vengeance - pomsta, msta, odplata
BrE
/'vendʒəns/
AmE
/'vendʒəns/

noun - revenge; the kind of punishment in which you do something bad to somebody because they have done something bad to you

 
Shrieking Shack - Chroptící chýše
BrE
/'ʃri:kɪŋʃæk/
AmE
/'ʃri:kɪŋʃæk/

noun - (Harry Potter) the haunted house in Hogsmeade that everyone tries to avoid, it is connected to Hogwarts by a secret passage

chill
chill - ochladit, vychladit
BrE
/'tʃɪl/
AmE
/'tʃɪl/

verb, informal - to make something very cold but not frozen; to let something become very cold but not frozen (usually in a fridge)

 
vicious cycle - začarovaný cyklus
BrE
/ˌvɪʃəs'saɪkl/
AmE
/ˌvɪʃəs'saɪkl/

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

 
vicious circle - začarovaný kruh
BrE
/ˌvɪʃəs'sɜ:kl/
AmE
/ˌvɪʃəs'sɜ:rkl/

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

 
Charades - šarády (hra)
BrE
/ʃə'rɑ:dz/
AmE
/ʃə'reɪdz/

noun - a party game in which a player has to demonstrate words and their team has to guess what the words are

valour
valour - chrabrost, udatnost, srdnatost, hrdinství
BrE
/'vælə/
AmE
/'vælər/

noun, literary - great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle

dowdy
dowdy - nevzhledný, staromódní, neelegantní, nemoderní
BrE
/'daʊdi/
AmE
/'daʊdi/

adjective - unfashionable and unattractive in appearance (especially in clothing or style)

sleepwear
sleepwear - noční prádlo, oblečení na spaní
BrE
/'sli:pweə/
AmE
/'sli:pwer/

noun, formal - clothes that you wear in bed (used usually in shops)

 
turndown - pokles
BrE
/'tɜ:ndaʊn/
AmE
/'tɜ:rndaʊn/

noun, technical - a reduction in an activity (especially in business, economics etc.)

 
structurally - strukturálně, konstrukčně
BrE
/'strʌktʃərəli/
AmE
/'strʌktʃərəli/

adverb - in the way in which something is built or arranged

trapdoor
trapdoor - padací dveře, poklop
BrE
/'træpdɔ:/
AmE
/'træpdɔ:r/

noun - a small door in the ceiling or in the floor

 
better - lépe
BrE
/'betə/
AmE
/'bet̬ər/

adverb - in a more acceptable way, in a more suitable way

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