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jit na jeden z jejich vyletu

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to come out on one of her trips

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prvni clovek na..

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the first person to set foot in a place

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velka bolest hlavy

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splitting, severe headache

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kdyz je narvano

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close-marching people, cramped, crowded, chocked

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mit hadku

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to have a row/fight

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kdyz je nekdo v necem dobrej

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skilled, proficient, accomplished

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otravny

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annoying, irritating, frustrating

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zivotne dulezity

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vital, essentil, crucial, significant

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mit strach

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afraid, frightened, scared

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proc jdes do kariery …

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why do you go in for a career

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get to a higher level

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to move up a gear

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mit neco dano osudem

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to be fated, destined

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zalily se ji oci slzema

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her eyes welled up with tears

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dirty, bad condition

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manky

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laugh in negative way

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to sneer

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16
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you have my attention

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I’m all ears

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not enough

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under-, undercooked

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vzhlizim k tomu byt IT leader

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I aspire to be an IT leader

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vybuchnout smichy

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to burst out laughing

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I was fascinated

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I was intrigued

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21
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both good and funny

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it’s good as well as being funny

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22
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speech, talk, performance, lecture

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GIVE

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info, details, instructions, advice

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GIVE

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chance, opportunity

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GIVE

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udelat na nekoho dojem

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make an impression on someone

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dat nekomu dojem

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give someone an impression

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27
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comment, apology, suggestion

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MAKE

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28
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dost aby mu rozumeli

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enough to make himself understoon

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29
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zvyknout si na zvuk

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get attuned to a sound

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udelat mnoho objevu

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make a number of discoveries

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31
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filmy s vetsim oblibenim

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movies with more mass appeal

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32
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ubira to na stresu

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it cuts down on stress

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33
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videt velkou zmenu v pristupu

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see a great change in attitude

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34
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je to rozsirene po cele budove

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it’s spread around, throughout the building

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35
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zhruba, plus minus

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give or take/more or less/proximately/roughly/about

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36
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-working hours

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long

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37
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-satisfaction

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deep

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38
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-experience

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extensive

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39
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-impact

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powerful

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40
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-pressure

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high

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41
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-reputation

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unrivaled

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42
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-competition

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fierce,intense

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43
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mnoho ucastniku

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large number of applicants

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-increase

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huge, considerable

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45
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-skills

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expert

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46
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-knowledge

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vast, extensive

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47
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hledat neco

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seek sth., search for sth.

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48
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kde pratelstvi kvete

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where friendship flourish

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49
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neni to uplne prekvapive

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it’s not entirely/completely surprising

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udelat experiment

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conduct an experiment

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51
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udelat zaver

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to draw a conclusion

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52
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tenky jako..

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thin as a rake

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53
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toto je na me (placeni)

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this is my treat

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54
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inherit sth

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to come into sth

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55
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nechat si neco projit hlavou

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to mull sth over

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56
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zvysit penize pro charitu

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raise money for charity

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57
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interesting

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absorbing, stimulating, engaging, gripping

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58
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Jobs postavil na čaj

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Jobs put a kettle on for tea

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59
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to take care of/look after

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to care for

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60
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have emotions for

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to care about

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61
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tolerate

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put up with

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62
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-attitude

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positive

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63
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zvrtnutej kotnik

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sprained ankle

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64
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From the Beginning

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From the outset

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it makes me angry

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it makes my blood boil

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i was just kidding

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i was just pulling your leg

67
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suggest -

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  • ing
68
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pay what you owe

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to settle up

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it’s surprising

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it’s a wonder

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she’s getting better

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she’s on the mend

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begin an argument

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to pick a fight

72
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odmitnout nabidku

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reject offer

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to grab sth

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to take hold of sth

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zazit neco na vlastni kuzi

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experience from first hand

75
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to become weaker

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to flag

76
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Plesknou sebou na palubu

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To slump on a deck

77
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byt pozadu s praci

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to get behind with work

78
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let s prestupem v bankoku

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flight with stopover in Bankok

79
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trpitive city

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vibrant/glittering city

80
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hot

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boiling, roasting, baking, sweltering

