Northern Lights - severní polární záře
BrE
/ˌnɔ:ðən'laɪts/
AmE
/ˌnɔ:rðərn'laɪts/

noun - bands of coloured light that can be seen in the night sky near the North Pole

 
sleight - vychytralost, trik, lest
BrE
/'slaɪt/
AmE
/'slaɪt/

noun, dated - skillful deception, being good at tricking and deceiving

 
sleight - šikovnost, obratnost
BrE
/'slaɪt/
AmE
/'slaɪt/

noun, dated - manual dexterity, skill

vote
vote - volba, hlasování
BrE
/'vəʊt/
AmE
/'voʊt/

noun - a situation in which people choose something or decide on something (by raising their hand, marking a paper, etc.)

 
afford - poskytovat, poskytnout, nabízet, nabídnout
BrE
/ə'fɔ:d/
AmE
/ə'fɔ:rd/

verb, formal - to provide something

 
capoeira - capoeira
BrE
/ˌkæpəʊ'eərə/
AmE
/ˌkɑ:poʊ'erə/

noun - a Brazilian martial art

 
martial law - stanné právo
BrE
/'mɑ:ʃl 'lɔ:/
AmE
/'mɑ:rʃl 'lɔ:/

noun - a situation in which the army of a country is in charge instead of the police

 
aikido - aikido
BrE
/aɪ'ki:dəʊ/
AmE
/aɪ'ki:doʊ/

noun - a Japanese martial art

 
taekwondo - taekwondo
BrE
/taɪ'kwɒndəʊ/
AmE
/taɪ'kwɑ:ndoʊ/

noun - a kind of martial art from Korea

Martian
Martian - Marťan
BrE
/'mɑ:ʃn/
AmE
/'mɑ:rʃn/

noun - an imaginary creature from the planet Mars

 
catch somebody red-handed - chytit přímo při činu
BrE
/ˌkætʃ sʌmbədi ˌred'hændɪd/
AmE
/ˌkætʃ sʌmbədi ˌred'hændɪd/

verb - to catch somebody when they are committing a crime or doing something wrong

 
red-handed - při činu (chytit)
BrE
/ˌred'hændɪd/
AmE
/ˌred'hændɪd/

adjective - in the act of doing something wrong or illegal

 
blue ribbon - první cena, cena pro vítěze (často zdobena modrou stuhou)
BrE
/ˌblu: 'rɪbən/
AmE
/ˌblu: 'rɪbən/

noun - the first prize in a competition that is usually decorated with a piece of blue cloth

 
blue-ribbon - prvotřídní, výběrový
BrE
/ˌblu: 'rɪbən/
AmE
/ˌblu: 'rɪbən/

adjective - of the highest quality

 
pink eye - zánět spojivek
BrE
/'pɪŋkˌaɪ/
AmE
/'pɪŋkˌaɪ/

noun, informal - a painful and infectious disease of the eye