mudflap
mudflap - blatníková zástěrka, zástěrka na blatník
BrE
/'mʌdflæp/
AmE
/'mʌdflæp/

noun - a flat piece of material, usually made of rubber or plastic, that hangs down behind the wheels of a vehicle

 
bedpost - sloupek u postele
BrE
/'bedpəʊst/
AmE
/'bedpoʊst/

noun - one of the four wooden or metal supports at the corners of a bed (usually an old type of bed)

 
crotch - rozkrok
BrE
/'krɒtʃ/
AmE
/'krɑ:tʃ/

noun - a part of the body between the tops of the legs, or the part of trousers that cover this area

play up
play up - zlobit, vypovídat poslušnost
BrE
/ˌpleɪ'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌpleɪ'ʌp/

verb, British English - (esp. of children) to misbehave; (esp. of machines) to not work properly; (of body parts) to hurt or cause pain

salad
salad - salát
BrE
/'sæləd/
AmE
/'sæləd/

noun - a kind of cold food that is made up of many different kinds of raw vegetables and sometimes mayonnaise etc.

spectrum
spectrum - spektrum, škála, paleta, rozsah
BrE
/'spektrəm/
AmE
/'spektrəm/

noun - a continuous range or sequence of something, such as wavelengths of light, or the range of different opinions, activities, or qualities

 
placement - pracovní stáž, praxe
BrE
/'pleɪsmənt/
AmE
/'pleɪsmənt/

noun, British English - a temporary job, usually as a part of a course, which gives you some experience of a particular kind of work

 
assurance - pojištění
BrE
/ə'ʃʊərəns/
AmE
/ə'ʃʊrəns/

noun, British English - a type of insurance that will pay an amount of money when someone dies or after an agreed period of time

 
foreword - předmluva
BrE
/'fɔ:wɜ:d/
AmE
/'fɔ:rwɜ:rd/

noun - a short piece of writing placed before the beginning of a book, usually not written by the author of the book

 
truncation - zkrácení, osekání, zestručnění, useknutí konce
BrE
/trʌŋ'keɪʃn/
AmE
/trʌŋ'keɪʃn/

noun, formal - the act of making something shorter by cutting off a part of it

uniqueness
uniqueness - jedinečnost, výjimečnost, neopakovatelnost
BrE
/ju'ni:knəs/
AmE
/ju'ni:knəs/

noun - the quality of being one of a kind, special, or unlike anything else

 
calibre - ráže, kalibr (zbraně, střely)
BrE
/'kælɪbə/
AmE
/'kælɪbər/

noun - the internal diameter of a gun barrel, or the diameter of a bullet

 
reminiscent - evokující, připomínající
BrE
/ˌremɪ'nɪsnt/
AmE
/ˌremɪ'nɪsnt/

adjective - tending to remind one of something; evoking memories or feelings of the past

brink
brink - kraj, okraj (srázu apod.)
BrE
/'brɪŋk/
AmE
/'brɪŋk/

noun, literary - the edge or margin of a steep place or of land bordering water

 
relapse - recidiva, relaps, opětovné zhoršení (zdravotního stavu apod.), návrat (k neřesti)
BrE
/rɪ'læps/
AmE
/rɪ'læps/

noun, technical - the return of an illness or negative state after a period of improvement