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under way - probíhající, v pohybu

phrase - happening now

 

standard - zásada, norma

noun - a moral rule that is considered acceptable

 

hazardous - nebezpečný, riskantní, rizikový

adjective - dangerous, especially to someone's health or safety

 

North America - Severní Amerika

noun - a continent in the Western Hemisphere that is to the north of South America

 

reservoir - vodní nádrž, vodní přehrada, zásobárna vody

noun - a lake where water is stored before it is supplied to people

 

potable - pitný

adjective - safe to drink

 

restoration - obnovení, restaurování, oprava, navrácení (do původního stavu)

noun - the process of returning something to its original state

 

in-laws - tchán a tchyně, manželovi/manželčiny rodiče

noun, informal - a parent of your wife or husband or a member of her or his family

 

brainwash - vymýt mozek, oblbnout

verb - to make someone accept your ideas or beliefs by continually telling them that it is true and preventing them from thinking clearly

 

go figure - kdo by to byl řekl, koho by to napadlo, proč asi (ironicky)

phrase, American English, informal - said to mean that you do not want to explain something because you think it is obvious

 

go up in smoke - lehnout popelem, selhat, jít do kytek

verb - to be destroyed by fire

 

back - zadní, umístěný vzadu

adjective - placed in the rear of something, opposite of 'front'

 

prematurely - předčasně

adverb - before the right time, too soon

 

be over - přenést se (přes), vypořádat se (s)

verb - to no longer be affected by someone

 

skeptic - skeptik, nedůvěřivý člověk

noun, American English - a person who doubts the truth of an idea