living - obživa, živobytí
BrE
/'lɪvɪŋ/
AmE
/'lɪvɪŋ/

noun - your way of life; the money you need to buy things necessary in life

 
germ - bacil
BrE
/'dʒɜ:m/
AmE
/'dʒɜ:rm/

noun - a very small creature that lives in the body and can cause many diseases

downhill skiing
downhill skiing - sjezdové lyžování
BrE
/ˌdaʊn'hɪl 'ski:ɪng/
AmE
/ˌdaʊn'hɪl 'ski:ɪng/

noun - a kind of winter sport in which you go down the mountain on skis

shift
shift - směna (pracovní)
BrE
/'ʃɪft/
AmE
/'ʃɪft/

noun - one of the periods when a group of workers work in a factory etc.

 
rescue - zachránit, vyprostit
BrE
/'reskju:/
AmE
/'reskju:/

verb - to save somebody from a harmful or dangerous situation (e.g. in the mountains etc.)

stomachache
stomachache - bolest břicha
BrE
/'stʌməkeɪk/
AmE
/'stʌməkeɪk/

noun - the pain you feel in your belly when you have eaten something bad etc.

 
promote - propagovat, dělat reklamu (čemu)
BrE
/prə'məʊt/
AmE
/prə'moʊt/

verb - to let the public know about a product in order to increase its sales

 
public transport - veřejná doprava, hromadná doprava
BrE
/ˌpʌblɪk'trænspɔ:t/
AmE
/ˌpʌblɪk'trænspɔ:rt/

noun, British English - the system of trains, buses etc. that people can use, esp. in a city

pouch
pouch - vak (vačnatců), kapsa (vačnatců)
BrE
/'paʊtʃ/
AmE
/'paʊtʃ/

noun - a kind of pocket on the belly of some animals that live in Australia

 
meditation - rozjímaní, meditace
BrE
/ˌmedɪ'teɪʃn/
AmE
/ˌmedɪ'teɪʃn/

noun - the act of thinking deeply about something, especially in a religious or spiritual way

 
sheriff - šerif
BrE
/'ʃerɪf/
AmE
/'ʃerɪf/

noun - an elected official responsible for enforcing the law in a county or a city

wound
wound - zranit
BrE
/'wu:nd/
AmE
/'wu:nd/

verb - to injure somebody, esp. in a way that the skin is cut or broken

aground
aground - na mělčině, na zemi
BrE
/ə'graʊnd/
AmE
/ə'graʊnd/

adverb - (of ships) on the ground or in shallow water and therefore unable to move

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-ISH (přípona i slovo)

Roman Svozílek | 17. 10. 2019 | komentáře: 2

Víte, že -ISH je nejen přípona ale také samostatné slovo? Jde o značně hovorovou angličtinu, ale pro rodilé mluvčí naprosto běžnou.

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Jordan
Jordan - Jordánsko
BrE
/'dʒɔ:dən/
AmE
/'dʒɔ:rdən/

noun - a country in Western Asia, situated on the east bank of the Jordan River, bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, Saudi Arabia to the south and southeast, and Israel and Palestine to the west