polished - vyleštěný, naleštěný
BrE
/'pɒlɪʃt/
AmE
/'pɑ:lɪʃt/

adjective - very clean and shiny

 
grow to like - oblíbit si
BrE
/ˌgrəʊ tə'laɪk/
AmE
/ˌgroʊ tə'laɪk/

verb, formal - to start to like something or someone

 
handle - obchodovat, prodávat, překupovat, kšeftovat
BrE
/'hændl/
AmE
/'hændl/

verb - to do business; to buy or sell something, often something illegal

 
handle - manipulovat, zacházet (s něčím), sahat (na něco), uchopit (něco)
BrE
/'hændl/
AmE
/'hændl/

verb - to hold something in your hands; to move something with your hands; to pick something up; to touch something

 
view - dohled, výhled, zorné pole, vyhlídka
BrE
/'vju:/
AmE
/'vju:/

noun - what can or cannot be seen in a particular situation

 
porky - lež, kec, nepravda
BrE
/'pɔ:ki/
AmE
/'pɔ:rki/

noun, British English, informal - a lie

cone off
cone off - uzavřít část silnice pomocí kuželů
BrE
/ˌkəʊn'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌkoʊn'ɑ:f/

verb, British English - to close a part of the road using traffic cones

 
conical - kuželovitý
BrE
/'kɒnɪkl/
AmE
/'kɑ:nɪkl/

adjective - cone-shaped

faint
faint - malátný, cítící se na omdlení
BrE
/'feɪnt/
AmE
/'feɪnt/

adjective - feeling very weak, likely to lose consciousness

 
faint-hearted - nesmělý, bojácný, zbabělý, bázlivý
BrE
/ˌfeɪnt'hɑ:tɪd/
AmE
/'feɪnt'hɑ:rt̬ɪd/

adjective - not brave or confident, afraid of failing

 
the Privy Council - královská rada
BrE
/ðəˌprɪvi'kaʊnsl/
AmE
/ðəˌprɪvi'kaʊnsl/

noun - the group of advisers to the British monarch

outhouse
outhouse - latrína, kadibudka
BrE
/'aʊthaʊs/
AmE
/'aʊthaʊs/

noun, American English - an outdoor toilet

privy
privy - latrína, kadibudka
BrE
/'prɪvi/
AmE
/'prɪvi/

noun, dated - an outdoor toilet

privy
privy - zasvěcený (do čeho)
BrE
/'prɪvi/
AmE
/'prɪvi/

adjective, formal - allowed to know something that other aren't allowed to know

 
pathos - patos, dojemnost
BrE
/'peɪθɒs/
AmE
/'peɪθɑ:s/

noun, literary - the quality of something that produces a feeling of sadness or sympathy