noun
-
an official group of people who have been given the task to gather information about something, investigate something or control something, especially for the government
uneducated
- nevzdělaný
BrE
/ʌn'edʒukeɪtɪd/
AmE
/ʌn'edʒukeɪt̬ɪd/
adjective
-
not having studied, not knowing a lot of things because you have not studied enough
last resort
- krajní případ, poslední možnost, východisko z nouze
BrE
/ˌlɑ:st rɪ'zɔ:t/
AmE
/ˌlæst rɪ'zɔ:rt/
noun
-
situation in which everything else fails and you have only one course of action left
conception
- pojetí, představa
BrE
/kən'sepʃn/
AmE
/kən'sepʃn/
noun
-
an idea that you have of what something or someone is like in your mind
fifth wheel
- páté kolo u vozu (o člověku)
BrE
/ˌfɪfθ 'wi:l/
AmE
/ˌfɪfθ 'wi:l/
noun, American English, informal
-
a person who accompanies couples in a social event and does not have a partner
triumphantly
- triumfálně
BrE
/traɪ'ʌmfəntli/
AmE
/traɪ'ʌmfəntli/
adverb
-
in a very happy and proud way which shows that you have achieved victory etc.
experience
- zkušenosti, praxe
BrE
/ɪks'pɪəriəns/
AmE
/ɪks'pɪriəns/
noun
-
knowledge or skill that you get from what you have gone through and from practice
dining table
- jídelní stůl, stůl
BrE
/'daɪnɪŋ'teɪbl/
AmE
/'daɪnɪŋ'teɪbl/
noun
-
a piece of furniture where all the family can sit and have a meal together
current affairs
- aktuality, aktuální zprávy, současné události
BrE
/ˌkʌrənt ə'feəz/
AmE
/ˌkʌrənt ə'ferz/
noun
-
news reports about events that have happened very recently or are happening at the moment
surname
- příjmení
BrE
/'sɜ:neɪm/
AmE
/'sɜ:rneɪm/
noun
-
the name you have in common with other members of the family, a family name
tradition
- tradice
BrE
/trə'dɪʃən/
AmE
/trə'dɪʃən/
noun
-
a custom, belief etc. that a group of people have had for a long time
dishtowel
- utěrka
BrE
/'dɪʃˌtaʊəl/
AmE
/'dɪʃˌtaʊəl/
noun, American English
-
a piece of cloth that you use for drying dishes after you have washed them
backstage
- v zákulisí, za jevištěm, za pódiem
BrE
/ˌbæk'steɪdʒ/
AmE
/ˌbæk'steɪdʒ/
adverb
-
(at a concert) at the back of a stage where only certain people have access
feminism
- feminismus
BrE
/'femɪnɪzəm/
AmE
/'femɪnɪzəm/
noun
-
a movement that believes that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men
flares
- kalhoty do zvonu
BrE
/'fleəz/
AmE
/'flerz/
noun
-
a kind of trousers which have the ends of the legs wider than the rest