concession - koncese
BrE
/kən'seʃən/
AmE
/kən'seʃən/

noun, American English - the right to do business, sell things, mine etc. esp. at a place that is owned by the govenrnment

 
third party - třetí strana
BrE
/ˌθɜ:d'pɑ:ti/
AmE
/ˌθɜ:rd'pɑ:rt̬i/

noun, formal - a person or a company etc. that is not one of the two participants in an agreement, contract etc.

 
steamroller - parní válec
BrE
/'sti:mˌrəʊlə/
AmE
/'sti:mˌroʊlər/

noun - a special vehicle with a heavy metal cylinder that is used to make the ground flat (esp. roads etc.)

 
roller - válec (silniční)
BrE
/'rəʊlə/
AmE
/'roʊlər/

noun - a special vehicle with a heavy metal cylinder that is used to make the ground flat (esp. roads etc.)

 
add-on - doplněk, přídavek
BrE
/'ædˌɒn/
AmE
/'ædˌɑ:n/

noun - something that is added to something else, such as a new part of a computer program, computer game etc.

lentil
lentil - čočka
BrE
/'lentl/
AmE
/'lent̬l/

noun - a flat seed similar to a pea or a bean that is dried and cooked (usually in soups etc.)

clean
clean - vyčistit, očistit, umýt, utřít, uklidit
BrE
/'kli:n/
AmE
/'kli:n/

verb - to remove dirt, to do an activity so that something is not dirty any more, e.g. wash, wipe etc.

 
bludger - potlouk
BrE
/'blʌdʒə/
AmE
/'blʌdʒər/

noun - (Harry Potter) one of the balls in Quidditch the purpose of which is to hit players off their broomsticks

 
odd - navíc, nadbytečný
BrE
/'ɒd/
AmE
/'ɑ:d/

adjective - not matching, not part of a set or pair, what is left over when everything else has been used

newspaper
newspaper - noviny
BrE
/'nju:zpeɪpə/
AmE
/'nu:zpeɪpər/

noun - large pieces of paper printed with latest information about politics, sport, culture etc., it is often published every day

nose
nose - nos
BrE
/'nəʊz/
AmE
/'noʊz/

noun - the part of the body that is above your mouth between your eyes, you breathe and smell through it

escalator
escalator - eskalátor, jezdící schody
BrE
/'eskəleɪtə/
AmE
/'eskəleɪt̬ər/

noun - a kind of lift that looks like a moving staircase, it is used e.g. in shopping centres, subways etc.

 
squatter - samozvaný nájemník
BrE
/'skwɒtə/
AmE
/'skwɑ:t̬ər/

noun - a person who is living in an old empty building without the permission of the owner of the building

 
sacrifice - obětovat
BrE
/'sækrɪfaɪs/
AmE
/'sækrəfaɪs/

verb - to give up something that you consider to be important for something that you think is even more important

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