confectioner's sugar
confectioner's sugar - moučkový cukr
BrE
/kɒn'fekʃənəz ʃʊgə/
AmE
/kɒn'fekʃənərz ʃʊgər/

noun, American English - sugar in the form of fine powder

icing sugar
icing sugar - moučkový cukr
BrE
/'aɪsɪŋ ʃʊgə/
AmE
/'aɪsɪŋ ʃʊgər/

noun, British English - sugar in the form of fine powder

 
out of your element - ne ve své kůži, ne ve svém živlu
BrE
/aʊt əv jər'eləmənt/
AmE
/aʊt əv jər'eləmənt/

adjective - uncomfortable and unhappy because you are doing something that you are not good at and do not enjoy

in your element
in your element - ve svém živlu, jako ryba ve vodě
BrE
/ɪn jər'eləmənt/
AmE
/ɪn jər'eləmənt/

adjective - doing what you enjoy very much and are good at

sifter
sifter - prosévačka, sítko (např. na mouku)
BrE
/'sɪftə/
AmE
/'sɪftər/

noun - a container with a handle that has a fine mesh in the bottom used for aerating flour and removing large clumps

 
sifter - sypátko (např. na cukr)
BrE
/'sɪftə/
AmE
/'sɪftər/

noun, British English - a container with small holes in the top that is used for scattering sugar or a similar substance onto things

 
herpetophobia - herpetofobie
BrE
/ˌhɜ:pɪtə'fəʊbiə/
AmE
/ˌhɜ:rpɪt̬ə'foʊbiə/

noun - an extreme fear of reptiles

 
reptile - sketa (podlý člověk), zmije (podlý člověk)
BrE
/'reptaɪl/
AmE
/'reptaɪl/

noun, informal - (offensive) a cunning, cold-blooded person

 
reptilian - plazí
BrE
/rep'tɪliən/
AmE
/rep'tɪliən/

adjective - looking like a reptile, connected with reptiles

 
the Beatles - the Beatles
BrE
/ðə'bi:tlz/
AmE
/ðə'bi:t̬lz/

noun - an extremely popular British music group (1957–1970)

 
stub out - típnout, uhasit (cigaretu)
BrE
/ˌstʌb'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌstʌb'aʊt/

verb - to stop a cigarette from burning by pressing the end against something hard

 
stub - narazit si, ukopnout si, nakopnout si (palec, prst u nohy)
BrE
/'stʌb/
AmE
/'stʌb/

verb - to hit your toe against something hard ba accident

 
stub - kontrolní útržek (vstupenky)
BrE
/'stʌb/
AmE
/'stʌb/

noun - the small part of a ticket that is given back to you

 
entitled - oprávněný, mající nárok, nárokující si
BrE
/ɪn'taɪltld/
AmE
/ɪn'taɪltld/

adjective - having the official right to do something or to have something

 
turndown - odmítnutí
BrE
/'tɜ:ndaʊn/
AmE
/'tɜ:rndaʊn/

noun - a situation in which somebody refuses something