parachute
parachute - padák
BrE
/'pærəʃu:t/
AmE
/'pærəʃu:t/

noun - a piece of equipment that enables a person to jump from a plane and fall slowly and safely to the ground

 
Shrieking Shack - Chroptící chýše
BrE
/'ʃri:kɪŋʃæk/
AmE
/'ʃri:kɪŋʃæk/

noun - (Harry Potter) the haunted house in Hogsmeade that everyone tries to avoid, it is connected to Hogwarts by a secret passage

 
Slytherin - Zmijozel
BrE
/'slɪðərɪn/
AmE
/'slɪðərɪn/

noun - (Harry Potter) one of the four houses at Hogwarts where Voldermort belonged to and where Draco Malfoy or Snape belong to

 
prescribe - předepsat (lék)
BrE
/prɪ'skraɪb/
AmE
/prɪ'skraɪb/

verb - (of a doctor) to write a special document for the chemist, which allows you to use some kind of medicine etc.

have
have - prožívat, zažívat, dávat si, užívat si, dát si, prožít
BrE
/'hæv/
AmE
/'hæv/

verb - to experience or enjoy (a holiday, a good weekend etc), to use (e.g. a shower, bath), eat (e.g. breakfast, lunch, dinner)

fight
fight - rvačka
BrE
/'faɪt/
AmE
/'faɪt/

noun - a situation in which you use weapons or your own body to try to defeat somebody, usually in a violent way

chute
chute - padák
BrE
/'ʃu:t/
AmE
/'ʃu:t/

noun, informal - a piece of equipment that enables a person to jump from a plane and fall slowly and safely to the ground

 
count down - odpočítávat
BrE
/ˌkaʊnt'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌkaʊnt'daʊn/

verb - to count backwards (esp. before something is supposed to happen - an explosion of a bomb, the launch of a rocket etc.)

 
estimation - odhad
BrE
/ˌestɪ'meɪʃn/
AmE
/ˌestɪ'meɪʃn/

noun - an opinion or a guess about how much something is going to cost, how big something is going to be etc.

 
seduction - svádění (někoho), svedení (někoho)
BrE
/sɪ'dʌkʃn/
AmE
/sɪ'dʌkʃn/

noun - the act of persuading someone to have sex with you or do other things that they are not supposed to do

 
lash - bičovat
BrE
/'læʃ/
AmE
/'læʃ/

verb - to hit a person with an instrument made of a piece of leather fastened to a handle, usually as a punishment

chill
chill - ochladit, vychladit
BrE
/'tʃɪl/
AmE
/'tʃɪl/

verb, informal - to make something very cold but not frozen; to let something become very cold but not frozen (usually in a fridge)

 
vicious cycle - začarovaný cyklus
BrE
/ˌvɪʃəs'saɪkl/
AmE
/ˌvɪʃəs'saɪkl/

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

 
vicious circle - začarovaný kruh
BrE
/ˌvɪʃəs'sɜ:kl/
AmE
/ˌvɪʃəs'sɜ:rkl/

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

wink
wink - mrknutí
BrE
/'wɪŋk/
AmE
/'wɪŋk/

noun - the act of closing and opening your eye very quickly, usually whey you want to give an unspoken signal to somebody