gain - nárůst, zvýšení
BrE
/'geɪn/
AmE
/'geɪn/

noun - an increase in something such as weight or amount

lie
lie - ležet, nacházet se
BrE
/'laɪ/
AmE
/'laɪ/

verb - be located somewhere

 
square - čtverečný (např. metr)
BrE
/'skweə/
AmE
/'skwer/

adjective - used after a number with units of measurement of length to express the size of an area

meerkat
meerkat - surikata
BrE
/'mɪəkæt/
AmE
/'mɪrkæt/

noun - a small animal that stands up on its back legs, can be found in the deserts of Africa

 
redundancy - nadbytečnost, přebytečnost
BrE
/rɪ'dʌndənsi/
AmE
/rɪ'dʌndənsi/

noun - a situation in which something is not necessary or useful

 
breeze - hračka, brnkačka
BrE
/'bri:z/
AmE
/'bri:z/

noun, informal - something that is very easy to do

 
Catch 22 - Hlava 22
BrE
/ˌkætʃ twenti'tu:/
AmE
/ˌkætʃ twenti'tu:/

phrase - a war novel by American author Joseph Heller

 
between jobs - bez zaměstnání, nezaměstnaný
BrE
/bɪˌtwi:n 'dʒɒbz/
AmE
/bɪˌtwi:n 'dʒɑ:bz/

phrase - a way of referring to a temporarily unemployed person

 
catch-22 - bezvýchodná situace, začarovaný kruh
BrE
/ˌkætʃ twenti'tu:/
AmE
/ˌkætʃ twenti'tu:/

phrase - an impossible situation where you cannot do one thing until you do another thing that you cannot do until you have done the first one

 
lag - zaostávat
BrE
/'læg/
AmE
/'læg/

verb - to be slower than is expected

 
homosexuality - homosexualita
BrE
/ˌhəʊməsekʃʊ'æləti/
AmE
/ˌhoʊmoʊsekʃʊ'ælət̬i/

noun - the fact of being sexually attracted to people of the same sex

 
air fare - cena letecké dopravy
BrE
/'eəˌfeə/
AmE
/'eərˌfeər/

noun - the price that you pay to travel by plane

 
round-trip - zpáteční
BrE
/'raʊndtrɪp/
AmE
/'raʊndtrɪp/

adjective - going to a place and then return where you started from

 
opinionated - zatvrzelý, neústupný, svéhlavý
BrE
/ə'pɪnjəneɪtɪd/
AmE
/ə'pɪnjəneɪt̬ɪd/

adjective - expressing strong opinions, not willing to accept that you may be wrong

 
break out in - propuknout, udělat se, objevit se (náhle někomu něco např. vyrážka)
BrE
/breɪk 'aʊt ɪn/
AmE
/breɪk 'aʊt ɪn/

verb - to suddenly experience a bad physical state