go ape - bláznit, šílet

verb, informal - to become very excited or angry about something

 

inflexible - nepružný, neměnný (systém ap.)

adjective - unable to change, even if the situation changes

 

defuse - zklidnit, uklidnit

verb - to make a dangerous or tense situation calmer

shell - loupat, louskat

verb - to remove nuts, peas, etc. from their shells

 

paralysis - ochromení

noun - the state of being unable to function properly

 

structural - strukturální, konstrukční

adjective - relating to how something is built or arranged

 

squash - zarazit, ukončit

verb - to stop something from continuing, often by force

 

lump - brát jako jednu skupinu, házet do jednoho pytle

verb - to consider different things as a single group

 

withdraw - vytáhnout, vyjmout

verb, formal - to remove or take away something from something

 

rake up - připomínat, vytahovat (staré záležitosti), hrabat se

verb - to talk about unpleasant things from the past

 

rake over - připomínat, vytahovat (staré záležitosti), hrabat se

verb - to talk about unpleasant things from the past

 

overvalue - nahodnotit

verb - to put too high a value on something

 

follow someone's lead - následovat, jít v něčích stopách

verb - to do something that someone else has done

 

newness - novota

noun - the fact of having started to exist recently

 

modernize - zmodernizovat

verb, American English - to make a method, system, etc. more modern