trash
trash - odpadky, odpad
BrE
/'træʃ/
AmE
/'træʃ/

noun, American English - things that are no longer needed and which you usually throw away, e.g. bits of food, old paper, tins etc.

rubbish
rubbish - odpadky, odpad
BrE
/'rʌbɪʃ/
AmE
/'rʌbɪʃ/

noun, British English - things that are no longer needed and which you usually throw away, e.g. bits of food, old paper, tins etc.

peek
peek - mrknout se, kouknout se, nakouknout, nakukovat
BrE
/'pi:k/
AmE
/'pi:k/

verb - to look at something in a quick and secret way, especially because you are not supposed to look at it

 
dazed - omámený, omráčený
BrE
/'deɪzd/
AmE
/'deɪzd/

adjective - confused, unable to think clearly because you are in a shock or because you have been hit on the head

garbage
garbage - odpadky, odpad
BrE
/'gɑ:bɪdʒ/
AmE
/'gɑ:rbɪdʒ/

noun, American English - things that are no longer needed and which you usually throw away, e.g. bits of food, old paper, tins etc.

hesitate
hesitate - váhat, zaváhat
BrE
/'hezəteɪt/
AmE
/'hezəteɪt/

verb - to make a short pause before you do something, esp. because you are not sure if it's a good idea

headache
headache - bolest hlavy
BrE
/'hedeɪk/
AmE
/'hedeɪk/

noun - the pain in your head that you feel when you are ill or when you have been working too much

 
BC - před naším letopočtem
BrE
/'bi:si:/
AmE
/ˌbi:'si:/

adverb - an abbreviation that means 'before Christ', used to show that the date we are speaking about was before year zero

badge
badge - odznak, nášivka
BrE
/'bædʒ/
AmE
/'bædʒ/

noun - a small thing fastened to the clothes that says something about the person, e.g. what they are, or have done

 
AD - našeho letopočtu, léta Páně
BrE
/ˌeɪ'di:/
AmE
/ˌeɪ'di:/

phrase - an abbreviation that means 'Anno Domini", used to show that the date we are speaking about was after year zero

STARTER

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INTERMEDIATE

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ELEMENTARY

Pleteme si: chtěl bych / chtěl jsem

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conservatory - zimní zahrada, prosklená přístavba
BrE
/kən'sɜ:vətri/
AmE
/kən'sɜ:rvətɔ:ri/

noun, British English - a room with glass walls and glass roof that is attached to a house and is usually used to grow sensitive plants in

 
British Summer Time - letní čas
BrE
/ˌbrɪtɪʃ 'sʌmə taɪm/
AmE
/ˌbrɪtɪʃ 'sʌmər taɪm/

noun - the time used in the UK in summer that is one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (it is often abbreviated as BST)