírnit se, oslabit se
BrE
/'mɒdəreɪt/
AmE
/'mɑ:dəreɪt/

verb, formal - to make something less extreme, or to become less extreme