real estate agency - realitní kancelář

noun, American English - a company whose job is to buy and sell land, flats and houses

 

realty - nemovitost, nemovitosti

noun, American English - property in the form of land or buildings

 

the final straw - poslední kapka

noun - that last thing that makes you lose your patience etc.

 

acknowledge - uznávat, uznat (např. autoritu)

verb - to accept someone's authority or status

 

haughtiness - povýšenost, namyšlenost, arogance

noun - the feeling of pride and being smarter and more important than other people

 

arrogantly - arogantně

adverb - in a proud way that shows that you think you are better than others

 

haughtily - namyšleně, nafoukaně, nadutě, arogantně

adverb - in a proud way that shows that you think you are better than others

 

echo - rozléhat se, ozývat se

verb - reflect off walls, sides of mountains etc.

 

self-raising flour - mouka s kypřidlem

noun, British English - flour that contains baking powder

 

make excuses - vymlouvat se, hledat výmluvy

verb - to come up with reasons to justify something

 

excuse - záminka

noun - a reason for doing something you want to do anyway

 

apt - bystrý (např. žák)

adjective - able to learn quickly

 

apt - mající sklony, náchylný

adjective - having a tendency to do something

 

apt - výstižný, trefný

adjective - suitable, appropriate, especially in a particular situation

 

foul-tempered - výbušný (povahou), vznětlivý, popudlivý

adjective, British English - getting angry very easily and quickly