mortgage
mortgage - zatížit hypotékou, zastavit (např. dům)
BrE
/'mɔ:gɪdʒ/
AmE
/'mɔ:rgɪdʒ/

verb - to give a legal right to someone, often a bank, to own your property if you don't repay the money you borrowed from them

cone
cone - kornout
BrE
/'kəʊn/
AmE
/'koʊn/

noun - a container that has a pointed bottom and round sides, often made of paper, plastic, or sometimes edible biscuit (to eat ice cream from)

soap
soap - mýdlo
BrE
/'səʊp/
AmE
/'soʊp/

noun - a thing made from oils and fats which people use to wash their body, it usually smells nice and can be of any colour

balcony
balcony - balkón
BrE
/'bælkəni/
AmE
/'bælkəni/

noun - a platform built on the upstairs outer wall of a house with a rail around it, you can get there from an upstairs room

glove
glove - rukavice (j.č.)
BrE
/'glʌv/
AmE
/'glʌv/

noun - one of the two pieces of clothing that cover your hands when it is cold or when you want to protect them from something

bars
bars - mříže
BrE
/'bɑ:z/
AmE

noun - a long wooden or metal sticks that are put in windows and doors (e.g. in a prison) to prevent someone from entering or escaping

 
mortar - malta
BrE
/'mɔ:tə/
AmE
/'mɔ:rt̬ər/

noun - a substance (made from a mixture of sand, cement and water) that is used when building a house etc. to join bricks, stones etc.

 
burdened - obtěžkaný, zatížený
BrE
/'bɜ:dnd/
AmE
/'bɜ:rdnd/

adjective - prevented from doing something or going somewhere because of something heavy you have to carry or something worrying that you have to live with

 
encumbered - obtěžkaný, zatížený
BrE
/ɪn'kʌmbəd/
AmE
/ɪn'kʌmbərd/

adjective, formal - prevented from doing something or going somewhere because of something heavy you have to carry or something worrying that you have to live with

lichen
lichen - lišejník
BrE
/'laɪkən/
AmE
/'laɪkən/

noun - a slow-growing organism that arises from a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium, often found on rocks, trees, or soil

 
test-tube baby - dítě ze zkumavky
BrE
/ˌtest tju:b 'beɪbi/
AmE
/ˌtest tu:b 'beɪbi/

noun - a baby that develops from an egg that is fertilized outside of a mother's body and then put back in her womb to finish developing

au-pair
au-pair - pečovatel(ka) o děti, chůva
BrE
/ˌəʊ'peə/
AmE
/ˌoʊ'peər/

noun - a person, usually a woman, from a foreign country who lives with a family and takes care of the children and receives a small wage

 
dialect - nářečí, dialekt
BrE
/'daɪəlekt/
AmE
/'daɪəlekt/

noun - a variety of a language used by a particular group of people, the variety may differ from the main language in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation

lion
lion - lev
BrE
/'laɪən/
AmE
/'laɪən/

noun - a large animal from Africa or Asia, it looks like a big cat and eats other animals, people say it is the King of animals

jury
jury - porota (u soudu)
BrE
/'dʒəri/
AmE
/'dʒəri/

noun - a group of people (chosen from the public) in a court who help to decide whether a person is guilty of a crime or not