overtake - předstihnout, předběhnout, předhonit
BrE
/ˌəʊvə'teɪk/
AmE
/ˌoʊvə'teɪk/

verb - to catch up with somebody who is ahead of you and get in front of them

 
crabs - filcky, muňky
BrE
/'kræbz/
AmE
/'kræbz/

noun, informal - an infestation of a person's pubic hair by a special kind of lice called 'crab lice'

 
potassium - draslík
BrE
/pə'tæsiəm/
AmE
/pə'tæsiəm/

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 19) a silvery-white metal of the alkali-metal group

terraced house
terraced house - řadový dům
BrE
/'terəst haʊs/
AmE
/'terəst haʊs/

noun - a house that is a part of a long row of houses connected to each other

post-mortem
post-mortem - pitva
BrE
/ˌpəʊst'mɔ:təm/
AmE
/ˌpoʊst'mɔ:rt̬əm/

noun, formal - the act of opening the body of a dead person to find out why they died

autopsy
autopsy - pitva
BrE
/'ɔ:tɒpsi/
AmE
/'ɔ:tɑ:psi/

noun - the act of opening the body of a dead person to find out why they died

figure skating
figure skating - krasobruslení
BrE
/'fɪgəˌskeɪtɪŋ/
AmE
/'fɪgjərˌskeɪt̬ɪŋ/

noun - a kind of skating in which the people kind of dance on ice, jump, spin etc.

 
learn lines - učit se roli
BrE
/ˌlɜ:n'laɪnz/
AmE
/ˌlɜ:rn'laɪnz/

verb - (of an actor etc.) to learn the words of a character in a film or play

statue
statue - socha
BrE
/'stætju:/
AmE
/'stætju:/

noun - an image or model of a person or animal etc, made of stone or metal etc.

 
paragraph - odstavec
BrE
/'pærəgrɑ:f/
AmE
/'pærəgræf/

noun - a part of a text made up of several sentences, it starts on a new line

 
preservation - ochrana, konzervace, uchování, zachování
BrE
/ˌprezə'veɪʃən/
AmE
/ˌprezər'veɪʃən/

noun - the act of keeping something safe or in good condition over a long period of time

 
poetry - poezie, básnictví, básně
BrE
/'pəʊɪtri/
AmE
/'poʊətri/

noun - poems, a kind of literature where the works are written in patterns of sounds and lines

 
push in - předbíhat, předběhnout
BrE
/ˌpʊʃ'ɪn/
AmE
/ˌpʊʃ'ɪn/

verb, British English - to stand in a line of people in front of those who were there before you

 
seeker - chytač
BrE
/'si:kə/
AmE
/'si:kər/

noun - (Harry Potter) one of the players of Quidditch whose job is to catch the Golden Snitch

sticker
sticker - nálepka
BrE
/'stɪkə/
AmE
/'stɪkər/

noun - a picture or a piece of text that can be stuck onto the surface of something