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lie ahead - čekat (někoho v budoucnosti) , být před někým (čekat něhoho)

verb - to be going to happen in the future

 

knuckle down - máknout (na něčem), zabrat, pustit se do něčeho

verb, informal - to start working hard on something

 

knock off - zabalit (skončit), skončit v práci

verb - to stop working

 

recruit - rekrut

noun - a person who has just started working for the police or joined the armed forces

 

kick off - odstartovat, začít

verb - to begin, to start

 

dive in - pustit se (do něčeho)

verb - to start doing something with enthusiasm or without delay

 

crop - ostříhat na krátko

verb - to cut someone's hair short

 

crop up - nečekaně nastat

verb - to come up, to appear or happen unexpectedly

 

downbeat - pochmurný, negativní, depresivní, pesimistický

adjective, informal - pessimistic, not very happy or positive

 

cabin fever - ponorková nemoc, ponorka (ponorková nemoc)

noun - a kind of irritability that you feel when you've been stuck in one place with one or more people for a long time

 

typhoon - tajfun

noun - a tropical storm that brings strong winds and heavy rains

 

appreciation - uznání, vděčnost

noun - an act of admiring the good qualities of something/someone

 

decipher - rozluštit, rozšifrovat

verb - to find out the meaning of something that is written poorly or in a hidden way

 

approximate - přibližný

adjective - not absolutely accurate (e.g. time, number, position)

 

inertia - setrvačnost

noun, technical - a property of an object by which it continues moving in the same direction or stands still in the same position