social worker
social worker - sociální pracovník, sociální pracovnice
BrE
/'səʊʃlˌwɜ:kə/
AmE
/'soʊʃlˌwɜ:rkər/

noun - a person whose job is to help individuals and families cope with and solve social, emotional, and personal problems by providing support, resources, and counseling

 
hoard - hromada, zásoba (ukrytá)
BrE
/'hɔ:d/
AmE
/'hɔ:rd/

noun - a large collection of things, usually food or money, that a person hides so that they can use them later and others don't steal them

 
moralist - moralista
BrE
/'mɒrəlɪst/
AmE
/'mɔ:rəlɪst/

noun - a person who has strong ideas about what is morally right and not, especially one who tries to teach other people how they should behave

shooter
shooter - střílečka
BrE
/'ʃu:tə/
AmE
/'ʃu:t̬r/

noun - a video or a computer game that is about shooting things or other characters in the game, usually using the perspective of the person shooting

 
au-pair - pečovatel(ka) o děti, chůva
BrE
/ˌəʊ'peə/
AmE
/ˌoʊ'peər/

noun - a person, usually a woman, from a foreign country who lives with a family and takes care of the children and receives a small wage

jury
jury - porota (u soudu)
BrE
/'dʒəri/
AmE
/'dʒəri/

noun - a group of people (chosen from the public) in a court who help to decide whether a person is guilty of a crime or not

peasant
peasant - rolník
BrE
/'peznt/
AmE
/'peznt/

noun - a poor person, usually one that has a very low social status, who works on a small piece of land (grows crops or keeps animals)

 
pledge - nováček (vstupující do spolku)
BrE
/'pledʒ/
AmE
/'pledʒ/

noun, American English, informal - a person who wants to join a fraternity or a sorority but has yet to be officially accepted (often after passing some tests, trials etc.)

agent
agent - agent, zprostředkovatel
BrE
/'eɪdʒənt/
AmE
/'eɪdʒənt/

noun - a person whose job is to arrange something for people, such as help them find/buy/rent a house or arrange their vacation for them

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Chinese whispers
Chinese whispers - tichá pošta (dětská hra)
BrE
/tʃaɪˌni:z'wɪspəz/
AmE
/tʃaɪˌni:z'wɪspərz/

noun - a game in which a message is whispered from one person to the next in a line, usually becoming increasingly distorted as it is passed along

forklift operator
forklift operator - řidič vysokozdvižného vozíku
BrE
/'fɔ:klɪftˌɒpəreɪtə/
AmE
/'fɔ:rklɪftˌɑ:pəreɪt̬ər/

noun - a person whose job is to drive and control a special vehicle with a special device at the front that allows it to lift heavy objects

 
Purgatory - očistec
BrE
/'pɜ:gətri/
AmE
/'pɜ:rgətɔ:ri/

noun - the place where, according to some religions, the spirit of a dead person is sent to suffer for their sins before they can go to heaven