Michigan
Michigan - Michigan
BrE
/'mɪʃɪgən/
AmE
/'mɪʃɪgən/

noun - a state in the Midwest of the USA, its capital is Lansing, a famous city is Detroit

 
phosphorus - fosfor
BrE
/'fɒsfərəs/
AmE
/'fɑ:sfərəs/

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 15) a poisonous non-metallic element that glows in the dark

 
nitrogen - dusík
BrE
/'naɪtrədʒən/
AmE
/'naɪtrədʒən/

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 7) a gas that forms 78 per cent of the atmosphere

 
radius - poloměr
BrE
/'reɪdiəs/
AmE
/'reɪdiəs/

noun - the distance (or a line) from the centre of a circle (or a sphere) to its edge

 
black sheep - černá ovce (o člověku)
BrE
/ˌblæk 'ʃi:p/
AmE
/ˌblæk 'ʃi:p/

noun, informal - one person in a group of people who is considered to be the outcast, the troublemaker etc.

 
Jurassic - jura
BrE
/dʒʊ'ræsɪk/
AmE
/dʒʊ'ræsɪk/

noun - the period that started about 200 million years ago, especially known as the time when dinosaurs lived

 
arrest - zadržení, zatknutí, zatýkání
BrE
/ə'rest/
AmE
/ə'rest/

noun - (of the police) the act of taking somebody prisoner in order to ask them about a crime

 
test tube baby - dítě ze zkumavky
BrE
/ˌtest tju:b 'beɪbi/
AmE
/ˌtest tu:b 'beɪbi/

noun - a child that is conceived outside the women's body by a special medical procedure called the IVF

 
scroll - posunout text (na monitoru), projet text (na monitoru), posunout obrazovku
BrE
/'skrəʊl/
AmE
/'skroʊl/

verb - to move the text or images (e.g. on a webpage) up or down on the computer screen

 
taste bud - chuťový pohárek
BrE
/'teɪst ˌbʌd/
AmE
/'teɪst ˌbʌd/

noun - any of the large group of cells on the tongue that allow you to recognize different tastes

 
cyberbullying - kyberšikana
BrE
/'saɪbəbʊliɪŋ/
AmE
/'saɪbərbʊliɪŋ/

noun - the activity of using the internet to frighten or harm someone, especially by sending them offensive messages

groom
groom - upravovat srst (zvířete), česat (zvíře), hřebelcovat (koně)
BrE
/'gru:m/
AmE
/'gru:m/

verb - to care for the fur or skin of an animal, to brush the fur of an animal

 
trump - trumf
BrE
/'trʌmp/
AmE
/'trʌmp/

noun - the suit (spades, diamonds, clubs or hearts) that has been selected to rank above the other suits

 
Ravenclaw - Havraspár
BrE
/'reɪvənˌklɔ:/
AmE
/'reɪvənˌklɔ:/

noun - (Harry Potter) one of the four houses at Hogwarts, the one that has an eagle as a symbol, the one that Cho Chang and Luna Lovegood belong to

 
Boudica - Boudicca, Boadicea
BrE
/bu:'dɪkə/
AmE
/bu:'dɪkə/

noun - a famous Celtic queen who lived in the 1st century in Britain, she was a leader of a major rebellion against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire