dial tone - oznamovací tón

noun - the sound that indicates that the phone is working and ready to use

 

break up - vypadávat (v tel. hovoru), ztrácet spojení (tel.), ztrácet se (při tel. hovoru)

verb - to become difficult to understand because the telephone connection is bad

 

get through - dovolat se

verb - to manage to contact somebody by phone

 

hands-free - handsfree

adjective - (e.g. a phone) that doesn't have to be held in your hand when you want to use it

 

disconnect - odpojit, přerušit spojení

verb - to break the connection

 

left-hand - levý (ten vlevo), po levé ruce, po levé straně

adjective - on the left side

 

right-hand - pravý (ten vpravo), po pravé ruce, po pravé straně

adjective - on the right side

 

fulfil - splnit , vykonat, vyplnit, splňovat

verb, British English - to meet someone's needs or desires, or to provide what is needed

dungeon - hladomorna, žalář (podzemní)

noun - an underground prison that was used in the past

 

chateau - zámek, panské sídlo ve Francii

noun - a castle or large country house in France

 

stirrer - míchadlo, promíchávač, míchač

noun - an object (usually a stick) that is used for mixing liquids, or a person who mixes liquids

 

forthcoming - nadcházející, blížící se

adjective - something that has been planned and is going to happen soon

 

publicity - publicita, propagace

noun - informing people about a product and how good it is, or about a person and what he/she is doing

 

passive voice - trpný rod, pasivum

noun - the grammatical structure we use when the logical subject of the sentence is used as the grammatical subject, the structure is BE + past participle (be done, be finished, be stolen etc.)

 

directory enquiries - informace o telefonních číslech

noun, British English - a telephone number that you can call to find out someone else's telephone number