action - žaloba, úkon

noun - a legal process that is brought to a law court

foul - faul (ve sportu)

noun - an action that is against the rules (especially in sports)

 

scrooge - lakomec, skrblík

noun, informal - a person who is very mean and hates spending money

 

inexcusable - neomluvitelný

adjective - cannot be forgiven or tolerated because it is extremely bad

 

as regards - ohledně něčeho / někoho

phrase, formal - in connection with the subject that is being talked about

 

endurable - snesitelný

adjective, formal - the fact that something difficult is possible to deal with

gelatin - želatina

noun - a clear tasteless substance that is used to make jelly

 

enigma - záhada, tajemství (věc, člověk)

noun - something or something that is mysterious and difficult to understand

 

wager - vsadit se (že něco)

verb, formal - used to say when you are confident something is true

 

careerist - kariérista

noun - someone whose career is more important than than other things

 

derrick - jeřáb (hlavně lodní, přístavní)

noun - a crane that is used on shops or at ports

cane sugar - třtinový cukr

noun - sugar that is made from the juice of sugar cane

 

quibble - hádat se, haštěřit se (kvůli maličkosti)

verb - to argue about a small matter that is not important

 

resident - rezident, praktikant (lékař)

noun, American English - a doctor who is receiving special training after leaving university

 

overpay - přeplatit

verb - to pay for something more than is necessary or reasonable