prowess
prowess - zdatnost, dovednost, mistrovství
BrE
/'praʊəs/
AmE
/'praʊəs/

noun, formal - mastery, great skill

clean slate
clean slate - čistý štít, čistý rejstřík
BrE
/ˌkli:n'sleɪt/
AmE
/ˌkli:n'sleɪt/

noun - a clean record, a record that doesn't show any problems or past mistakes

sweet tooth
sweet tooth - chuť na sladké, závislost na sladkém
BrE
/ˌswi:t'tu:θ/
AmE
/ˌswi:t'tu:θ/

noun - the urge to eat sweet food often

 
festively - svátečně, slavnostně
BrE
/'festɪvli/
AmE
/'festɪvli/

adverb - in a festive way

scale
scale - odstranit šupiny
BrE
/'skeɪl/
AmE
/'skeɪl/

verb - to remove the scales (from a fish etc.), to lose scales

 
scaly - šupinatý
BrE
/'skeɪli/
AmE
/'skeɪli/

adjective - covered with scales

 
same old - stále stejný, ohraný, stále dokola
BrE
/'seɪmˌəʊld/
AmE
/'seɪmˌoʊld/

, informal - not changing, always the same

 
brethren - bratří, bratrstvo
BrE
/'breðrən/
AmE
/'breðrən/

noun - a member of a community (usually religious) where people call each other 'brother'

 
bedtime - čas jít spát
BrE
/'bedˌtaɪm/
AmE
/'bedˌtaɪm/

noun - the time when you go to bed

 
by bus - autobusem
BrE
/baɪ'bʌs/
AmE
/baɪ'bʌs/

adverb - using a bus (getting somewhere)

barman
barman - barman
BrE
/'bɑ:mən/
AmE
/'bɑ:rmən/

noun - a person who serves customers at a bar

 
bitterness - hořkost
BrE
/'bɪtənəs/
AmE
/'bɪt̬ərnəs/

noun - anger that you feel because you can't forget something that happened

bulletproof
bulletproof - neprůstřelný
BrE
/'bʊlɪtpru:f/
AmE
/'bʊlɪtpru:f/

adjective - able to stop bullets from passing through

 
Britain - Británie
BrE
/'brɪtn/
AmE
/'brɪt̬n/

noun - England, Wales and Scotland

 
advisable - vhodné, žádoucí, záhodný, rozumný
BrE
/əd'vaɪzəbl/
AmE
/əd'vaɪzəbl/

adjective - wise, being a good or sensible thing to do