sleeper - pražec
BrE
/'sli:pə/
AmE
/'sli:pər/

noun, British English - one of the wooden or concrete pieces that connect two rails together

 
tie - pražec
BrE
/'taɪ/
AmE
/'taɪ/

noun, American English - one of the wooden or concrete pieces that connect two rails together

swab
swab - tampón (lékařský, čisticí apod.), vatička, kousek gázy
BrE
/'swɒb/
AmE
/'swɑ:b/

noun - a small piece of material (usually cotton wool) used to clean a wound, taking a specimen, or applying medication

 
candyfloss - cukrová vata
BrE
/'kændiflɒs/
AmE
/'kændiflɑ:s/

noun, British English - a type of popular sweet that is made of melted sugar and wound around wooden stick

 
cotton candy - cukrová vata
BrE
/'kɒtnˌkændi/
AmE
/'kɑ:tnˌkændi/

noun, American English - a type of popular candy that is made of melted sugar ad wound around wooden stick

 
cotton wool - vata
BrE
/ˌkɒtn'wʊl/
AmE
/ˌkɑ:tn'wʊl/

noun, British English - a soft mass of cotton-like material that is often used to cleanse skin

 
without - bez, aniž by
BrE
/wɪð'aʊt/
AmE
/wɪð'aʊt/

preposition - not doing, not using something

 
prefabricated - prefabrikovaný
BrE
/'ˌpri:ˌfæbrɪkeɪtɪd/
AmE
/'ˌpri:ˌfæbrɪket̬ɪd/

adjective - made into a block that is ready to use in a construction of a building etc.

 
precast - prefabrikovaný
BrE
/'ˌpri:ˌkɑ:st/
AmE
/'ˌpri:ˌkæst/

adjective - made into a block that is ready to use in a construction of a building etc.

 
skedaddle - frčet, mazat
BrE
/skɪ'dædl/
AmE
/skɪ'dædl/

verb, informal - to go somewhere quickly, to leave quickly

 
Epiphany - Tři králové, Zjevení páně
BrE
/ɪ'pɪfəni/
AmE
/ɪ'pɪfəni/

noun - a Christan celebration of the day that Jesus Christ was visited by the three magi

 
epiphany - uvědomění, prozření, zjevení
BrE
/ɪ'pɪfəni/
AmE
/ɪ'pɪfəni/

noun - a sudden feeling of understanding something, realizing something, seeing something clearly

 
talk out of - rozmluvit, vymluvit
BrE
/ˌtɔ:k'aʊtəv/
AmE
/ˌtɑ:k'aʊtəv/

verb - to persuade someone not to do something

 
talk into - přemluvit, ukecat
BrE
/ˌtɔ:k'ɪntə/
AmE
/ˌtɑ:k'ɪntə/

verb - to persuade someone to do something

 
no problem - bez starostí, žádné strachy, bez problému, žádný problém
BrE
/ˌnəʊ'prɒbləm/
AmE
/ˌnoʊ'prɑ:bləm/

phrase, informal - a phrase we use to say that something we are asked to do can be done easily, or that we are willing to do that