sycophant
- patolízal, podlézavec, pochlebovač, přisluhovač
BrE
/
'sɪkəfənt/
AmE
/
'sɪkəfənt/
noun, formal
-
a person who says nice things to powerful people just to get their help or to stay in their favour
tree
- strom, stromek, stromeček
noun
-
a very tall plant with a hard trunk and branches and green leaves or needles, people get wood from it
receipt
- účtenka, účet, paragon
BrE
/
rɪ'si:t/
AmE
/
rɪ'si:t/
noun
-
a piece of paper that you get when you buy something, it shows how much you have paid for it
refund
- vrácení peněz (např. za vadné zboží), vrácené peníze, refundace
BrE
/
'ri:fʌnd/
AmE
/
'ri:fʌnd/
noun
-
the money that you get back if the product you bough was faulty, the service you ordered was bad etc.
the can
- hajzl (záchod), záchod
BrE
/
ðə'kæn/
AmE
/
ðə'kæn/
noun, informal
-
a piece of furniture (or a small room) where you can get rid of the waste material in your body
explosiveness
- výbušnost (povahou), vznětlivost (povahou)
BrE
/
ɪks'pləʊsɪvnəs/
AmE
/
ɪks'ploʊsɪvnəs/
noun
-
the quality of being likely to get angry easily, likely to make people angry, likely to create hatred and violence
woodpecker
- datel, strakapoud
BrE
/
'wʊdpekə/
AmE
/
'wʊdpekər/
noun
-
a bird with a long bill, it climbs trees and drums on them with its sharp bill to get food
weighting
- příplatek (v rámci životních nákladů)
BrE
/
'weɪtɪŋ/
AmE
/
'weɪtɪŋ/
noun, British English
-
an extra sum of money that some people get if they work somewhere where the cost of living is very high
blinds
- závěsy, rolety, žaluzie, roleta
BrE
/
'blaɪndz/
AmE
/
'blaɪndz/
noun
-
something that can cover the window in order that daylight doesn't get into the room and people outside can't see in
centre
- centrum
BrE
/
'sentə/
AmE
/
'sentər/
noun
-
a building where people go for a particular purpose, e.g. to do fitness, to find information, to get first aid etc.
registered letter
- doporučený dopis, rekomando
BrE
/
rɪ'dʒɪstəd 'letə/
AmE
/
rɪ'dʒɪstərd 'let̬ər/
noun
-
a way of sending a letter to make sure it is dealt with in a special way and doesn't get lost
phrasal verb
- frázové sloveso
BrE
/
ˌfreɪzl'vɜ:b/
AmE
/
ˌfreɪzl'vɜ:rb/
noun
-
a verb that consists of two or more parts (a verb and a preposition), e.g. 'get up', 'put up with' etc.
wrestling
- zápasy, zápasení
BrE
/
'reslɪŋ/
AmE
/
'reslɪŋ/
noun
-
a fighting sport in which the opponents try to get hold of each other and throw each other on the ground
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