bleak - pustý, nehostinný, ponurý
BrE
/'bli:k/
AmE
/'bli:k/

adjective - empty, unpleasant, unfriendly

smuggler
smuggler - pašerák
BrE
/'smʌglə/
AmE
/'smʌglər/

noun - a person who brighs something illegally into/out of a country (e.g. alcohol, drugs, people etc.)

smuggle
smuggle - pašovat, propašovat
BrE
/'smʌgl/
AmE
/'smʌgl/

verb - to bring something illegally to a country (especially alcohol, drugs, people etc.); to take something or someone to a place where they are not supposed to be

 
spindly - tenoučký, jako tyčka, tyčkovitý
BrE
/'spɪndli/
AmE
/'spɪndli/

adjective - long and thin and looking weak or easy to break

 
spindle - hřídel, osa
BrE
/'spɪndl/
AmE
/'spɪndl/

noun - a part of a machine around which something rotates

 
tenacious - odhodlaný, vytrvalý
BrE
/tə'neɪʃəs/
AmE
/tə'neɪʃəs/

adjective - determined to go on, not to stop

 
like - chtít
BrE
/'laɪk/
AmE
/'laɪk/

verb - (especially in combination with WOULD) to want to do or have something

terrorism
terrorism - terorismus
BrE
/'terərɪzəm/
AmE
/'terərɪzəm/

noun - a criminal act of killing or threatening people for political purposes

 
bumpy - hrbolatý
BrE
/'bʌmpi/
AmE
/'bʌmpi/

adjective - rough, not easy

 
wife-to-be - nadcházející manželka, budoucí manželka
BrE
/'waɪf tʊˌbi:/
AmE
/'waɪf tʊˌbi:/

noun - the person who is about to become someone's wife

 
husband-to-be - nadcházející manžel, budoucí manžel
BrE
/'hʌzbənd tʊˌbi:/
AmE
/'hʌzbənd tʊˌbi:/

noun - the person who is about to become someone's husband

 
Olympic - olympijský
BrE
/ə'lɪmpɪk/
AmE
/ə'lɪmpɪk/

adjective - connected with the Olympic games

 
poetic - poetický, básnický
BrE
/pəʊ'etɪk/
AmE
/poʊ'etɪk/

adjective - connected with poetry, resembling poetry, used in poetry

 
persuasion - přesvědčení
BrE
/pə'sweɪʒn/
AmE
/pər'sweʒn/

noun - a personal belief or set of beliefs

 
persuasion - přesvědčování
BrE
/pə'sweɪʒn/
AmE
/pər'sweʒn/

noun - the act of persuading someone