launderette
launderette - veřejná prádelna
BrE
/lɔ:n'dret/
AmE
/lɔ:n'dret/

noun - a public place where people can wash their clothes in washing machines into which you have to insert coins

ticket
ticket - pokuta, pokutový lístek
BrE
/'tɪkɪt/
AmE
/'tɪkɪt/

noun - a piece of paper that tells you that you have to pay a fine, e.g. for wrong parking etc.

 
rebate - vrácení částky, vrácení peněz
BrE
/'ri:beɪt/
AmE
/'ri:beɪt/

noun - the money that is returned to you when you have paid too much for something, e.g. in taxes etc.

maze
maze - bludiště
BrE
/'meɪz/
AmE
/'meɪz/

noun - a system of paths most of which don't lead anywhere and you have to find a way through it

 
word train - slovní fotbal
BrE
/'wɜ:dˌtreɪn/
AmE

noun - a game in which people have to say words that begin with the last letter of the previous word

 
centre around - točit se kolem, být hlavním (bodem či tématem)
BrE
/'sentə əˌraʊnd/
AmE
/'sent̬ər əˌraʊnd/

verb - to have something that you are very concerned or interested in, it is the main subject of your attention

 
Truth or dare - vadí nevadí
BrE
/ˌtru:θ ə'deə/
AmE
/ˌtru:θ ər'der/

noun - a game in which you either have to tell the others something personal about yourself or do something crazy

 
20 questions - hra na 20 otázek
BrE
/ˌtwenti'kwestʃənz/
AmE
/ˌtwent̬i'kwestʃənz/

noun - a game in which you have to ask yes/no questions and find out what the secret word is

 
word chain - slovní fotbal
BrE
/'wɜ:dˌtʃeɪn/
AmE
/'wɜ:rdˌtʃeɪn/

noun - a game in which people have to say words that begin with the last letter of the previous word





 
alimony - výživné, alimenty
BrE
/'æləməni/
AmE
/'æləmoʊni/

noun, American English - money that someone has to pay to their former wife or husband regularly after they get divorced, especially when they have had children together

 
maintenance - výživné, alimenty
BrE
/'meɪntənəns/
AmE
/'meɪnt̬ənəns/

noun, British English - money that someone has to pay to their former wife or husband regularly after they get divorced, especially when they have had children together