break the mould - vyjet ze zajetých kolejí
BrE
/ˌbreɪk ðə 'məʊld/
AmE
/ˌbreɪk ðə 'moʊld/

verb - to do completely different things than what people expect from you or the situation

 
cut off - odříznout (se), izolovat (se)
BrE
/ˌkʌt'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌkʌt̬'ɑ:f/

verb - to prevent someone or something from leaving a place or communicating with other people

 
put two and two together - dát si dvě a dvě dohromady
BrE
/pʊt ˌtu: ən ˌtu: tə'geðə/
AmE
/pʊt ˌtu: ən ˌtu: tə'geðər/

verb - to work out the truth about a situation from what you see, hear, etc.

prick out
prick out - pikýrovat, přesadit (rostliny)
BrE
/'prɪk aʊt/
AmE
/'prɪk aʊt/

verb - to put a young plant in soil after you have grown it from seed

trolleybus
trolleybus - trolejbus
BrE
/'trɒlibʌs/
AmE
/'trɑ:libʌs/

noun, British English - an electric bus that takes its power from an overhead wire through a trolley

 
quintuplet - paterče
BrE
/kwɪn'tju:plət/
AmE
/kwɪn'tʌplət/

noun - one of the five children born from the same mother at the same time

 
the Middle Ages - středověk
BrE
/ðə ˌmɪdl 'eɪdʒɪz/
AmE
/ðə ˌmɪdl 'eɪdʒɪz/

noun - a period in the history that lasted from the 5th to the 15th century

con artist
con artist - podvodník, expert na podvody
BrE
/'kɒnˌɑ:tɪst/
AmE
/'kɑ:nˌɑ:rt̬ɪst/

noun - a fraud, a person who uses other people's confidence to steal from them etc.

background
background - původ, minulost
BrE
/'bækgraʊnd/
AmE
/'bækgraʊnd/

noun - the origin of something; the type of family or class that you come from

brush off
brush off - smést, oprášit
BrE
/ˌbrʌʃ'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌbrʌʃ'ɑ:f/

verb - to remove small particles from the surface by a brush or by the hand

burglar
burglar - lupič
BrE
/'bɜ:glə/
AmE
/'bɜ:rglər/

noun - a person who comes into somebody's house in order to steal things from it

curry
curry - kari (pokrm)
BrE
/'kʌri/
AmE
/'kʌri/

noun - a dish with meat, rice, a lot of spices etc. which comes from India

charity
charity - charita, dobročinnost
BrE
/'tʃærəti/
AmE
/'tʃærəti/

noun - an organisation that collects money from people in order to help people in need

wiper
wiper - stěrač
BrE
/'waɪpə/
AmE
/'waɪpər/

noun - one of the devices that remove water etc. from the windscreen of a car

 
identity - identita
BrE
/aɪ'dentəti/
AmE
/aɪ'dent̬ət̬i/

noun - all the things that make one person different from another, e.g. feelings, characteristics etc.