acclaim - uznání, chvála
BrE
/ə'kleɪm/
AmE
/ə'kleɪm/

noun - approval or praise

 
acclaim - uznávat, vychvalovat
BrE
/ə'kleɪm/
AmE
/ə'kleɪm/

verb - to approve of something or someone publicly

 
sighting - spatření, zahlédnutí, zpozorování, pozorování
BrE
/'saɪtɪŋ/
AmE
/'saɪt̬ɪŋ/

noun - the unusual or rare occasion of seeing something

 
homebody - domácí povaleč, pecivál
BrE
/'həʊmbədi/
AmE
/'hoʊmbɑ:di/

noun, American English - a person who prefers to spend his time at home

 
nickname - přezdívat
BrE
/'nɪkneɪm/
AmE
/'nɪkneɪm/

verb - to use a name for something or somebody that people made up instead of the real name

 
pastoral - venkovský
BrE
/'pɑ:stərəl/
AmE
/'pæstərəl/

connected to the countryside and rural life

 
anthropomorphize - personifikovat
BrE
/ˌænθrəpə'mɔ:faɪz/
AmE
/ˌænθrəpə'mɔ:rfaɪz/

verb - to treat things or animals as if they were people (esp. in books)

ride
ride - jet (dopravním prostředkem)
BrE
/'raɪd/
AmE
/'raɪd/

verb, American English - to travel on a bus, train etc.

 
redwood - sekvoje, sekvoj (strom)
BrE
/'redwʊd/
AmE
/'redwʊd/

noun - a very tall coniferous tree that grows especially in California and Oregon

 
enliven - oživit, učinit zajímavějším, zpestřit
BrE
/ɪn'laɪvn/
AmE
/ɪn'laɪvn/

verb, formal - to make something more interesting

hardening
hardening - otužování
BrE
/'hɑ:dnɪŋ/
AmE
/'hɑ:rdənɪŋ/

noun - the process of becoming resistant to cold weather, imrpoving one's fitness and immunity etc.

hardened
hardened - otužilý
BrE
/'hɑ:dnd/
AmE
/'hɑ:rdnd/

adjective - having become resistant to cold weather, having improved one's fitness and immunity

 
hardened - zpevněný, ztvrdlý, ztuhlý
BrE
/'hɑ:dnd/
AmE
/'hɑ:rdnd/

adjective - having become hard

harden
harden - otužit, otužit se, otužovat se
BrE
/'hɑ:dn/
AmE
/'hɑ:rdn/

verb - to become resistant to cold weather etc., to improve one's immunity

 
exit poll - volební průzkum (těsně po hlasování)
BrE
/'ekzɪtˌpəʊl/
AmE
/'ekzɪtˌpoʊl/

noun - the activity of asking people how they have just voted to predict the result of the election