81
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windy

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blowy, breezy

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vlhko (pocasi)

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humid, muggy, clammy

83
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setrit jako prase

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to scripm and save

84
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projit awesomně zkoušky

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to pass an exma with flying colours/to sail through an exam

85
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projit zkousky s odrenyma usima

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to scrape through an exam

86
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delat zkousku

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take/sit an exam

87
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delat dobre ve zkusebnich podminkach

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to perform well/badly under exam conditions

88
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co na me nejvic zapusobilo je

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what strikes me the most is

89
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bublinkova koupel

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bubble bath

90
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pruzkum

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survey

91
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prikorenit neco

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spice sth up

92
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nucler family

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immediate family

93
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Presny je lepsi

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Explicit is better than implicit

94
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vzdycky jsem chtel zkusit

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i always wanted to have a go

95
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rozhodne neni pekna

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she’s anything but pretty

96
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im experienced

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im an old hand at sth

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-noise

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tremendous, loud, terrible, deafening

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-amount

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large, considerable, huge, tremendous

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-traffic

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heavy, tremendous, terrible

100
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-experience

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valuable, tremendous, great

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-percentage

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high, significant

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pretend not to notice something

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turn a blind eye to something

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refuse-

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to leave

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admit-

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waiting

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-range

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endless, huge

106
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-variety

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endless, wide

107
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-progress

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satisfactory, considerable

108
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when I want to say I need sth very much

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I’d be lost without it

109
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who attends party without invitation

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gate-crasher

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nakupovat v marketu

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shop at a market

111
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achieve

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attain

112
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z plnych plic

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at the top of my lungs

113
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skolne

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tuition

114
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in moderation

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within reasonable limits

115
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odds

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chances of sth happening

116
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household tasks

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chores

117
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opotrebeni

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attrition

118
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suggest

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put forward (for consideration)

119
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byt unesen necim

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to be mesmerized

120
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change direction abruptly

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to swerve

121
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oba mně řekli

A

they both told me

122
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zivot jak ho zname

A

life as we know it

123
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jsou tu rozdily v tom, ze on…

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there are (notable) differences in that he …

124
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neni tam nic nez …

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there is nothing but (besides, except, beyond)

125
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Rozbuší ti to srdce

A

It will make your heart race

126
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Uvědomil jsem si

A

I came to realize

127
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ale je taky mozny, ze

A

But it’s just about possible that

128
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go on + to inf

A

something he did later (he went on to break the record)

129
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in support of, for purpose of raising money for

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in aid of

130
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nic proti tomu nemam

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i don’t have any abjections to them

131
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splnuje pozadavky

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it meets the needs

132
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velke tajemstvi

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close secret

133
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zaniknout

A

cease to exit

134
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z pohledu věřícího

A

from he standpoint of a believer

135
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praxe je dulezita pro tuto praci

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experience is relevant to the job

136
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zacit se chovat nenormalne

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go off the rails

137
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vyprovodit někoho

A

see out

138
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make out

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recognize

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emphasise (noun)

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emphasis

140
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strašně jsem záviděl

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i felt a pang of envy

141
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try hard

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make a much greater effort

142
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za usvitu

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at dawn

143
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nosit v hlavě nějakou info

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the info must be carried in your head

144
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regarding to the poor quality

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with regard to the poor quality

145
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it wasn’t surprising

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it came as no surprise

146
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hned za sebou, po sobe

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On the trot

147
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generally

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in broad terms

148
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in a hurry

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pushed for time

149
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be satisfied with

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settle for

150
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dokázali jsme..

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we managed to do/ succeeded in doing

151
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provide smb with sth

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provide sth for smb

152
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když spala

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while she slept

153
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na svete

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in the world

154
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na vlastni riziko

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at one’s peril

155
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sin x

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virtue

156
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uncountable

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advice, damage, equipment, fruit

157
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tuhý maso

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tough meat

158
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rada vytahuje chyby druhých

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she enjoys pointing out other’s mistakes

159
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vyrovnany vztah

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steady relationship

160
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neklepe se mně ruka

A

my hand is completely steady

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