parachute
parachute - padák
BrE
/'pærəʃu:t/
AmE
/'pærəʃu:t/

noun - a piece of equipment that enables a person to jump from a plane and fall slowly and safely to the ground

 
prescribe - předepsat (lék)
BrE
/prɪ'skraɪb/
AmE
/prɪ'skraɪb/

verb - (of a doctor) to write a special document for the chemist, which allows you to use some kind of medicine etc.

 
label - označit štítkem, označit nálepkou
BrE
/'leɪbl/
AmE
/'leɪbl/

verb - a fasten a piece of paper to an object in order to say what it is, how much it costs etc.

 
terminator - terminátor
BrE
/'tɜ:mɪneɪtə/
AmE
/'tɜ:rməneɪt̬ər/

noun - (from a movie) a robot which came from the future to kill an important person in order to change the future

wink
wink - mrknutí
BrE
/'wɪŋk/
AmE
/'wɪŋk/

noun - the act of closing and opening your eye very quickly, usually whey you want to give an unspoken signal to somebody

whip
whip - bičovat
BrE
/'wɪp/
AmE
/'wɪp/

verb - to hit a person with an instrument made of a piece of leather fastened to a handle, usually as a punishment

rear-view mirror
rear-view mirror - zpětné zrcátko
BrE
/ˌrɪəvju:'mɪrə/
AmE
/ˌrɪrvju:'mɪrər/

noun - a mirror fastened to the windshield of a car that makes it possible for you to see what is behind you

 
Shrieking Shack - Chroptící chýše
BrE
/'ʃri:kɪŋʃæk/
AmE
/'ʃri:kɪŋʃæk/

noun - (Harry Potter) the haunted house in Hogsmeade that everyone tries to avoid, it is connected to Hogwarts by a secret passage

 
Slytherin - Zmijozel
BrE
/'slɪðərɪn/
AmE
/'slɪðərɪn/

noun - (Harry Potter) one of the four houses at Hogwarts where Voldermort belonged to and where Draco Malfoy or Snape belong to

blackmail
blackmail - vydírání
BrE
/'blækmeɪl/
AmE
/'blækmeɪl/

noun - an illegal act in which you threaten somebody to do something if they don't do what you want them to do

bandage
bandage - obvaz
BrE
/'bændɪdʒ/
AmE
/'bændɪdʒ/

noun - a strip of cloth or other material used to cover an injured part of the body, usually to prevent bleeding etc.

fight
fight - boj, zápas, souboj
BrE
/'faɪt/
AmE
/'faɪt/

noun - a situation in which you use weapons or your own body to try to defeat somebody, usually in a violent way

 
vicious cycle - začarovaný cyklus
BrE
/ˌvɪʃəs'saɪkl/
AmE
/ˌvɪʃəs'saɪkl/

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

 
vicious circle - začarovaný kruh
BrE
/ˌvɪʃəs'sɜ:kl/
AmE
/ˌvɪʃəs'sɜ:rkl/

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

chill
chill - ochladit, vychladit
BrE
/'tʃɪl/
AmE
/'tʃɪl/

verb, informal - to make something very cold but not frozen; to let something become very cold but not frozen (usually in a fridge)