udder
udder - vemeno
BrE
/'ʌdə/
AmE
/'ʌðər/

noun - the organ under the belly of a cow out of which the milk comes

visor
visor - kšilt
BrE
/'vaɪzə/
AmE
/'vaɪzər/

noun - the part of a baseball cap etc. that shields the eyes from the sun

 
Oscar - Oskar
BrE
/'ɒskə/
AmE
/'ɑ:skər/

noun - the award given every year for the best films, actors, etc., the Academy Award

 
numerology - numerologie
BrE
/ˌnju:mə'rɒlədʒi/
AmE
/ˌnu:mə'rɑ:lədʒi/

noun - the study of the influence of numbers on people, predicting the future using numbers

 
immunology - imunologie
BrE
/ˌɪmju'nɒlədʒi/
AmE
/ˌɪmju'nɑ:lədʒi/

noun - the medical specialty or the branch of medical science that studies the immune system

 
breastbone - hrudní kost, prsní kost
BrE
/'brestˌbəʊn/
AmE
/'brestˌboʊn/

noun - the flat bone that most of the ribs are joined to at the front

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Zástupné slovíčko SO

Marek Vít | 11. 1. 2016 | komentáře: 4

Jak se v angličtině používá zástupné slovíčko SO, např. ve větách I think so, he said so, I told you so, if it is so atd. Pokračování článku »
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Zákazy

Marek Vít | 15. 9. 2017

Jak se v angličtině vyjadřují nejrůznější zákazy?

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Middle-earth - Středozem
BrE
/ˌmɪdl'ɜ:θ/
AmE
/ˌmɪdl'ɜ:rθ/

noun - the fictional continent and setting for much of J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

 
low tide - odliv, vrchol odlivu, nejnižší hladina odlivu
BrE
/ˌləʊ'taɪd/
AmE
/ˌloʊ'taɪd/

noun - the time when the sea is at its lowest level and the water has moved far back from the shore

 
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

background
background - pozadí
BrE
/'bækgraʊnd/
AmE
/'bækgraʊnd/

noun - the part of a picture or the view that is behind the things that you can see in the front

Montana
Montana - Montana
BrE
/mɒn'tænə/
AmE
/mɑ:n'tænə/

noun - a US state located in the Rocky Mountains in the north of the country, the capital of which is Helena

 
ventricle - srdeční komora
BrE
/'ventrɪkl/
AmE
/'ventrɪkl/

noun - one of the two lower chambers responsible for pumping blood out of the heart to the rest of the body or to the lungs for oxygenation

 
foreground - popředí
BrE
/'fɔ:ˌgraʊnd/
AmE
/'fɔ:rˌgraʊnd/

noun - the part of a picture or the view that is in front of the things that you can see in the back and in the middle