break the mould - vyjet ze zajetých kolejí
BrE
/ˌbreɪk ðə 'məʊld/
AmE
/ˌbreɪk ðə 'moʊld/

verb - to do completely different things than what people expect from you or the situation

 
cut off - odříznout (se), izolovat (se)
BrE
/ˌkʌt'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌkʌt̬'ɑ:f/

verb - to prevent someone or something from leaving a place or communicating with other people

 
rooftop - střecha
BrE
/'ru:fˌtɒp/
AmE
/'ru:fˌtɑ:p/

noun - the top of a building that protects it from rain and wind and snow

 
hygienic - hygienický
BrE
/haɪ'dʒi:nɪk/
AmE
/haɪ'dʒenɪk/

adjective - sanitary, clean and free from things that could cause infection or other health problems

sanitary
sanitary - hygienický
BrE
/'sænətri/
AmE
/'sænəteri/

adjective - hygienic, clean and free from things that could cause infection or other health problems

 
tramp - tulák, vandrák
BrE
/'træmp/
AmE
/'træmp/

noun - a person who has no home or job and travels from place to place

lift
lift - výtah
BrE
/'lɪft/
AmE
/'lɪft/

noun, British English - a machine that can take you from one floor of a building to another

background
background - původ, minulost
BrE
/'bækgraʊnd/
AmE
/'bækgraʊnd/

noun - the origin of something; the type of family or class that you come from

brush off
brush off - smést, oprášit
BrE
/ˌbrʌʃ'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌbrʌʃ'ɑ:f/

verb - to remove small particles from the surface by a brush or by the hand

burglar
burglar - lupič
BrE
/'bɜ:glə/
AmE
/'bɜ:rglər/

noun - a person who comes into somebody's house in order to steal things from it

 
identity - identita
BrE
/aɪ'dentəti/
AmE
/aɪ'dent̬ət̬i/

noun - all the things that make one person different from another, e.g. feelings, characteristics etc.

 
shot - výstřel, rána (výstřel)
BrE
/'ʃɒt/
AmE
/'ʃɑ:t/

noun - the act of shooting; the sound you hear when somebody shoots from a gun

ditch
ditch - příkop, strouha, škarpa, stoka
BrE
/'dɪtʃ/
AmE
/'dɪtʃ/

noun - a long channel built along a road etc. to drain water from the road

distance
distance - vzdálenost, dálka
BrE
/'dɪstəns/
AmE
/'dɪstəns/

noun - the space between two points, how far it is from one place to another

curry
curry - kari (pokrm)
BrE
/'kʌri/
AmE
/'kʌri/

noun - a dish with meat, rice, a lot of spices etc. which comes from India