Objective CAE, Unit 3, p. 26-27

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Words from Objective CAE, Unit 3, Open gap fill, pages 26–27



 
awareness - vědomí, uvědomění
BrE
/ə'weənəs/
AmE
/ə'wernəs/

noun - the state of knowing or realizing something


 
considerable - značný, značně velký
BrE
/kən'sɪdərəbl/
AmE
/kən'sɪdərəbl/

adjective - fairly large


 
demean - ponížit, ponižovat
BrE
/dɪ'mi:n/
AmE
/dɪ'mi:n/

verb - to say something about a person which makes them seem stupid


 
disturbance - znepokojení, rozrušení, zmatek
BrE
/dɪ'stɜ:bəns/
AmE
/dɪ'stɜ:rbəns/

noun - something that interrupts the natural order of things


dressing gown
dressing gown - župan (nošen přes domácí oblečení)
BrE
/'dresɪŋˌgaʊn/
AmE
/'dresɪŋˌgaʊn/

noun, British English - a long loose piece of clothing that you wear at home, usually over your home clothes


 
epoch - epocha
BrE
/'i:pɒk/
AmE
/'i:pɑ:k/

noun - a long period of time marked by distinctive characteristics


 
essential - základní, nezbytný, nepostradatelný
BrE
/ɪ'senʃl/
AmE
/ɪ'senʃl/

adjective - absolutely necessary


 
expertise - odbornost, expertiza
BrE
/ˌekspɜ:'ti:z/
AmE
/ˌekspɜ:r'ti:z/

noun - the knowledge of an expert


 
flourish - kvést, vzkvétat, prosperovat
BrE
/'flʌrɪʃ/
AmE
/'flʌrɪʃ/

verb - to prosper; to develop, grow or spread successfully


 
challenge - výzva
BrE
/'tʃælɪndʒ/
AmE
/'tʃælɪndʒ/

noun - something that is difficult to do


 
in the light of - ve světle (čeho)
BrE
/ˌɪn ðə'laɪt əv/
AmE
/ˌɪnðə'laɪt̬əv/

preposition - because of something that you now see or understand


 
in-joke - vtip jen pro zasvěcené
BrE
/'ɪnˌdʒəʊk/
AmE

noun - a joke that only certain people will find funny (e.g. people of the same profession etc.)


 
jargon - žargon
BrE
/'dʒɑ:gən/
AmE
/'dʒɑ:rgən/

noun - the language used and understood by a particular group of people, esp. within one profession etc.


 
mastery - ovládnutí (oboru), zvládnutí, osvojení
BrE
/'mɑ:stəri/
AmE
/'mæstəri/

noun - complete understanding of something, complete control


 
mutual - vzájemný
BrE
/'mjutʃuəl/
AmE
/'mjutʃuəl/

adjective - shared by two or more parties, done by one party to the other and the other way round


pace
pace - tempo
BrE
/'peɪs/
AmE
/'peɪs/

noun - the speed at which something is done


phenomenon
phenomenon - fenomén, jev, úkaz
BrE
/fə'nɒmənən/
AmE
/fə'nɑ:mənɑ:n/

noun - an unusual thing (fact, event etc) that is difficult to understand


 
policy - taktika, metoda
BrE
/'pɒləsɪ/
AmE
/'pɑ:ləsi/

noun - a plan of action, an approach to something


 
precision - přesnost
BrE
/prɪ'sɪʒən/
AmE
/prɪ'sɪʒən/

noun - accuracy, the state of being exact


 
promote - podpořit rozvoj, podporovat rozvoj
BrE
/prə'məʊt/
AmE
/prə'moʊt/

verb - to help something to develop or proceed faster


proposal
proposal - návrh
BrE
/prə'pəʊzl/
AmE
/prə'poʊzl/

noun - a suggestion presented to someone


 
pursuit - koníček, zábava, činnost ve volném čase
BrE
/pə'sju:t/
AmE
/pər'su:t/

noun - the activity you do usually as a hobby


 
readily - ochotně, pohotově
BrE
/'redɪli/
AmE
/'redəli/

adverb - easily, quickly and willingly


resent
resent - cítit se ukřivděně (čím), mít za zlé
BrE
/rɪ'zent/
AmE
/rɪ'zent/

verb - to be angry because you feel that someone or something has been unfair to you


 
roll - hřmět, burácet
BrE
/'rəʊl/
AmE
/'roʊl/

verb - to make a deep continuous sound (like a drum, thunder etc.)


 
sense - vnímat, cítit (pomocí smyslů)
BrE
/'sens/
AmE
/'sens/

verb - to feel through one or some of the five physical powers we have


show off
show off - předvádět se, vytahovat se, machrovat
BrE
/ˌʃəʊ'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌʃoʊ'ɑ:f/

verb - to do something just to impress someone


 
stem from - vycházet z, pramenit z
BrE
/'stem frɒm/
AmE
/'stem frəm/

verb - to be caused by


 
take pleasure in - mít potěšení z
BrE
/ˌteɪk'pleʒə ɪn/
AmE
/ˌteɪk'pleʒər ɪn/

phrase - to get enjoyment out of something


 
terminology - terminologie
BrE
/ˌtɜ:mɪ'nɒlədʒi/
AmE
/ˌtɜ:rmɪ'nɑ:lədʒi/

noun - special (usually technical) words used in a particular field or subject


 
universal - všeobecný, univerzální
BrE
/ˌju:nɪ'vɜ:sl/
AmE
/ˌju:nɪ'vɜ:rsl/

adjective - suitable for everybody or all purposes


 
variety - rozmanitost, různost, pestrost
BrE
/və'raɪəti/
AmE
/və'raɪət̬i/

noun - a large number of things of a similar kind




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