starvation - hladovění, hladomor
BrE
/stɑ:'veɪʃən/
AmE
/stɑ:r'veɪʃən/

noun - a situation in poor countries in which people don't have enough food and die of hunger

 
lodgings - bydlení v podnájmu, bydlení na privátě
BrE
/'lɒdʒɪŋz/
AmE
/'lɑ:dʒɪŋz/

noun - a room or a set of rooms in someone's house that you pay to live in

 
elk - wapiti, jelen wapiti
BrE
/'elk/
AmE
/'elk/

noun, American English - a large kind of deer that lives in North America and in some parts of Asia

 
riff - rif
BrE
/'rɪf/
AmE
/'rɪf/

noun - (in popular music or jazz) a series of notes that is often repeated in a song

 
exude - vylučovat, vydávat, uvolňovat
BrE
/ɪg'zju:d/
AmE
/ɪg'zu:d/

verb - to release something slowly (especially a liquid or a smell) in small quantities, in drops etc.




late
late - pozdě, dlouho (např. do noci)
BrE
/'leɪt/
AmE
/'leɪt/

adverb - near the end of a period of time (e.g. near the end of the day, near the end of the year etc.)

 
past perfect continuous - předminulý průběhový čas
BrE
/ˌpɑ:st'pɜfɪkt kən'tɪnjʊəs/
AmE
/ˌpæst'pɜ:rfekt kən'tɪnjʊəs/

noun - a grammatical structure that we use for actions that had been happening up to a certain moment in the past, the structure is HAD BEEN + present participle (had been going, had been talking etc.)

 
pulse - pulz, tep, puls
BrE
/'pʌls/
AmE
/'pʌls/

noun - the regular beat of the heart, can be felt at the wrist or side of the neck

briefs
briefs - slipy, kalhotky
BrE
/'bri:fs/
AmE
/'bri:fs/

noun - men's or women's underwear that covers the parts between the waist and the top of the legs

 
equinox - rovnodennost
BrE
/'i:kwɪnɒks/
AmE
/'i:kwɪnɑ:ks/

noun - one of the two days of the year when the day and night are the same length

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Saki: Gabriel-Ernest (full)

Marek Vít | 8. 8. 2007 | komentáře: 5

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turf - závodiště (dostihové), dostihy
BrE
/'tɜ:f/
AmE
/'tɜ:rf/

noun - the sport of horse racing or the track where the horses race