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delicates - jemné prádlo

noun - clothes that should be washed carefully

 

out of this world - neskutečný, úchvatný

adjective, informal - extremely good or beautiful

 

make up - napracovat, nahradit si, dohnat

verb - to compensate for work you missed, for not working hard enough etc.

 

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

 

auto - auto, automobil

noun, American English - a car

 

domineering - despotický, panovačný

adjective - trying to control other people without considering their feelings

 

bossy-boots - panovačný (člověk)

noun - someone who likes giving orders and tells people what they should do

 

hard luck - smůla (ne štěstí)

interjection, British English, informal - bad luck, especially used when we're expressing sympathy with someone who is disappointed

 

force majeure - vyšší moc

noun, formal - (law) circumstances that someone cannot affect (natural disasters, wars etc.) that prevent them from keeping a contract etc.

 

f-word - sprosté slovo

noun - used instead of the swear word 'fuck'

 

scared shitless - podělaný strachy

phrase, informal - to be completely terrified

 

elm - jilm

noun - a large tree with broad leaves which it loses in winter