telling-off
telling-off - vynadání, vyhubování, kartáč
BrE
/ˌtelɪŋ'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌtelɪŋ'ɑ:f/

noun, British English, informal - the act of speaking angrily to somebody who has done something bad or wrong

 
sightly - vzhledný, pohledný
BrE
/'saɪtli/
AmE
/'saɪtli/

adjective, literary - pleasant to look at

 
barbed - ostnatý, s ostny, s háčky
BrE
/'bɑ:bd/
AmE
/'bɑ:rbd/

adjective - having sharp points which may curve backwards

 
digest - výběr, výtah (toho podstatného)
BrE
/'daɪdʒest/
AmE
/'daɪdʒest/

noun - a short text that gives the most important facts and details of a longer piece of writing

 
digest - vstřebat, zpracovat (informaci)
BrE
/daɪ'dʒest/
AmE
/daɪ'dʒest/

verb - to understand new information

bias
bias - ovlivnit
BrE
/'baɪəs/
AmE
/'baɪəs/

verb - to influence someone's opinion, judgment etc.

 
bias - zkreslení
BrE
/'baɪəs/
AmE
/'baɪəs/

noun - a systematic error or distortion in research findings

 
bias - zaměření
BrE
/'baɪəs/
AmE
/'baɪəs/

noun - an interest in one particular thing rather than other things

 
roux - jíška (zahušťovací prostředek při vaření)
BrE
/'ru:/
AmE
/'ru:/

noun - a mixture of flour and fat that is used to make sauces and soups thicker

 
dripping - výpek (vypečená šťáva z masa)
BrE
/'drɪpɪŋ/
AmE
/'drɪpɪŋ/

noun - fat that comes out of meat when it is cooking

 
roast - pražit, upražit, pražit se
BrE
/'rəʊst/
AmE
/'roʊst/

verb - to heat nuts or coffee beans quickly to make them dry and give them a particular taste and colour; to be cooked this way

 
roast - tvrdě kritizovat, zpražit, sjet, dát kartáč (někomu)
BrE
/'rəʊst/
AmE
/'roʊst/

verb - to criticize somebody very strongly

grocery store
grocery store - obchod s potravinami, samoobsluha
BrE
/'grəʊsəriˌstɔ:/
AmE
/'groʊʃəriˌstɔ:r/

noun, American English - a small shop selling a variety of goods (esp. food and small household items)

feature film
feature film - celovečerní film
BrE
/'fi:tʃəˌfɪlm/
AmE
/'fi:tʃərˌfɪlm/

noun - a movie with a story, usually one longer than 80 minutes

 
bedding - podestýlka, stelivo (pro zvířata)
BrE
/'bedɪŋ/
AmE
/'bedɪŋ/

noun - straw or similar material that animals sleep on