wholesale
wholesale - velkoobchodní
BrE
/'həʊlseɪl/
AmE
/'hoʊlseɪl/

adjective - relating to the business of selling goods in large quantities, usually not to end users

 
tedium - nuda
BrE
/'ti:diəm/
AmE
/'ti:diəm/

noun - boredom, the state of being boring, uninteresting

sugar cane
sugar cane - cukrová třtina
BrE
/'ʃʊgə ˌkeɪn/
AmE
/'ʃʊgər ˌkeɪn/

noun - a tropical plant with tall stems that are used to make sugar

cane
cane - rákoska (k potrestání)
BrE
/'keɪn/
AmE
/'keɪn/

noun - a long stick that was used in the past as a school punishment

cane
cane - tyčka, opěrná tyčka (k rostlinám)
BrE
/'keɪn/
AmE
/'keɪn/

noun - a thin stick that you use to support some plants to protect them from breaking

 
dirty trick - podraz, levárna, podpásovka
BrE
/ˌdɜ:ti'trɪk/
AmE
/ˌdɜ:rt̬i'trɪk/

noun - something unpleasant or unfair that someone does to you

 
neighbour - sousedit, být sousedem
BrE
/'neɪbə/
AmE
/'neɪbər/

verb - to be located next to something else

 
weak - slabý, slabošský (povahou)
BrE
/'wi:k/
AmE
/'wi:k/

adjective - easily influenced by others; without much power

 
AI - umělá inteligence (zkr.)
BrE
/ˌeɪ'aɪ/
AmE
/ˌeɪ'aɪ/

noun - (abbreviation) artificial intelligence

 
post-haste - ihned, co nejdříve, jakmile to bude možné
BrE
/ˌpəʊst'heɪst/
AmE
/ˌpəʊst'heɪst/

adverb, dated - as soon as possible

 
stat - ihned, okamžitě
BrE
/'stæt/
AmE
/'stæt/

adverb, informal - a word used in medical jargon meaning 'as soon as possible'

 
ASAHP - co nejdříve, co nejrychleji
BrE
/ˌeɪ es eɪ eɪtʃ 'pi:/
AmE
/ˌeɪ es eɪ eɪtʃ 'pi:/

adverb, informal - short for 'as soon as humanly possible'

 
enliven - oživit, učinit zajímavějším, zpestřit
BrE
/ɪn'laɪvn/
AmE
/ɪn'laɪvn/

verb, formal - to make something more interesting

 
IOU - dlužní úpis
BrE
/ˌaɪ əʊ 'ju:/
AmE
/ˌaɪ oʊ 'ju:/

noun, informal - a note or document that acknowledges the existence of a debt (abbreviation for 'I owe you')

 
owe - vděčit, děkovat, moci děkovat
BrE
/'əʊ/
AmE
/'oʊ/

verb - to achieve something, because someone helped you or did something for you