cocoa
cocoa - kakao
BrE
/'kəʊkəʊ/
AmE
/'koʊkoʊ/

noun - brown powder made from cocoa beans or a drink made using this powder and warm milk

chimney
chimney - komín
BrE
/'tʃɪmni/
AmE
/'tʃɪmni/

noun - a thing on the roof of a house which lets smoke from a fire come out

beach umbrella
beach umbrella - plážový slunečník
BrE
/ˌbi:tʃ ʌm'brelə/
AmE
/ˌbi:tʃ ʌm'brelə/

noun - a large kind of umbrella that you use on the beach to hide from direct sunlight

 
opposite - protiklad
BrE
/'ɒpəsɪt/
AmE
/'ɑ:pəsɪt/

noun - a person or a thing that is as different as possible from something or somebody else

bungee jump
bungee jump - bungee jump
BrE
/'bʌndʒi: dʒʌmp/
AmE
/'bʌndʒi: dʒʌmp/

noun - a jump from a bridge or a tower whan you are fastened by a rubber rope

champagne
champagne - šampaňské
BrE
/ʃæm'peɪn/
AmE
/ʃæm'peɪn/

noun - a kind of wine with a lot of bubbles in it, it originally comes from France

degree
degree - titul (akademický), akademický titul
BrE
/dɪ'gri:/
AmE
/dɪ'gri:/

noun - a kind of title you get when you graduate from a university, e.g. Ph.D., M.A., etc.

wring
wring - ždímat, vyždímat
BrE
/'rɪŋ/
AmE
/'rɪŋ/

verb - to twist a wet piece of cloth or clothing in order to remove water from it

 
gypsy - cikán
BrE
/'dʒɪpsi/
AmE
/'dʒɪpsi/

noun - a member of a race of people with darker skin who travel from place to place

 
gipsy - cikán
BrE
/'dʒɪpsi/
AmE
/'dʒɪpsi/

noun - a member of a race of people with darker skin who travel from place to place

karate
karate - karate
BrE
/kə'rɑ:ti/
AmE
/kə'rɑ:ti/

noun - a fighting sport that comes from Japan in which the only weapons are hands and feet

 
intolerant - netolerantní
BrE
/ɪn'tɒlərənt/
AmE
/ɪn'tɑ:lərənt/

adjective - not respecting other people and their opinions etc. especially if they are different from your own

 
read up on - načíst si (o)
BrE
/ˌri:d'ʌpˌɒn/
AmE
/ˌri:d'ʌpˌɑ:n/

verb - to get a lot of information on a particular subject from books and other printed sources

 
miss a turn - jednou neházet (ve hře), jedno kolo nehrát
BrE
/'mɪsə'tɜ:n/
AmE
/'mɪsə'tɜ:rn/

verb - to be excluded from one round of a game (e.g. you don't roll the dice once)

 
machine - automat (nápojový apod.)
BrE
/mə'ʃi:n/
AmE
/mə'ʃi:n/

noun - a particular device from which you can buy drinks, sweets, etc. by putting coins into it