sheaf - snop, svazek
BrE
/'ʃi:f/
AmE
/'ʃi:f/

noun - a number of plants (usually wheat etc.) bound together to make them easier to carry

 
surpass - předčit, překonat, předběhnout
BrE
/sə'pɑ:s/
AmE
/sər'pæs/

verb, formal - to do something in a better way, to be better or greater than something else

 
testify - svědčit, vypovídat (u soudu)
BrE
/'testɪfaɪ/
AmE
/'testɪfaɪ/

verb - to give a testimony about something, to say something as a witness (especially in court)

clumsy
clumsy - nešikovný, neohrabaný, nemotorný
BrE
/'klʌmzi/
AmE
/'klʌmzi/

adjective - awkward, not good at doing things, not able to use hands to do something well

clap
clap - tleskat, zatleskat, tlesknout
BrE
/'klæp/
AmE
/'klæp/

verb - to hit your palms together to show that you have liked something (e.g. a performance)

concert hall
concert hall - koncertní síň
BrE
/'kɒnsət hɔ:l/
AmE
/'kɑ:nsərt hɔ:l/

noun - a place where you can go to listen to a concert, usually of classical music

fuel
fuel - palivo
BrE
/'fjʊəl/
AmE
/'fjʊəl/

noun - material that is burned in order to produce heat or to make a machine work

 
flap - plácat, třepotat, mávat (křídly), třepotat se
BrE
/'flæp/
AmE
/'flæp/

verb - to move up and down or from side to side, e.g. in the wind etc.

 
ease - uklidnit, uvolnit, zklidnit
BrE
/'i:z/
AmE
/'i:z/

verb - to become less painful, difficult, unpleasant, serious etc.; to make something less painful, difficult etc.

 
praise - chválit, pochválit
BrE
/'preɪz/
AmE
/'preɪz/

verb - to speak well about somebody or something, to tell someone that he did something well

urinate
urinate - močit
BrE
/'jʊərɪneɪt/
AmE
/'jʊrɪneɪt/

verb, formal - to go to the toilet and let the yellowish liquid come out of your body

pupil
pupil - student, žák
BrE
/'pju:pl/
AmE
/'pju:pl/

noun - a person who goes to school regularly in order to prepare for a future job

feel
feel - cítit, cítit se
BrE
/'fi:l/
AmE
/'fi:l/

verb - to know through your senses, to be in a kind of physical or emotional state

 
bookmark - přidat do záložek, založit si, vytvořit si záložku
BrE
/'bʊkmɑ:k/
AmE
/'bʊkmɑ:rk/

verb - to mark a specific page in a book using a bookmark, making it easier to return to that page later without losing one's place, to save or mark a specific webpage or online resource

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