icing on the cake
- třešnička na dortu
BrE
/
ˌaɪsɪŋ ɒn ðə 'keɪk/
AmE
/
ˌaɪsɪŋ ɑ:n ðə 'keɪk/
phrase, British English
-
something extra that is added to make a thing or a situation better
a piece of cake
- hračka, brnkačka, snadná věc
BrE
/
əˌpi:s əv'keɪk/
AmE
/
əˌpi:s əv'keɪk/
noun, informal
-
something that is very easy to do
strain
- cedit, přecedit, scedit, slít vodu
BrE
/
'streɪn/
AmE
/
'streɪn/
verb
-
to separate the liquid part from the solid part by pouring it through something with very small holes in it
have bigger fish to fry
- mít jiné starosti, mít důležitější věci na práci
BrE
/
hæv bɪgə ˌfɪʃ tə 'fraɪ/
AmE
/
hæv bɪgər ˌfɪʃ tə 'fraɪ/
verb
-
to have more important problems to deal with
ice-filled
- ledem naplněný
BrE
/
'aɪsˌfɪld/
AmE
/
'aɪsˌfɪld/
adjective
-
filled with ice
tumbler
- sklenice
BrE
/
'tʌmblə/
AmE
/
'tʌmblər/
noun
-
a drinking glass with a flat bottom and straight sides, with no handles or a stem (sometimes made of plastic)
be up
- dít se (s někým), být za problém
BrE
/
'bi:'ʌp/
AmE
/
'bi:'ʌp/
verb, informal
-
used when asking what is going on or what is the problem
queue up
- stát ve frontě, řadit se do fronty, stát v řadě
BrE
/
'kju: ʌp/
AmE
/
'kju: ʌp/
verb, British English
-
to stand in a line, waiting for something (e.g. to buy tickets)
12-year-old
- dvanáctiletý
BrE
/
'twelvˌjɪərˌəʊld/
AmE
/
'twelvˌjɪrˌoʊld/
adjective
-
being 12 years old
New Year's
- Silvestr
BrE
/
'nju:ˌjɪəz/
AmE
/
'nu:ˌjɪrz/
noun, informal
-
the last day of the year
uptake
- vstřebávání, absorpce
BrE
/
'ʌpˌteɪk/
AmE
/
'ʌpˌteɪk/
noun
-
the act of taking something in
slow on the uptake
- zaostalý, zabržděný, s dlouhým vedením, nechápavý
BrE
/
ˌsləʊ ɒn ði: 'ʌpteɪk/
AmE
/
ˌsloʊ ɑ:n ði: 'ʌpteɪk/
adjective, informal
-
slow to understand something
letter of credit
- akreditiv, pověřovací listina
BrE
/
ˌletər əv 'kredɪt/
AmE
/
ˌlet̬ər əv 'kredɪt/
noun
-
a letter from a bank that allows you to take a particular amount of money from another bank
three-foot-long
- tři stopy dlouhý
BrE
/
'θri:ˌfʊtˌlɒŋ/
AmE
/
'θri:ˌfʊtˌlɑ:ŋ/
adjective
-
having the length of three feet
route
- silnice (číslo)
BrE
/
'ru:t/
AmE
/
'raʊt/
noun, American English
-
used before the number of a route in the US