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.

rescuer
rescuer - záchranář
BrE
/'reskju:ə/
AmE
/'reskju:ər/

noun - a person whose job it is to save people from harmful or dangerous situations (e.g. in the mountains etc.)

 
rig - našvindlovat, zmanipulovat
BrE
/'rɪg/
AmE
/'rɪg/

verb - to influence something (a competition, election, etc.) in a dishonest way to achieve the kind of result you want

phone box
phone box - telefonní budka
BrE
/'fəʊnˌbɒks/
AmE
/'foʊnˌbɑ:ks/

noun - a large box standing in the street etc. which you can enter and where you can use a telephone

skiing
skiing - lyžování
BrE
/'ski:ɪŋ/
AmE
/'ski:ɪŋ/

noun - a winter sport in which you go down the mountain on two long narrow pieces of wood or plastic

iron
iron - železo
BrE
/'aɪən/
AmE
/'aɪərn/

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 26) a hard strong metal used in industry, steel is made from it

 
evacuate - evakuovat
BrE
/ɪ'vækjʊeɪt/
AmE
/ɪ'vækjʊeɪt/

verb - to move people from a dangerous area (e.g. in the case of a hurricane, volcano erruption, terrorist attack etc.)

butler
butler - komorník, sluha
BrE
/'bʌtlə/
AmE
/'bʌtlər/

noun - a man working in a large house and organizes the work of other servants and serves food and wine

aisle
aisle - ulička (např. mezi sedadly či regály), chodbička (např. mezi sedadly)
BrE
/'aɪl/
AmE
/'aɪl/

noun - a narrow passage between seats (e.g. on a bus) etc., or between the rows of shelves in a shop

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throng - nahrnout se, hrnout se, valit se (dav)
BrE
/'θrɒŋ/
AmE
/'θrɑ:ŋ/

verb, literary - to go somewhere in large numbers, to be somewhere in large numbers

 
fish pond - jezirko s rybičkami
BrE
/'fɪʃ pɒnd/
AmE
/'fɪʃ pɑ:nd/

noun - an ornamental pond, usually in a garden, which has fish in it

mend
mend - spravit (např. oblečení), zašít, záplatovat, zazáplatovat
BrE
/'mend/
AmE
/'mend/

verb - to fix a hole in something (especially in a piece of clothing)

 
teasingly - škádlivě, dráždivě
BrE
/'ti:zɪŋli/
AmE
/'ti:zɪŋli/

adverb - in a way that's making fun of somebody in a playful way