preface
preface - předmluva
BrE
/'prefəs/
AmE
/'prefəs/

noun - a short piece of writing (usually written by a different person) placed before the beginning of a book

 
graph - graf
BrE
/'grɑ:f/
AmE
/'græf/

noun - a drawing representing numbers and values and their relationship and their changes

 
surpass - předčit, překonat, předběhnout
BrE
/sə'pɑ:s/
AmE
/sər'pæs/

verb, formal - to do something in a better way, to be better or greater than something else

 
evenly - rovnoměrně
BrE
/'i:vənli/
AmE
/'i:vənli/

adverb - equally, in a balanced way

 
unevenly - nerovnoměrně
BrE
/ʌn'i:vənli/
AmE
/ʌn'i:vənli/

adverb - not equally

 
uneven - nerovný, nerovnoměrný
BrE
/ʌn'i:vən/
AmE
/ʌn'i:vən/

adjective - not flat, level or smooth; not equal

rooster
rooster - kohout
BrE
/'ru:stə/
AmE
/'ru:stər/

noun, American English - a male chicken, usually with colourful feathers

 
half-brother - bratr (mající společného jen jednoho rodiče)
BrE
/'hɑ:fˌbrʌðə/
AmE
/'hæfˌbrʌðər/

noun - a boy/man who has the same mother or father as you do (but not both)

entertainer
entertainer - bavič, komik
BrE
/'entəteɪnə/
AmE
/'ent̬ərteɪnər/

noun - a person whose job is to make people laugh (for example on TV etc.)

 
complainant - žalobce, žalující strana
BrE
/kəm'pleɪnənt/
AmE
/kəm'pleɪnənt/

noun, British English - the person who sues another person for something

 
plaintiff - žalobce, žalující strana
BrE
/'pleɪntɪf/
AmE
/'pleɪntɪf/

noun - the person who sues another person for something

 
prosecute - obžalovat, trestně stíhat
BrE
/'prɒsɪkju:t/
AmE
/'prɑ:səkju:t/

verb - to charge somebody with a crime

 
prosecutor - žalobce
BrE
/'prɒsɪkju:tə/
AmE
/'prɑ:səkju:t̬ər/

noun - the lawyer who is trying to prove that the defendant is guilty

 
shape - tvarovat, utvářet
BrE
/'ʃeɪp/
AmE
/'ʃeɪp/

verb - to give form to something

 
puny - drobný, maličký, droboučký
BrE
/'pju:ni/
AmE
/'pju:ni/

adjective - of small size or importance