insurance - pojištění

noun - an arrangement in which you pay some money to a company and if something bad happens to you or your property, they pay the cost etc.

 

huh - co

interjection - the sound we make when we don't understand someone and want them to repeat what they said, or when we want someone to agree with us

adjuster - odhadce, likvidátor škod (u pojištění)

noun - a person who works in an insurance company and whose job is to decide how much money someone should receive after something bad has happened to them

 

graft - transplantát, štěp (kožní, kostní apod.)

noun, technical - a piece of living tissue, such as skin or bone, that is surgically or naturally attached to another part of the body to grow and function together

 

corner - zahnat do kouta, zahnat do úzkých

verb - to get a person or animal into a place or situation from which it is difficult to escape for them, or which is very uncomfortable for them

 

take back - vzít zpět, odvolat, vrátit zpět

verb - to say that you didn't mean what you said and admit you shouldn't have said it, to change what has been done as if it never happened

bumper - nárazník

noun - a strong metal bar fixed to the front and back of a car that helps to protect the car in case it hits something or is hit

stare - zírat, civět, upřeně se dívat

verb - to look directly at something for a long time; to look at a person directly for a long time, which is unplesant for the person and impolite

interview - dělat rozhovor, dělat pohovor

verb - to meet a person and ask him/her a lot of questions in order to find out whether they are suitable for a job, or other information

 

detention - po škole (trest)

noun - a kind of school punishment which means you have to stay at school or go to school when there are no lessons and do some work etc.

 

unburden - svěřit se, ulevit si, vyzpovídat se

verb - to tell someone something that troubles you so that you feel better

 

talk your way out of - vykroutit se (z něčeho), vymluvit se (z něčeho)

verb - to escape from a difficult situation by giving excuses, explanations, reasons etc.

 

spread out - rozprostřít (se), rozprostírat (se), rozestoupit (se)

verb - to cover a larger area by moving further away from one another

 

subordinate - podřídit, podřadit

verb - to put someone or something in a position that is less important

 

cornstarch - kukuřičný škrob, kukuřičná mouka

noun, American English - white powder made from corn that is used to make sauces thicker