commodity - komodita, produkt, druh zboží
BrE
/kə'mɒdəti/
AmE
/kə'mɑ:dət̬i/

noun - a product or raw material, such as oil, gold, or grain, that is often traded on markets

 
briquette - briketa (uhlí)
BrE
/brɪ'ket/
AmE
/brɪ'ket/

noun - a small block of pressed coal dust that is used as fuel or burned in a fire

 
pawn - dát do zástavy, zastavit
BrE
/'pɔ:n/
AmE
/'pɔ:n/

verb - to use a valuable object as a guarantee that you will pay back money that you borrow

 
general election - všeobecné volby, parlamentní volby
BrE
/ˌdʒenrəl ɪ'lekʃn/
AmE
/ˌdʒenrəl ɪ'lekʃn/

noun - an election in which voters choose representatives for a country's legislative body, such as parliament or congress

 
scrub - drhnutí (kartáčem), vydrhnutí (kartáčem)
BrE
/'skrʌb/
AmE
/'skrʌb/

noun - an act of cleaning something by rubbing it hard with an instrument, such as a stiff brush

 
counterfoil - kontrolní útržek, stvrzenka
BrE
/'kaʊntəfɔɪl/
AmE
/'kaʊntərfɔɪl/

noun, British English - the part of a ticket, cheque or other document that is kept as a record of purchase

 
play at - hrát na (něco)
BrE
/'pleɪˌæt/
AmE
/'pleɪˌæt/

verb - to pretend you are someone or that you are doing something as part of a children's game

activist
activist - aktivista
BrE
/'æktɪvɪst/
AmE
/'æktɪvɪst/

noun - a person who takes part in activities such as public protests to make political or social changes

 
crack - rozbít
BrE
/'kræk/
AmE
/'kræk/

verb - to break something such as an egg or a nut in order to use what is inside

 
Jurassic - jura
BrE
/dʒʊ'ræsɪk/
AmE
/dʒʊ'ræsɪk/

noun - the period that started about 200 million years ago, especially known as the time when dinosaurs lived

art
art - výtvarná výchova
BrE
/'ɑ:t/
AmE
/'ɑ:rt/

noun - a school subject in which students learn to make beautiful things, such as paintings, sculptures, music etc.

monument
monument - památník
BrE
/'mɒnjʊmənt/
AmE
/'mɑ:njʊment/

noun - a building or a statue which is built as a memory of a famous person or event

 
house elf - domácí skřítek
BrE
/'haʊs elf/
AmE
/'haʊs elf/

noun - (Harry Potter) a small creature that works in the homes of wizards and witches as a servant

 
gerbil - pískomil
BrE
/'dʒɜ:bɪl/
AmE
/'dʒɜ:rbɪl/

noun - a small animal that looks like a large mouse and can jump, people keep it as pets

 
future perfect - předbudoucí čas
BrE
/ˌfju:tʃə'pɜ:fɪkt/
AmE
/ˌfju:tʃər'pɜ:rfekt/

noun - a grammar structure consisting of WILL HAVE + past participle, such as 'I will have seen this film.'