at hand - nedaleký, blízký, na dosah
BrE
/æt'hænd/
AmE
/æt'hænd/

adjective - not distant

ridicule
ridicule - výsměch, posměch
BrE
/'rɪdɪkju:l/
AmE
/'rɪdɪkju:l/

noun - the act of saying things that make someone look silly

genie
genie - džin (duch z pohádek)
BrE
/'dʒi:ni/
AmE
/'dʒi:ni/

noun - a magical creature that lives in a bottle or lamp and grants you wishes

oven glove
oven glove - chňapka, kuchyňská rukavice
BrE
/'ʌvnˌglʌv/
AmE
/'ʌvnˌglʌv/

noun, British English - a special heatproof glove that is used to take things out of an oven

 
dissatisfaction - nespokojenost
BrE
/dɪsˌsætɪs'fækʃn/
AmE
/dɪsˌsætɪs'fækʃn/

noun - the state or the feeling of not being satisfied with something

 
de-ice - odmrazit, odstranit led, odstranit námrazu
BrE
/ˌdi:'aɪs/
AmE
/ˌdi:'aɪs/

verb - to remove ice, to free something from ice

 
disengage - uvolnit se, odpojit, odpojit se, odpoutat, odpoutat se
BrE
/ˌdɪsən'geɪdʒ/
AmE
/ˌdɪsən'geɪdʒ/

verb - to break the connection between two things

 
depress - deprimovat, skličovat
BrE
/dɪ'pres/
AmE
/dɪ'pres/

verb - to make somebody sad and unhappy

mend
mend - spravit (např. oblečení), zašít, záplatovat, zazáplatovat
BrE
/'mend/
AmE
/'mend/

verb - to fix a hole in something (especially in a piece of clothing)

 
competitiveness - konkurenceschopnost
BrE
/kəm'petətɪvnəs/
AmE
/kəm'pet̬ət̬ɪvnəs/

noun - the ability to compete with others, to be as good as others or slightly better

 
intermission - přestávka (v divadle)
BrE
/ˌɪntə'mɪʃən/
AmE
/ˌɪnt̬ər'mɪʃən/

noun, American English - the break between acts in a theatre

handprint
handprint - otisk ruky
BrE
/'hændprɪnt/
AmE
/'hændprɪnt/

noun - a mark left by someone's hand

 
tourist class - turistická třída
BrE
/'tʊərɪstˌklɑ:s/
AmE
/'tʊrɪstˌklæs/

noun - the cheaper and less comfortable class in a plane

 
pitched - šikmý
BrE
/'pɪtʃt/
AmE
/'pɪtʃt/

adjective - (of a roof) not flat

partly cloudy
partly cloudy - polojasno
BrE
/ˌpɑ:tli 'klaʊdi/
AmE
/ˌpɑ:rtli 'klaʊdi/

adjective - (of weather) with some clouds and some sunshine