rebuke
rebuke - kárat, vynadat
BrE
/rɪ'bju:k/
AmE
/rɪ'bju:k/

verb - to speak to someone in an angry and critical way

 
act of God - vyšší moc
BrE
/ˌækt əv'gɒd/
AmE
/ˌækt əv'gɑ:d/

noun - something people have no control over, e.g. an earthquake etc.

gaudy
gaudy - křiklavý, extravagantní, nevkusný, okázalý
BrE
/'gɔ:di/
AmE
/'gɔ:di/

adjective - too brightly coloured in an unpleasant way, extravagant, standing out

 
edit - úprava, oprava
BrE
/'edɪt/
AmE
/'edɪt/

noun - an act of making changes to texts, films, data etc.

 
bureau de change - směnárna
BrE
/'bjʊərəʊ də ʃɑ:nʒ/
AmE
/'bjʊroʊ də ʃɑ:nʒ/

noun - an office where you can exchange one currency for another

 
explanatory - objasňující, vysvětlujicí
BrE
/ɪk'splænətri/
AmE
/ɪk'splænətɔ:ri/

adjective - giving an explanation about something to make people understand it

 
Tesla - Tesla
BrE
/'teslə/
AmE
/'teslə/

noun - an American company that produces electric and environmentlally friendly vehicles

 
recoil - odmítat (myšlenku)
BrE
/rɪ'kɔɪl/
AmE
/rɪ'kɔɪl/

verb - to react to an idea with strong dislike or disapproval

 
modernist - modernista
BrE
/'mɒdənɪst/
AmE
/'mɑ:dərnɪst/

noun - an artist or writer who uses new methods and ideas

 
hit upon - najednou na něco přijít, náhodou na něco přijít, objevit (náhodou), kápnout na něco
BrE
/'hɪt əˌpɒn/
AmE
/'hɪt əˌpɑ:n/

verb - to suddenly discover something or to suddenly have an idea

 
not only - nejen že
BrE
/nɒt 'əʊnli/
AmE
/nɑ:t 'oʊnli/

adverb - an expression used to say that both statements are true

 
grade school - základní škola
BrE
/'greɪdˌsku:l/
AmE
/'greɪdˌsku:l/

noun, American English - an type of school for children between 7 and 14

group
group - skupina
BrE
/'gru:p/
AmE
/'gru:p/

noun - several people together, doing an activity together e.g. music etc.

march
march - pochod (i protestní), demonstrace
BrE
/'mɑ:tʃ/
AmE
/'mɑ:rtʃ/

noun - an organized walk of people who are protesting against something

look like
look like - vypadat jako
BrE
/'lʊk laɪk/
AmE
/'lʊk laɪk/

verb - to have an appearance similar to, to be similar to