disobedient
disobedient - neposlušný
BrE
/dɪsə'bi:dɪənt/
AmE
/dɪsə'bi:diənt/

adjective - refusing to do what someone (in authority) tells you to do

warrior
warrior - bojovník
BrE
/'wɒrɪə/
AmE
/'wɑ:rɪər/

noun - a soldier, a person who fights in a battle or war

 
spearman - voják s kopím
BrE
/'spɪəmən/
AmE
/'spɪrmən/

noun - a soldier (esp. in Bronze Age) with a long pointed weapon

serve
serve - obsluhovat
BrE
/'sɜ:v/
AmE
/'sɜ:rv/

verb - (in a shop) to help customers, to give them goods etc.

carry
carry - nést, nosit, mít u sebe
BrE
/'kæri/
AmE
/'kæri/

verb - to have with you, e.g. in your pocket or your hands

fiddle
fiddle - hrát si (s něčím), pohrávat si (s něčím)
BrE
/'fɪdl/
AmE
/'fɪdl/

verb, informal - to keep moving or playing with something in an idle way

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hinterland
hinterland - vnitrozemí
BrE
/'hɪntəlænd/
AmE
/'hɪnt̬ərlænd/

noun - the remote or less developed areas of a country, typically far from the coast

 
swing - swing (tanec)
BrE
/'swɪŋ/
AmE
/'swɪŋ/

noun - one of the social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music

primeval
primeval - pravěký, prastarý, prvotní, prehistorický
BrE
/praɪ'mi:vl/
AmE
/praɪ'mi:vl/

adjective - relating to the earliest ages of the world or human history; ancient or prehistoric

bell
bell - zvonění (např. ve škole)
BrE
/'bel/
AmE
/'bel/

noun - a signal that marks the beginning or the end of a class at school

stocktaking
stocktaking - inventura, sčítání zásob, kontrola zásob, revize skladu
BrE
/'stɒkˌteɪkɪŋ/
AmE
/'stɑ:kˌteɪkɪŋ/

noun, British English - the process of counting and checking all the goods or materials a business has

 
gaudiness - křiklavost, extravagantnost, okázalost
BrE
/'gɔ:dɪnəs/
AmE
/'gɔ:dɪnəs/

noun - the state of being extravagant, using bright colours, standing out from the rest etc.

 
doomsday - soudný konec, konec světa
BrE
/'du:mzdeɪ/
AmE
/'du:mzdeɪ/

adjective - the end of the world, Christians believe that people will be judged by God

 
pandemic - pandemie
BrE
/ˌpæn'demɪk/
AmE
/ˌpæn'demɪk/

noun - a disease that affects the whole country or several countries or the whole world