Objective Proficiency, Unit 1, p. 9

bring about - přinášet, přinášet s sebou

verb - to cause

cut in on - přerušit (koho), skočit do řeči (komu)

verb - to interrupt someone when they are saying something

cut off - odpojit (např. elektřinu)

verb - to stop supplying money, electricity etc.

draw back from - rozhodnout se něco neudělat

verb - to decide not to do something

draw up - připravit (dokument apod.)

verb - to prepare a formal document, plan etc.

elaborate - propracovaný, detailní, komplikovaný

adjective - done in a very detailed way

element - živel

noun - one of the key things that people believed the world was build of (water, earth, fire and air)

feat - výkon, zvláštní výkon, velký čin

noun - something that you have done showing your strenght, courage or skill

get out of - vyvléknout se z (čeho), vyhnout se (čemu)

verb - to avoid doing something you have to do

look down on - pohrdat (kým), shlížet na (koho)

verb - to think that you are better than somebody

mankind - lidstvo

noun - the human race, all the people in the world

meridian - poledník

noun - an imaginary line between the North and South Pole

perceive - vnímat

verb - to notice, to feel or see

run off with - utéct s (kým)

verb - to leave a husband or wife and have a relationship with someone else

subtle - jemný, nepatrný, drobný, sotva patrný

adjective - difficult to notice, not very obvious

supernatural - nadpřirozený

adjective - not able to be explained by science, such as magic, etc.

sustain - udržovat, udržovat naživu

verb - to keep alive, to provide everything that something or someone needs to exist

take up with - dát se dohromady (s kým)

verb - to become friends with someone