office worker
office worker - úředník
BrE
/'ɒfɪsˌwɜ:kə/
AmE
/'ɑ:fɪsˌwɜ:rkər/

noun - a person who works at an office

woman
woman - žena, paní
BrE
/'wʊmən/
AmE
/'wʊmən/

noun - an adult female person, not a man

 
wide - široký (velký)
BrE
/'waɪd/
AmE
/'waɪd/

adjective - large (of an amount, a range etc.)

turn down
turn down - odmítnout
BrE
/ˌtɜ:n'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌtɜ:rn'daʊn/

verb - to refuse (an offer or a request)

 
abolishment - zrušení
BrE
/ə'bɒlɪʃmənt/
AmE
/ə'bɑ:lɪʃmənt/

noun - an official end of a law etc.

agency
agency - agentura, kancelář
BrE
/'eɪdʒənsi/
AmE
/'eɪdʒənsi/

noun - an office that provides a particular service

 
entry - zápis, heslo (ve slovníku), položka (např. v deníku)
BrE
/'entri/
AmE
/'entri/

noun - an item in a dictionary, journal etc.

looking glass
looking glass - zrcadlo (zast.)
BrE
/'lʊkɪŋglɑ:s/
AmE
/'lʊkɪŋglæs/

noun, dated - an old-fashioned term for a mirror

 
islander - ostrovan
BrE
/'aɪləndə/
AmE
/'aɪləndər/

noun - a person who lives on an island

 
major - major
BrE
/'meɪdʒə/
AmE
/'meɪdʒər/

noun - an army officer of a middle level

 
motor - motor
BrE
/'məʊtə/
AmE
/'moʊt̬ər/

noun - an engine, a machine that produces movement

 
criminal record - trestní záznam, záznam v trestním rejstříku
BrE
/ˌkrɪmənl'rekɔ:d/
AmE
/ˌkrɪmənl'rekərd/

noun - an official list of a person's crimes

man
man - muž, pán
BrE
/'mæn/
AmE
/'mæn/

noun - an adult male person, not a woman

 
slough - močál, bažina
BrE
/'slaʊ/
AmE
/'slaʊ/

noun - a swamp, an area of deep mud

 
queer - teplouš (urážka)
BrE
/'kwɪə/
AmE
/'kwɪr/

noun, informal - an offensive word for a homosexual man