Mayor Svoboda's line under the past

Glossary of difficult words

to draw a line under something - to consider an issue finished and not to return to it;

to ruffle feathers - to cause someone to become annoyed or upset;

to step on someone's toes - to offend someone by encroaching on his area of responsibility;

smear campaign - a plan to discredit a public figure by making false or dubious accusations;

pragmatist - a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned mainly with the success or failure of his actions;

F1 - the part about Havel begins at about 21:30 and about corruption at about 14:00;

to lock someone up - to put someone in prison.