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Prefixes (anglické předpony)

Roman Svozílek | 8. 9. 2025 | komentáře: 27

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core - vydlabat jádřinec, odstranit jádřinec, vykrojit střed (např. jablka)
BrE
/'kɔ:/
AmE
/'kɔ:r/

verb - to remove the central part of a fruit, especially the part containing the seeds

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

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

 
upper - svršek (boty)
BrE
/'ʌpə/
AmE
/'ʌpər/

noun, informal - the top of a shoe that is attached to the sole and the heel

 
inversion - inverze, obrácený slovosled
BrE
/ɪn'vɜ:ʃn/
AmE
/ɪn'vɜ:rʒn/

noun, technical - the opposite order some words in a sentence (especially the subject and the verb)

 
buttock - hýždě
BrE
/'bʌtək/
AmE
/'bʌt̬ək/

noun - one of the two the soft parts of the body that you sit on

 
Helm's Deep - Helmův žleb
BrE
/'helmz ˌdi:p/
AmE
/'helmz ˌdi:p/

noun - a gorge in the White Mountains, a fictional name, The Lord of the Rings

 
quintuplet - paterče
BrE
/kwɪn'tju:plət/
AmE
/kwɪn'tʌplət/

noun - one of the five children born from the same mother at the same time

birth
birth - porod
BrE
/'bɜ:θ/
AmE
/'bɜ:rθ/

noun - the process during which a baby comes out of the body of the mother

England
England - Anglie
BrE
/'ɪŋglənd/
AmE
/'ɪŋglənd/

noun - one of the four main parts of the United Kingdom with the capital London

 
shit - hovno
BrE
/'ʃɪt/
AmE
/'ʃɪt/

noun, taboo - the solid waste material that leaves the body when you go to the toilet

South Africa
South Africa - Jižní Afrika
BrE
/ˌsaʊθ'ɑ:frɪkə/
AmE

noun - the country in the south of Africa with the cities Johannesburg and Cape Town

take-off
take-off - vzlétnutí, vzlet
BrE
/'teɪkˌɒf/
AmE
/'teɪkˌɑ:f/

noun - (of airplanes etc.) the act of leaving the ground and getting into the air

 
heredity - dědičnost
BrE
/hə'redəti/
AmE
/hə'redət̬i/

noun - the process in which genetic characteristics are transmitted from the parents to the children