aground
aground - na mělčině, na zemi
BrE
/ə'graʊnd/
AmE
/ə'graʊnd/

adjective - (of a ship etc.) in shallow water or on the ground

 
downsize - zredukovat, snížit (stavy ve společnosti)
BrE
/'daʊnsaɪz/
AmE
/'daʊnsaɪz/

verb - to reduce the number of employees in order to reduce costs

 
rent-free - bez placení nájemného
BrE
/ˌrent'fri:/
AmE
/ˌrent'fri:/

adverb - without rent, not requiring that people pay the rent for it

 
recurrence - opakovaný výskyt, opakování
BrE
/rɪ'kʌrəns/
AmE
/rɪ'kɜ:rəns/

noun - the act of something happening again or something that happens repeatedly

 
Cambridge - Cambridge
BrE
/'keɪmbrɪdʒ/
AmE
/'keɪmbrɪdʒ/

noun - a famous university town with the second oldest university in England

 
storage - úložiště (v počítači), paměť (počítače)
BrE
/'stɔ:rɪdʒ/
AmE
/'stɔ:rɪdʒ/

noun - the space where information, data etc. is kept in a computer

 
five o'clock shadow - strniště (nepatrné)
BrE
/faɪv əˌklɒk 'ʃædəʊ/
AmE
/faɪv əˌklɑ:k 'ʃædoʊ/

noun, informal - beard growth visible in the evening on a man's shaved face

 
diving board - skokanský můstek, skokanské prkno
BrE
/'daɪvɪŋ bɔ:d/
AmE
/'daɪvɪŋ bɔ:rd/

noun - a long board from which you jump into the swimming pool

 
junior high - nižší gymnázium, druhý stupeň základní školy
BrE
/ˌdʒu:nɪə 'haɪ/
AmE
/ˌdʒu:njər 'haɪ/

noun, American English - the school which children attend between elementary school and high school

 
punk - punk (styl hudby)
BrE
/'pʌŋk/
AmE
/'pʌŋk/

noun, informal - a music genre popular in the last 1970s and early 1980s

 
tonsil - krční mandle
BrE
/'tɒnsl/
AmE
/'tɑ:nsl/

noun - one of two small organs at the sides of your throat

 
base - základ umocňování (mat.)
BrE
/'beɪs/
AmE
/'beɪs/

noun - the number that is going to be raised to a power

 
break up - vypadávat (v tel. hovoru), ztrácet spojení (tel.), ztrácet se (při tel. hovoru)
BrE
/ˌbreɪk'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌbreɪk'ʌp/

verb - to become difficult to understand because the telephone connection is bad

 
back to square one - zpátky, na začátek, na nulu
BrE
/'bæk tə ˌskweə 'wʌn/
AmE
/'bæk tə ˌskweər 'wʌn/

phrase, informal - to start again because the way you were doing something failed

 
clotted cream - hustá smetana
BrE
/ˌklɒtɪd 'kri:m/
AmE
/ˌklɑ:t̬ɪd 'kri:m/

noun - a very thick cream, made mainly in the southwest of England