industrial action - stávka, protest
BrE
/ɪnˌdʌstriəl 'ækʃn/
AmE
/ɪnˌdʌstriəl 'ækʃn/

noun, British English - an occasion when workers stop working to protest to their employers about something

 
immigration - pasová kontrola (při příjezdu do země)
BrE
/ˌɪmɪ'greɪʃn/
AmE
/ˌɪmɪ'greɪʃn/

noun - the place where they check your passport, visa etc. when you come to a foreign country

 
charity - laskavost, dobrota
BrE
/'tʃærəti/
AmE
/'tʃærəti/

noun, formal - the quality of being kind to people, especially when you are judging them

 
resort - uchýlit se, sáhnout, rozhodnout se
BrE
/rɪ'zɔ:t/
AmE
/rɪ'zɔ:rt/

verb - to do something difficult or extreme, because you have no other choice

 
Tom - Tom
BrE
/'tɒm/
AmE
/'tɑ:m/

noun - a man's name, short for Thomas

 
Sophie - Sophie, Sofie
BrE
/'səʊfi/
AmE
/'soʊfi/

noun - a woman's name

 
last resort - krajní případ, poslední možnost, východisko z nouze
BrE
/ˌlɑ:st rɪ'zɔ:t/
AmE
/ˌlæst rɪ'zɔ:rt/

noun - situation in which everything else fails and you have only one course of action left

 
Georgiana - Jiřina, Georgiana
BrE
/ˌdʒɔ:dʒi'ɑ:nə/
AmE
/ˌdʒɔ:rdʒi'ænə/

noun - a woman's name

 
Aylmer - Aylmer
BrE
/'eɪlmə/
AmE
/'eɪlmər/

noun - a man's name

 
incomparable - jedinečný, bezkonkurenční
BrE
/ɪn'kɒmpərəbl/
AmE
/ɪn'kɑ:mpərəbl/

adjective - the best of all, far better than anything or anyone else

 
Adele - Adéla
BrE
/ə'del/
AmE
/ə'del/

noun - a woman's first name

dirt poor
dirt poor - chudý, v bídě
BrE
/ˌdɜ:t'pɔ:/
AmE
/ˌdɜ:rt'pɔ:r/

adjective, informal - very poor

 
dirt cheap - směšně levný
BrE
/ˌdɜ:t 'tʃi:p/
AmE
/ˌdɜ:rt 'tʃi:p/

adjective, informal - extremely cheap

 
off-season - mimosezóna
BrE
/'ɒfˌsi:zn/
AmE
/'ɑ:fˌsi:zn/

noun - the time of you when a particular activity is not done

 
turf - pažit, krátká hustá tráva, trávník, travní koberec (i umělý)
BrE
/'tɜ:f/
AmE
/'tɜ:rf/

noun, British English - an area with short thick grass, or artificial surface that looks like thick grass