Hitchcockian - hitchcockovský
BrE
/hɪtʃ'kɒkiən/
AmE
/hɪtʃ'kɑ:kiən/

adjective - connected with Alfred Hitchcock or his movies

 
feel - dojem (jak něco působí)
BrE
/'fi:l/
AmE
/'fi:l/

noun - the impression you get from something

 
miss the mark - šlápnout vedle, minout se, nepodařit se, nepovést se
BrE
/ˌmɪs ðə'mɑ:k/
AmE
/ˌmɪs ðə'mɑ:rk/

verb - not to succeed, to fail to achieve something

 
audiobook - audiokniha
BrE
/'ɔ:diəʊbʊk/
AmE
/'ˌɑ:dioʊbʊk/

noun - a recording of someone reading a book so you can listen to it

 
heroically - hrdinsky
BrE
/hɪ'rəʊɪkli/
AmE
/hɪ'roʊɪkli/

adverb - very bravely

drip-feed
drip-feed - vyživovat infuzí, vyživovat nitrožilně
BrE
/'drɪpˌfi:d/
AmE
/'drɪpˌfi:d/

verb - to pass liquid slowly into a patient's vein

drip-feed
drip-feed - infúze, kapačka
BrE
/'drɪpˌfi:d/
AmE
/'drɪpˌfi:d/

noun - a piece of equipment that is used in hospitals to pass liquid slowly into a patient's vein

 
sequin - flitr (lesklá ozdoba na oblečení)
BrE
/'si:kwən/
AmE
/'si:kwən/

noun - a very small round piece of metal that is sewn onto clothes to make them look shiny

undergarment
undergarment - spodní prádlo (jeden kus)
BrE
/'ʌndəˌgɑ:mənt/
AmE
/'ʌndərˌgɑ:rmənt/

noun, formal - a piece of underwear

 
sizzle - prskat (při smažení apod.)
BrE
/'sɪzl/
AmE
/'sɪzl/

verb - to make the sound of food being fried in hot oil

 
get onto - pustit se do (někoho), podat si (někoho), vynadat (někomu)
BrE
/ˌget'ɒntu/
AmE
/ˌget'ɑ:ntu/

verb - to tell someone off for something bad they did

 
vice-chairman - místopředseda
BrE
/ˌvaɪs'tʃeəmən/
AmE
/ˌvaɪs'tʃermən/

noun - an immediately subordinate to a chairman

 
preside - předsedat, řídit, vést
BrE
/prɪ'zaɪd/
AmE
/prɪ'zaɪd/

verb, formal - to be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, organization, etc.

chairwoman
chairwoman - předsedkyně
BrE
/'tʃeəwʊmən/
AmE
/'tʃewʊrmən/

noun - a woman in charge of an organization, a meeting etc.

 
setting - prostředí
BrE
/'setɪŋ/
AmE
/'set̬ɪŋ/

noun - the place where something is located