materialism - materialismus
BrE
/mə'tɪəriəlɪzəm/
AmE
/'mətɪriəlɪzəm/

noun, technical - the belief that the spiritual world does not exist and only physical matter exists

 
decor - vnitřní výzdoba, styl vnitřního zařízení
BrE
/'deɪkɔ:/
AmE
/deɪ'kɔ:r/

noun - the style in which the inside of a building or a room is decorated

 
cloche - dámský klobouček (ve tvaru zvonu)
BrE
/'klɒʃ/
AmE
/'kloʊʃ/

noun - a woman's hat in the shape of a bell, worn mostly in the 1920s

braces
braces - rovnátka (zubní)
BrE
/'breɪsɪz/
AmE
/'breɪsɪz/

noun - metal wires that are put in the mouth to make the teeth grow straight

 
maker - přístroj (na něco)
BrE
/'meɪkə/
AmE
/'meɪkər/

noun - (in a phrase) something or someone that makes the thing mentioned in the phrase

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

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

auction
auction - aukce, dražba
BrE
/'ɔ:kʃn/
AmE
/'ɑ:kʃn/

noun - an event where things are sold to the people who offer the highest price

backfire
backfire - vymstít se, mít opačný účinek, obrátit se proti
BrE
/ˌbæk'faɪə/
AmE
/'bækfaɪr/

verb - to have the opposite effect to the one you intended, usually with bad results

 
doomsday - soudný konec, konec světa
BrE
/'du:mzdeɪ/
AmE
/'du:mzdeɪ/

adjective - the end of the world, Christians believe that people will be judged by God

 
pandemic - pandemie
BrE
/ˌpæn'demɪk/
AmE
/ˌpæn'demɪk/

noun - a disease that affects the whole country or several countries or the whole world

 
South America - Jižní Amerika
BrE
/ˌsaʊθə'merɪkə/
AmE
/ˌsaʊθə'merɪkə/

noun - a continent in the Western Hemisphere that is to the south of North America

 
senate - senát
BrE
/'senət/
AmE
/'senət/

noun - the smaller of the two groups of people that make laws in a country

 
helpdesk - zákaznická služba, zákaznická podpora
BrE
/'helpdesk/
AmE
/'helpdesk/

noun - a service that provides the customer with information about the company's products or services

 
North America - Severní Amerika
BrE
/ˌnɔ:θə'merɪkə/
AmE
/ˌnɔ:rθə'merɪkə/

noun - a continent in the Western Hemisphere that is to the north of South America

 
anyway - vůbec, vlastně (v otázkách)
BrE
/'eniˌweɪ/
AmE
/'eniˌweɪ/

adverb - an adverb used in questions to change the subject and stress the thought expressed