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
- 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
verb
-
to influence something (a competition, election, etc.) in a dishonest way to achieve the kind of result you want
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
- 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
- železo
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
- 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
- ulička (např. mezi sedadly či regály), chodbička (např. mezi sedadly)
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)
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
- spravit (např. oblečení), zašít, záplatovat, zazáplatovat
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