UPPER-INTERMEDIATE

Oscar Wilde: The Happy Prince (full)

Marek Vít | 18. 12. 2005 | komentáře: 1

Původní znění slavné pohádky Oscara Wilda ‚Šťastný princ‘, plná nezjednodušená ver­ze. Pokračování článku »
disturbance
disturbance - výtržnost, nepokoj, rušení pořádku, výtržnosti, nepokoje
BrE
/dɪ'stɜ:bəns/
AmE
/dɪ'stɜ:rbəns/

noun, formal - a situation where people make noise, fight, or cause trouble in public, so that the police may need to stop it

 
cured - nakládaný, konzervovaný, sušený, uzený
BrE
/'kjʊəd/
AmE
/'kjʊrd/

adjective - (of meat or other types of food) treated (salted, dried, smoked...) so that it can be preserved for a long time

practical joke
practical joke - kanadský žertík
BrE
/ˌpræktɪkl'dʒəʊk/
AmE
/ˌpræktɪkl'dʒoʊk/

noun - a trick that is played on someone to make them look stupid or shock them them so that other people laugh

thaw out
thaw out - tát, roztát, nechat roztát
BrE
/ˌθɔ:'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌθɔ:'aʊt/

verb - to heat something frozen so that it becomes liquid or soft again, or to change from frozen to liquid and soft

 
reform - polepšit se, napravit
BrE
/rɪ'fɔ:m/
AmE
/rɪ'fɔ:rm/

verb - to improve your behavior so that you stop doing things that society does not approve of; to make someone do this

 
classification - klasifikace, třídění
BrE
/ˌklæsɪfɪ'keɪʃn/
AmE
/ˌklæsɪfɪ'keɪʃn/

noun - the process of dividing people or things into groups so that the ones with similar characteristics are in the same group

thaw
thaw - tát, roztát, nechat roztát
BrE
/'θɔ:/
AmE
/'θɔ:/

verb - to heat something frozen so that it becomes liquid or soft again, or to change from frozen to liquid and soft

support
support - podepírat, podepřít, unést (váhu)
BrE
/sə'pɔ:t/
AmE
/sə'pɔ:rt/

verb - to hold something from below so that it doesn't fall or collapse, to be able to hold the weight of something

 
stowaway - černý pasažér
BrE
/'stəʊəweɪ/
AmE
/'stoʊəweɪ/

noun - someone who gets on board a plane or ship etc. secretly so that they do not have to pay the fare

ADVANCED

H. P. Lovecraft: Dagon (full)

Marek Vít | 7. 2. 2018

Původní povídka H. P. Lovecrafta

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INTERMEDIATE

Modern Cinderella

zvejka | 19. 4. 2006 | komentáře: 6

A classical story of a beautiful young girl who gets to marry a prince, set in the beginning of the 21st century. Pokračování článku »
PRE-INTERMEDIATE

Czech - English Proverbs

Matt Ford | 12. 4. 2007 | komentáře: 21

40 českých přísloví a jejich anglické ekvivalenty. Pokračování článku »
PRE-INTERMEDIATE

Halloween

Marek Vít | 16. 11. 2005 | komentáře: 23

What exactly is Hallowe'en and what does it celebrate? Pokračování článku »
 
middle name - charakteristický rys
BrE
/'mɪdlˌneɪm/
AmE
/'mɪdlˌneɪm/

noun - a characteristic or trait that is so closely associated with someone that it might as well be a part of their name