anthology - antologie, sbírka
BrE
/æn'θɒlədʒi/
AmE
/æn'θɑ:lədʒi/

noun - a book that consists of parts of many different literary works (poems, passages from novels, short stories etc.)

patrol
patrol - hlídkovat, hlídat
BrE
/pə'trəʊl/
AmE
/pə'troʊl/

verb - (usually of a group of policemen) to go somewhere regularly in order to prevent crime in the area

 
element - živel
BrE
/'eləmənt/
AmE
/'eləmənt/

noun - one of the key things that people believed the world was build of (water, earth, fire and air)

preface
preface - předmluva
BrE
/'prefəs/
AmE
/'prefəs/

noun - a short piece of writing (usually written by a different person) placed before the beginning of a book

plunger
plunger - zvon (na WC)
BrE
/'plʌndʒə/
AmE
/'plʌndʒər/

noun - a device consisting of a rubber cup on the end of a stick, used for clearing waste pipes

 
fantasy - fantasy (literatura)
BrE
/'fæntəsi/
AmE
/'fænt̬əsi/

noun - the genre of literature that usually involves magic and magical creatures, e.g. Tolkien's LORD OF THE RINGS etc.

 
brainwashing - vymývání mozků
BrE
/'breɪnˌwɒʃɪŋ/
AmE
/'breɪnˌwɑ:ʃɪŋ/

noun - the act of making someone accept new beliefs and attitudes (often as a part of a religion etc.)

tails
tails - orel (strana mince), rub mince
BrE
/'teɪlz/
AmE
/'teɪlz/

noun - the back side of a coin, it does not have a picture of a person's head on it

 
traveller's cheque - cestovní šek
BrE
/ˌtrævələz'tʃek/
AmE
/ˌtrævələrz'tʃek/

noun - a piece of paper printed by a bank that you can take on your journey instead of money

 
list - seznam, soupis
BrE
/'lɪst/
AmE
/'lɪst/

noun - a number of things or people written on a single sheet of paper, usually one above the other

joker
joker - žolík
BrE
/'dʒəʊkə/
AmE
/'dʒoʊkər/

noun - a special card in the deck of cards, it usually has a picture of a jester on it

idiom
idiom - idiom, ustálené spojení
BrE
/'ɪdiəm/
AmE
/'ɪdiəm/

noun - a phrase that has a different meaning from the meaning of the individual words which it consists of

 
acquit - zprostit viny, osvobodit
BrE
/ə'kwɪt/
AmE
/ə'kwɪt/

verb - to make a formal statement that someone is not guilty of something which he has been accused of

 
object - předmět (věty)
BrE
/'ɒbdʒɪkt/
AmE
/'ɑ:bdʒɪkt/

noun - the part of a sentence that says who or what is affected by the action of the subject

medical kit
medical kit - lékárna (příruční), lékárnička
BrE
/'medɪklˌkɪt/
AmE
/'medɪklˌkɪt/

noun - a small box with a variety of things to be used in the case of injury, illness etc.