switchboard - telefonní ústředna
BrE
/'swɪtʃˌbɔ:d/
AmE
/'swɪtʃˌbɔ:rd/

noun - a telephone central in a company etc. where callers can be put through to different parts of the company

 
first come, first served - kdo dřív přijde, ten dřív mele
BrE
/ˌfɜ:st 'kʌm ˌfɜ:st 'sɜ:vd/
AmE
/ˌfɜ:rst 'kʌm ˌfɜ:rst 'sɜ:rvd/

phrase - used to mean that a group of people will be dealt with in the order in which they arrive

smartphone
smartphone - chytrý telefon
BrE
/'smɑ:tfəʊn/
AmE
/'smɑ:rtfoʊn/

noun - a device that can be used to make phone calls, send text messages, browse the internet, take photographs etc.

 
rat race - honba za (penězi či kariérou apod.)
BrE
/'rætˌreɪs/
AmE
/'rætˌreɪs/

noun - the kind of way of life in which people always compete with each other to be rich, powerful etc.

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hang
hang - pověsit, viset, zavěsit
BrE
/'hæŋ/
AmE
/'hæŋ/

verb - to put something up in a way that the upper part is fixed and the lower part is loose, to be in such a position

 
gerund - gerundium
BrE
/'dʒerənd/
AmE
/'dʒerənd/

noun - the form of a verb that can be used instead of a noun, in English it has the ending -ING (swimming, being, knowing, having etc.)

 
dominate - dominovat, ovládat, vládnout, převažovat
BrE
/'dɒmɪneɪt/
AmE
/'dɑ:mɪneɪt/

verb - to be in control, to have more power or authority than others; to be stronger or more noticeable than others

 
get off - opustit, odejít, dostat se z
BrE
/'get ˌɒf/
AmE
/'get̬ ˌɑ:f/

verb - to leave a place because you do not want to be there or you have no right to be there

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video recorder
video recorder - video, videorekordér
BrE
/'vɪdɪəʊrɪ'kɔ:də/
AmE
/'vɪdɪoʊrɪ'kɔ:rdər/

noun - a machine that can play films on a cassette or record them from TV on a cassette

 
video - video, videorekordér
BrE
/'vɪdɪəʊ/
AmE
/'vɪdioʊ/

noun - a machine that can play films on a cassette or record them from TV on a cassette

 
pile - dát na hromadu, naskládat, kupit, hromadit
BrE
/'paɪl/
AmE
/'paɪl/

verb - to put a number of things on top of one another; to put things on a heap

 
video-recorder - video, videorekordér
BrE
/'vɪdɪəʊrɪ'kɔ:də/
AmE
/'vɪdɪoʊrɪ'kɔ:rdər/

noun - a machine that can play films on a cassette or record them from TV on a cassette

air-bed
air-bed - nafukovací matrace
BrE
/'eəbed/
AmE
/'erbed/

noun - a kind of mattress filled with air that you can put on water and lie on it