substantiate - doložit, dokázat
BrE
/səb'stænʃieɪt/
AmE
/səb'stænʃieɪt/

verb, formal - to provide evidence which proves that something is true

 
fragile - slabý, oslabený, křehký (o zdraví)
BrE
/'frædʒaɪl/
AmE
/'frædʒəl/

adjective - not feeling strong, feeling ill, likely to become ill

 
underpay - nedostatečně platit
BrE
/ˌʌndə'peɪ/
AmE
/ˌʌndər'peɪ/

verb - to pay someone too little, especially for their work

 
access - mít přístup
BrE
/'ækses/
AmE
/'ækses/

verb, formal - to enter or reach a place, use something, etc.

 
non-perishable - trvanlivý, nekazící se
BrE
/ˌnɒn'perɪʃəbl/
AmE
/ˌnɑ:n'perɪʃəbl/

adjective - (esp. of food) not likely to go bad quickly

 
seeming - zdánlivý
BrE
/'si:mɪŋ/
AmE
/'si:mɪŋ/

adjective, formal - appearing to be something, but not necessarily being so

 
fiddle about - poflakovat se, flákat se, povalovat se
BrE
/ˌfɪdl ə'baʊt/
AmE
/ˌfɪdl ə'baʊt/

verb, British English, informal - to waste time doing nothing or doing something unimportant

 
fiddle around - poflakovat se, flákat se, povalovat se
BrE
/ˌfɪdl ə'raʊnd/
AmE
/ˌfɪdl ə'raʊnd/

verb, informal - to waste time doing nothing or doing something unimportant

 
concentrate - zaměřit (pozornost apod.), soustředit, zaměřit se (na něco)
BrE
/'kɒnsəntreɪt/
AmE
/'kɑ:nsəntreɪt/

verb - to focus someone's effort etc. on one thing only

 
compact - udusat, stlačit, smáčknout
BrE
/kəm'pækt/
AmE
/kəm'pækt/

verb - to press something so it becomes smaller in size

 
dumbfounded - oněmělý (např. z šoku)
BrE
/'dʌmˌfaʊndɪd/
AmE
/'dʌmˌfaʊndɪd/

adjective - unable to speak because you are surprised, shocked etc.

 
apportion - rozdělit, podělit
BrE
/ə'pɔ:ʃn/
AmE
/ə'pɔ:rʃn/

verb, formal - to divide something among people, especially blame or money

 
contrive - sestrojit (důmyslně)
BrE
/kən'traɪv/
AmE
/kən'traɪv/

verb - to create or construct something in a clever way

 
fort - bunkr, dětská pevnost
BrE
/'fɔ:t/
AmE
/'fɔ:rt/

noun - a small building built by children to play in

 
inimitable - nenapodobitelný
BrE
/ɪ'nɪmɪtəbl/
AmE
/ɪ'nɪmɪtəbl/

adjective - of very high quality and so impossible to copy