scavenge - hledat odpadky, vybírat odpadky
BrE
/'skævəndʒ/
AmE
/'skævəndʒ/

verb - to collect things you can use or eat, especially if they have been thrown away

 
recyclable - recyklovatelný
BrE
/rɪ'saɪkləbl/
AmE
/rɪ'saɪkləbl/

adjective - possible to use something again after it has been processed, esp. about paper, plastic etc.

 
eat humble pie - sypat si popel na hlavu, přiznat chybu
BrE
/ˌi:tˌhʌmbl'paɪ/
AmE
/ˌi:tˌhʌmbl'paɪ/

verb - to admit that you have been wrong, to admit that you have made a mistake

 
speak of the devil - my o vlku
BrE
/spi:k əv ðə 'devl/
AmE
/spi:k əv ðə 'devəl/

phrase - the phrase we use when we've been talking about someone and the person suddenly appears

 
conversely - naopak, oproti tomu, obráceně, na druhou stranu
BrE
/kən'vɜ:sli/
AmE
/kən'vɜ:rsli/

adverb, formal - used to introduce a statement that contrasts with or reverses one that has just been made

 
enrolment - počet zapsaných, počet přihlášených, počet účastníků
BrE
/ɪn'rəʊlmənt/
AmE
/ɪn'roʊlmənt/

noun - the number of people who have registered or been accepted in an organization, institution, or course

 
gratin - gratinovaný pokrm (nejčastěji se sýrem či strouhankou)
BrE
/'grætæn/
AmE
/'grætn/

noun - a dish covered in cheese, cheese sauce or breadcrumbs that has been cooked in an oven

 
reprint - dotisk (dalších výtisků)
BrE
/'ri:prɪnt/
AmE
/'ri:prɪnt/

noun - an act of printing new copies of a book because all the others have been sold

scratch
scratch - poškrábat (se), podrbat (se), škrábat (se), drbat (se)
BrE
/'skrætʃ/
AmE
/'skrætʃ/

verb - to use fingernails or claws to rub a part of the body that has been itching

 
acquittal of accused - osvobození obviněného
BrE
/ə'kwɪtl əv ə'kjuzd/
AmE
/ə'kwɪt̬l əv ə'kjuzd/

noun, formal - the act of stating that a person who has been accused of a crime is innocent

 
acquittal - zproštění viny, osvobození (obviněného)
BrE
/ə'kwɪtl/
AmE
/ə'kwɪt̬l/

noun, formal - a formal decision that someone is not guilty of something that he has been accused of

bruise
bruise - modřina, pohmožděnina, podlitina
BrE
/'bru:z/
AmE
/'bru:z/

noun - a bluish mark on the skin in the place where it has been hit or hurt

 
undo - vrátit zpět
BrE
/ʌn'dʊ/
AmE
/ʌn'dʊ/

verb - to make something be the same as it was before something has been done to it

ironing
ironing - žehlení
BrE
/'aɪənɪŋ/
AmE
/'aɪərnɪŋ/

noun - the activity of making clothes flat and smooth with an iron after they have been washed

 
nay - ba co víc (zast.)
BrE
/'neɪ/
AmE
/'neɪ/

adverb, dated - a word that introduces something that you add in order to emphasize what has been said