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.

goat
goat - koza
BrE
/'gəʊt/
AmE
/'goʊt/

noun - a farm animal, usually white or grey, which gives milk, it has got two horns and lives in mountain areas

 
display - displej
BrE
/dɪs'pleɪ/
AmE
/dɪs'pleɪ/

noun - the letters and numbers shown on a computer screen, or on a small screen on a piece of electronic equipment

life
life - život
BrE
/'laɪf/
AmE
/'laɪf/

noun - the quality of people and animals etc. that are alive, not dead; the time when people or animals are alive

knock down
knock down - porazit
BrE
/ˌnɒk'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌnɑ:k'daʊn/

verb - to hit somebody (by car etc.) in a way that makes the person fall down, and injures or kills him

dummy
dummy - dudlík
BrE
/'dʌmi/
AmE
/'dʌmi/

noun, British English - an object made of rubber that you put into a baby's mouth in order to make it quiet and happy

headphones
headphones - sluchátka
BrE
/'hedfəʊnz/
AmE
/'hedfoʊnz/

noun - an apparatus that you put on your head and it plays music etc. through small speakers directly into your ears

common law
common law - anglo-americké právo
BrE
/ˌkɒmən'lɔ:/
AmE
/ˌkɑ:mən'lɔ:/

noun, formal - a law system that consists mostly of traditions and past court decisions, rather than by acts passed by the Parliament

couch potato
couch potato - povaleč, pecivál, pohodlný člověk
BrE
/'kaʊtʃ pəˌteɪtəʊ/
AmE
/'kaʊtʃ pəˌteɪt̬oʊ/

noun - a kind of person who does not like working very much and prefers lying on the sofa, watching TV etc.

 
shovel - házet lopatou
BrE
/'ʃʌvl/
AmE
/'ʃʌvl/

verb - to pick up or move earth, snow, sand etc. with an instrument with a long handle and a broad blade

shovel
shovel - lopata, lopatka
BrE
/'ʃʌvl/
AmE
/'ʃʌvl/

noun - an instrument with a long handle and a broad blade used for picking up or moving earth, snow, sand etc.

 
self-service - samoobsluha
BrE
/ˌself'sɜ:vɪs/
AmE
/ˌself'sɜ:rvɪs/

noun - a system in a shop, restaurant etc. in which you take what you want and pay at a special desk

salad
salad - salát
BrE
/'sæləd/
AmE
/'sæləd/

noun - a kind of cold food that is made up of many different kinds of raw vegetables and sometimes mayonnaise etc.

police
police - policie
BrE
/pə'li:s/
AmE
/pə'li:s/

noun - the institution or men and women whose job is to protect people, make everybody obey the law, catch criminals etc.

pacifier
pacifier - dudlík
BrE
/'pæsəfaɪə/
AmE
/'pæsəfaɪər/

noun, American English - an object made of rubber that you put into a baby's mouth in order to make it quiet and happy