PRE-INTERMEDIATE

Slovník, slovníček, slovíčka

Marek Vít | 7. 12. 2013 | komentáře: 3

Studentům se často pletou slova DICTIONARY, VOCABULARY a WORDS. Tento článek by měl jejich použití objasnit. Pokračování článku »
UPPER-INTERMEDIATE

The greatest of 'THE DAMNED POETS'

Petra Luňáková | 20. 4. 2008 | komentáře: 11

„The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable.“ Pokračování článku »
 
representative - poslanec, poslankyně, zastupitel
BrE
/ˌreprɪ'zentətɪv/
AmE
/ˌreprɪ'zent̬ət̬ɪv/

noun - a person who is elected to speak or act for other people in a government or official body, especially in a parliament or congress

deep knee bend
deep knee bend - dřep
BrE
/ˌdi:p'ni: bend/
AmE
/ˌdi:p'ni: bend/

noun - a physical exercise in which you start in a standing position, then bend your knees to lower your body down and then up again

squat
squat - dřep
BrE
/'skwɒt/
AmE
/'skwɑ:t/

noun - a physical exercise in which you start in a standing position, then bend your knees to lower your body down and then up again

bars
bars - mříže
BrE
/'bɑ:z/
AmE

noun - a long wooden or metal sticks that are put in windows and doors (e.g. in a prison) to prevent someone from entering or escaping

 
askew - nakřivo
BrE
/ə'skju:/
AmE
/ə'skju:/

adverb - in a position in which something is not straight

canoeing
canoeing - jízda na kánoi, kánoistika
BrE
/kə'nu:ɪŋ/
AmE
/kə'nu:ɪŋ/

noun - the sport in which you ride in a canoe

 
prairie - prérie
BrE
/'preəri/
AmE
/'preri/

noun - an open plain in North America covered in grass

soil
soil - půda (zem), zemina, zem, hlína
BrE
/'sɔɪl/
AmE
/'sɔɪl/

noun - the substance in the ground in which plants grow

 
puncture - píchnutí (např. pneumatiky), píchnutá pneumatika, propíchnutí (např. pneumatiky)
BrE
/'pʌŋktʃə/
AmE
/'pʌŋktʃər/

noun - a small hole in something, esp. in a tyre

 
endangered - ohrožený
BrE
/ɪn'deɪndʒəd/
AmE
/ɪn'deɪndʒərd/

adjective - in danger, esp. in danger of dying out completely

 
literally - doslova
BrE
/'lɪtrəli/
AmE
/'lɪt̬ərəli/

adverb - in a literal sense, not in a figurative sense

 
terminal - smrtelný (např. choroba)
BrE
/'tɜ:mɪnl/
AmE
/'tɜ:rmɪnl/

adjective - (of a disease) resulting in death, ending in death

white-collar
white-collar - úřednický, kancelářský
BrE
/ˌwaɪt'kɒlə/
AmE
/ˌwaɪt'kɑ:lər/

adjective - having jobs in offices, rather than working in factories