romanticize - romantizovat
BrE
/rəʊ'mæntəsaɪz/
AmE
/roʊ'mæntəsaɪz/

verb - to speak or think about something in a way that it appears better than it actually is

 
vicar - vikář, farář
BrE
/'vɪkə/
AmE
/'vɪkər/

noun - a priest who is in charge of a local church community (esp. in the Church of England)

embankment
embankment - násep, val, nábřeží
BrE
/ɪm'bæŋkmənt/
AmE
/ɪm'bæŋkmənt/

noun - a long sloping wall of stone or earth that is built to support a road, railway etc.

wreath
wreath - věnec
BrE
/'ri:θ/
AmE
/'ri:θ/

noun - a circular ornament made from flowers, it is often worn on the head or used as decoration

anchovy
anchovy - ančovička
BrE
/'æntʃəvi/
AmE
/'æntʃoʊvi/

noun - a type of small sea fish that is often canned and served on pizza, in salads etc.

 
humbug - mystifikace, balamucení
BrE
/'hʌmbʌg/
AmE
/'hʌmbʌg/

noun - a kind of behavior or talk that is not true but tries to make people believe it

 
renovated - renovovaný
BrE
/'renəveɪtɪd/
AmE
/'renəveɪt̬ɪd/

adjective - restored to its former state, rebuilt so that is as good as it was or even better

 
punching bag - boxovací pytel
BrE
/'pʌntʃɪŋˌbæg/
AmE
/'pʌntʃɪŋˌbæg/

noun, American English - a stuffed or inflated bag that is used to train boxing or help people vent their anger

 
soulmate - spřízněná duše
BrE
/'səʊlˌmeɪt/
AmE
/'soʊlˌmeɪt/

noun - a person who is very close to you, who understands you perfectly and whom you understand perfectly

 
theocracy - teokracie
BrE
/θi'ɒkrəsi/
AmE
/θi'ɑ:krəsi/

noun - a political system in which God (or people believed to be guided by God) is in charge

coltsfoot
coltsfoot - podběl
BrE
/'kəʊltsfʊt/
AmE
/'koʊltsfʊt/

noun - a plant with yellow flowers that appears in early spring, it is used to make cough medicine

 
division - dělení (mat.)
BrE
/dɪ'vɪʒən/
AmE
/dɪ'vɪʒən/

noun - an arithmetic operation in which you find out how many times a number is in another number

 
headlong - po hlavě, hlavou napřed, střemhlav
BrE
/'hedlɒŋ/
AmE
/'hedlɔ:ŋ/

adverb - jumping or falling in a way that the head is lower than the rest of the body

gurney
gurney - nemocniční lehátko na kolečkách, vozík (jako lehátko v nemocnici)
BrE
/'gɜ:ni/
AmE
/'gɜ:rni/

noun, American English - a kind of bed with wheels that is used in hospitals to move sick or injured people

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