contest - soutěžit, usilovat o vítězství, soupeřit (o něco)
BrE
/kən'test/
AmE
/kən'test/

verb - to take part in a contest and try to win it

 
conflict - být v rozporu
BrE
/kən'flɪkt/
AmE
/kən'flɪkt/

verb - to be in conflict

 
discount - zlevnit, snížit cenu
BrE
/dɪs'kaʊnt/
AmE
/dɪs'kaʊnt/

verb - to reduce the price of something

festivities
festivities - oslavy
BrE
/fe'stɪvətiz/
AmE
/fe'stɪvət̬iz/

noun - festive activities

 
festivity - oslavování, sváteční atmosféra, veselí, slavnostní atmosféra
BrE
/fe'stɪvəti/
AmE
/fe'stɪvət̬i/

noun - festive atmosphere

snirt
snirt - špinavý sníh
BrE
/'snɜ:t/
AmE
/'snɜ:rt/

noun, informal - snow covered in dirt

touch on
touch on - zmínit, naťuknout, dotknout se
BrE
/'tʌtʃ ɒn/
AmE
/'tʌtʃ ɒn/

verb - to mention a subject briefly when talking or writing about something else

 
snowball - nabalovat se, lavinově růst (zvětšovat se)
BrE
/'snəʊbɔ:l/
AmE
/'snoʊbɔ:l/

verb - to become bigger, more important or more serious very quickly

hygiene
hygiene - hygiena
BrE
/'haɪdʒi:n/
AmE
/'haɪdʒi:n/

noun - keeping yourself and things around you clean in order to prevent disease

ladle
ladle - nalít (naběračkou)
BrE
/'leɪdl/
AmE
/'leɪdl/

verb - to put liquid from one place to another using a ladle

 
blank - prázdné místo (ve formuláři)
BrE
/'blæŋk/
AmE
/'blæŋk/

noun - an empty space, usually in a form, where you write letters or words

 
excellence - znamenitost, dokonalost, mistrovství
BrE
/'eksələns/
AmE
/'eksələns/

noun - greatness in something, the mastery of something, great skill or knowledge of something

prowess
prowess - zdatnost, dovednost, mistrovství
BrE
/'praʊəs/
AmE
/'praʊəs/

noun, formal - mastery, great skill

clean slate
clean slate - čistý štít, čistý rejstřík
BrE
/ˌkli:n'sleɪt/
AmE
/ˌkli:n'sleɪt/

noun - a clean record, a record that doesn't show any problems or past mistakes

 
hassle - otravovat, obtěžovat, dorážet
BrE
/'hæsl/
AmE
/'hæsl/

verb, informal - to annoy someone by asking them repeatedly to do something, especially something for you