telling-off
telling-off - vynadání, vyhubování, kartáč
BrE
/ˌtelɪŋ'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌtelɪŋ'ɑ:f/

noun, British English, informal - the act of speaking angrily to somebody who has done something bad or wrong

 
cushion - tlumit, ztlumit, zmírnit, chránit vycpávkou
BrE
/'kʊʃn/
AmE
/'kʊʃn/

verb - to make the effect of a fall or hit softer or less painful

 
cushion - zmírňující opatření, ochrana (hlavně finanční)
BrE
/'kʊʃn/
AmE
/'kʊʃn/

noun - something that protects someone from being affected by something bad or unpleasant

 
cushion - vycpávka, ochrana, ztlumení, polštář
BrE
/'kʊʃn/
AmE
/'kʊʃn/

noun - something that protects one object from hitting another object

 
unwillingly - neochotně, nerad, nedobrovolně
BrE
/ʌn'wɪlɪŋli/
AmE
/ʌn'wɪlɪŋli/

adverb - without wanting to do something

 
second best - druhořadý, nouzový, náhradní, přijetelný
BrE
/ˌsekənd 'best/
AmE
/ˌsekənd 'best/

adjective - acceptable but worse than the best and not wanted so much

 
neat - super, parádní, bezva
BrE
/'ni:t/
AmE
/'ni:t/

adjective, American English, informal - very good, excellent

 
neat - pořádkumilovný, pořádný
BrE
/'ni:t/
AmE
/'ni:t/

adjective - liking things tidy and arranged

 
insomniac - člověk trpící nespavostí
BrE
/ɪn'sɒmniæk/
AmE
/ɪn'sɑ:mniæk/

noun - a person who cannot fall asleep easily

 
yearningly - toužebně
BrE
/'jɜ:nɪŋli/
AmE
/'jɜ:rnɪŋli/

adverb, formal - with a strong desire

 
yearning - touha, prahnutí, toužebné očekávání
BrE
/'jɜ:nɪŋ/
AmE
/'jɜ:rnɪŋ/

noun, formal - a strong desire

 
prime - připravit, instruovat, poučit
BrE
/'praɪm/
AmE
/'praɪm/

verb, technical - to prepare someone for a particular situation by giving them essential information

crawfish
crawfish - rak (korýš)
BrE
/'krɔ:fɪʃ/
AmE
/'krɔ:fɪʃ/

noun, American English - an animal that looks like a small lobster that lives in freshwater

crayfish
crayfish - rak (korýš)
BrE
/'kreɪfɪʃ/
AmE
/'kreɪfɪʃ/

noun, British English - an animal that looks like a small lobster that lives in freshwater

 
premiere - mít premiéru, být poprvé uveden
BrE
/'premieə/
AmE
/prɪ'mɪr/

verb - to perform a play or a similar type of entertainment or to show a film to an audience for the first time