portion - kus, část, díl
BrE
/'pɔ:ʃn/
AmE
/'pɔ:rʃn/

noun - a part of a whole

 
on - o (čem), na (jaké) téma
BrE
/'ɒn/
AmE
/'ɑ:n/

preposition - about, on the topic of

 
arachnophobia - arachnofobie
BrE
/əˌræknəʊ'fəʊbiə/
AmE
/əˌræknoʊ'foʊbiə/

noun - an extreme fear of spiders

 
kitty - fond, bank
BrE
/'kɪti/
AmE
/'kɪt̬i/

noun - an amount of money put together by a number of people to be used in a specific way, an amount of money you can win in a game of cards etc.

 
rationale - odůvodnění, důvod, logické vysvětlení, zdůvodnění, základní princip
BrE
/ˌræʃə'nɑ:l/
AmE
/ˌræʃə'næl/

noun, formal - the set of reasons or logical basis for a course of action or belief

central reservation
central reservation - střední dělicí pás
BrE
/'sentrəl ˌrezə'veɪʃn/
AmE
/'sentrəl ˌrezər'veɪʃn/

noun - the strip of land or barrier between two directions of traffic on a road

 
common ground - společná řeč, společné východisko, shoda
BrE
/ˌkɒmən 'graʊnd/
AmE
/ˌkɑ:mən 'graʊnd/

noun - a shared basis of understanding or mutual interests; an area of agreement between parties

litigation
litigation - soudní spor, soudní řízení, právní spor
BrE
/ˌlɪtɪ'geɪʃn/
AmE
/ˌlɪtɪ'geɪʃn/

noun, technical - the process of taking legal action or resolving disputes in a court of law

 
spatter - šplouchat, stříkat, cákat, kropit, šplouchnout, stříknout, cáknout
BrE
/'spætə/
AmE
/'spæt̬ər/

verb - (of many drops of liquids) to hit something noisily, to be thrown against something

jaded
jaded - otrávený, znuděný, utahaný, unavený
BrE
/'dʒeɪdɪd/
AmE
/'dʒeɪdɪd/

adjective, informal - bored or tired of something, especially because you have had too much of it

 
Manhattan - Manhattan
BrE
/mæn'hætn/
AmE
/mæn'hætn/

noun - the island that forms the smallest of the five boroughs of New York City

 
tile - taška (střešní), střešní taška
BrE
/'taɪl/
AmE
/'taɪl/

noun - one of the thin curved pieces of baked clay that are put on roofs

 
graft - roubovat, naroubovat (strom, rostlinu)
BrE
/'grɑ:ft/
AmE
/'græft/

verb, technical - to attach a piece of a plant to the bottom of a different plant

 
adoption - adopce, osvojení
BrE
/ə'dɒpʃn/
AmE
/ə'dɑ:pʃn/

noun - the act of taking a child to take care of them as your own

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

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