travel bug
travel bug - touha cestovat, toulavé boty, cestovní mánie
BrE
/'trævlˌbʌg/
AmE
/'trævlˌbʌg/

noun - a very strong desire to travel, see new places, live in different places etc.

wanderlust
wanderlust - touha cestovat, toulavé boty, cestovní mánie
BrE
/'wɒndəlʌst/
AmE
/'wɑ:ndərlʌst/

noun - a very strong desire to travel, see new places, live in different places etc.

 
traffic island - dopravní ostrůvek
BrE
/'træfɪk ˌaɪlənd/
AmE
/'træfɪk ˌaɪlənd/

noun - a raised area in the middle of a road, usually a strip, where people can wait until it is safe to cross

 
cut in - předbíhat, předběhnout
BrE
/ˌkʌt'ɪn/
AmE
/ˌkʌt̬'ɪn/

verb, American English - to stand in a line of people in front of those who were there before you

 
line up - stát ve frontě, řadit se do fronty, stát v řadě
BrE
/'laɪn ʌp/
AmE
/'laɪn ʌp/

verb, American English - to stand in a line, waiting for something (e.g. to buy tickets)

 
queue-jumping - předbíhání (ve frontě)
BrE
/'kju:ˌdʒʌmpɪŋ/
AmE
/'kju:ˌdʒʌmpɪŋ/

noun - going to the front of a queue instead of the back

 
hoglet - mládě (prasátka či ježka)
BrE
/'hɒglət/
AmE
/'hɑ:glət/

noun - the young of a hog or a hedgehog

 
portrayal - zobrazení, znázornění, ztvárnění
BrE
/pɔ:'treɪəl/
AmE
/pɔ:r'treɪəl/

noun - the act of showing someone or something in a picture, in a book, etc., the way someone or something is shown in a picture, in a book, etc.

 
Oz - Austrálie
BrE
/'ɒz/
AmE
/'ɑ:z/

noun, informal - Australia

 
general manager - generální ředitel
BrE
/ˌdʒenrəl 'mænɪdʒə/
AmE
/ˌdʒenrəl 'mænɪdʒər/

noun - someone who is in charge of a company or organization

 
managing director - generální ředitel
BrE
/ˌmænɪdʒɪŋ də'rektə/
AmE
/ˌmænɪdʒɪŋ də'rektər/

noun - someone who is in charge of a company or organization

 
discipline - ukáznit, cepovat, trestat
BrE
/'dɪsɪplɪn/
AmE
/'dɪsɪplɪn/

verb - to punish someone who doesn't behave properly

 
thresh - mlátit obilí
BrE
/'θreʃ/
AmE
/'θreʃ/

verb - to separate grains from their husks using a special tool or a machine

 
flail - cep
BrE
/'fleɪl/
AmE
/'fleɪl/

noun - a tool that people used in the past to separate the grains from their husks, it consisted of a long handle and a shorter stick hanging from it, it was also used as a primitive weapon

 
shy from - vyhnout se (čemu)
BrE
/'ʃaɪ frɒm/
AmE
/'ʃaɪ frɑ:m/

verb, American English - to avoid doing something, especially because of being afraid, nervous etc.