in reply to - v reakci na
BrE
/ɪn rɪ'plaɪ tu:/
AmE
/ɪn rɪ'plaɪ tu:/

noun - as a reaction to

 
avalanche - záplava, příval, spousta
BrE
/'ævəlɑ:ntʃ/
AmE
/'ævəlæntʃ/

noun - a large amount (of something), a large number (of something)

 
u-turn - obrat, otočka, otočení do protisměru
BrE
/'ju:tɜ:n/
AmE
/'ju:tɜ:rn/

noun - a turn, usually of a car, made to go back in the direction it has come from

 
crippled - zmrzačený, ochrnutý
BrE
/'krɪpld/
AmE
/'krɪpld/

adjective - disabled; handicapped

 
you name it - cokoliv, cokoliv chceš, cokoliv tě napadne
BrE
/ˌju:'neɪmɪt/
AmE
/ˌju:'neɪmɪt/

phrase, informal - anything at all, anything you can imagine

 
valance - garnýž (na okně)
BrE
/'væləns/
AmE
/'væləns/

noun, American English - a narrow piece of wood or cloth above a window that covers the curtain rail

 
pelmet - garnýž (na okně)
BrE
/'pelmət/
AmE
/'pelmət/

noun, British English - a narrow piece of wood or cloth above a window that covers the curtain rail

 
hypothermia - podchlazení
BrE
/ˌhaɪpə'θɜ:mɪə/
AmE
/ˌhaɪpoʊ'θɜ:rmɪə/

noun - the state of your body having lower temperature than the healthy standard

 
act - zabrat, začít působit
BrE
/'ækt/
AmE
/'ækt/

verb - to start to work

 
affected - postižený, zasažený
BrE
/ə'fektɪd/
AmE
/ə'fektɪd/

adjective - hit or influenced by something

paramedic
paramedic - paramedik, záchranář, zdravotník
BrE
/ˌpærə'medɪk/
AmE
/ˌpærə'medɪk/

noun - a not fully qualified doctor whose job is to give people urgent medical care in an emergency

 
make a career - udělat kariéru
BrE
/ˌmeɪk ə kə'rɪə/
AmE
/ˌmeɪk ə kə'ri:r/

verb - to achieve a successful career (as)

 
journalism - žurnalistika, publicistika
BrE
/'dʒɜ:nəlɪzəm/
AmE
/'dʒɜ:rnəlɪzəm/

noun - the job of writing news for newspapers

both
both - oba, obojí
BrE
/'bəʊθ/
AmE
/'boʊθ/

pronoun - the two

 
in half - napůl, v polovině, uprostřed
BrE
/ɪn 'hɑ:f/
AmE
/ɪn 'hɑ:f/

adverb - only by the half of something; in the middle