pocket
pocket - kapsa
BrE
/'pɒkɪt/
AmE
/'pɑ:kɪt/

noun - a small flat bag inside your clothes where you can put your wallet etc, or your hands when it is cold

 
count down - odpočítávat
BrE
/ˌkaʊnt'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌkaʊnt'daʊn/

verb - to count backwards (esp. before something is supposed to happen - an explosion of a bomb, the launch of a rocket etc.)

 
duke - vévoda
BrE
/'dju:k/
AmE
/'du:k/

noun - a nobleman of high rank (one who is in charge of a part of a country or of a small country)

 
arsenic - arzen
BrE
/'ɑ:snɪk/
AmE
/'ɑ:rsnɪk/

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 33) a very poisonous semimetal that is sometimes used in insecticides and in some alloys

interrogation
interrogation - výslech
BrE
/ɪnˌterə'geɪʃn/
AmE
/ɪnˌterə'geɪʃn/

noun - a period of time in which a prisoner or a suspect is asked a lot of questions about a crime etc.

 
woozy - mající závrať, pociťující motání hlavy
BrE
/'wu:zi/
AmE
/'wu:zi/

adjective - feeling as if the world is turning around you and that you might fall, usually because you are weak, sick etc.

beacon
beacon - světelné znamení, maják, světelný signál
BrE
/'bi:kən/
AmE
/'bi:kən/

noun - a kind of light that can be seen from a distance and that is used to guide planes or ships etc.

fortuneteller
fortuneteller - věštec, věštkyně
BrE
/'fɔ:tʃu:nˌtelə/
AmE
/'fɔ:rtʃu:nˌtelər/

noun - a person who can see what happens in the future and whose job is telling people what will happen to them

 
fortune-teller - věštec, věštkyně
BrE
/'fɔ:tʃu:nˌtelə/
AmE
/'fɔ:rtʃu:nˌtelər/

noun - a person who can see what happens in the future and whose job is telling people what will happen to them

inflatable
inflatable - nafukovací
BrE
/ɪn'fleɪtəbl/
AmE
/ɪn'fleɪt̬əbl/

adjective - necessary to be filled up with air before it is used (e.g. a tire, a mattress, a ball, a boat etc.)

 
undead - nemrtvý (např. upíři apod.)
BrE
/ʌn'ded/
AmE
/ʌn'ded/

adjective - (in horrors) a kind of creature that is technically dead but comes out of its grave (esp. vampires, zombies, ghouls etc.)

 
introduction - úvod
BrE
/ˌɪntrə'dʌkʃn/
AmE
/ˌɪnt̬rə'dʌkʃn/

noun - the first part of a book, letter, etc. that says what the rest of the work is going to be about

 
knocker - klepadlo
BrE
/'nɒkə/
AmE
/'nɑ:kər/

noun - a device that is used to hit the door lightly to let the people inside know you are at the door

shaman
shaman - šaman
BrE
/'ʃeɪmən/
AmE
/'ʃɑ:mən/

noun - a person in some religions who is believed to be able communicate with the spiritual world, has special healing powers etc.

 
seedbed - semeniště
BrE
/'si:dbed/
AmE
/'si:dbed/

noun - a small patch of soil in the garden or a plastic box that is protected where young plants grow from seed