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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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