noun
-
an arrangement in which you pay some money to a company and if something bad happens to you or your property, they pay the cost etc.
Zimmer frame
- chodítko
BrE
/'zɪməˌfreɪm/
AmE
/'zɪmərˌfreɪm/
noun, British English
-
(trademark) a light frame that you push in front of you when you are not able to walk properly, used especially if you are old or ill
take back
- vzít zpět, odvolat, vrátit zpět
BrE
/ˌteɪk'bæk/
AmE
/ˌteɪk'bæk/
verb
-
to say that you didn't mean what you said and admit you shouldn't have said it, to change what has been done as if it never happened
guarantee
- záruka
BrE
/ˌgerən'ti:/
AmE
/ˌgerən'ti:/
noun
-
a promise that something will be done or will happen, a written promise that a product will be repaired or replaced if something is wrong with it
dizzy
- mající závrať, pociťující motání hlavy
BrE
/'dɪzi/
AmE
/'dɪzi/
adjective
-
feeling as if the world is turning around you and that you might fall, usually as a result of being somewhere very high, or of an illness
pawnbroker
- zastavárna, zastavárník
BrE
/'pɔ:nbrəʊkə/
AmE
/'pɑ:nbroʊkər/
noun
-
a shop (or its owner) where you can borrow money if you leave there a valuable object as a form of security that you will pay it back
en passant
- braní mimochodem (v šachu)
BrE
/ɑ:n pɑ:'sɑ:n/
AmE
/ɑ:n pɑ:'sɑ:n/
adverb
-
(French) a special move in chess in which the pawn that has moved by two squares can be captured as if it had only moved by one square
pre-nup
- předmanželská smlouva
BrE
/'pri:nʌp/
AmE
/'pri:nʌp/
noun, informal
-
short for prenuptial agreement (an official agreement made by a couple before they get married, in which they agree what will happen to their possessions if they get divorced)
guarantee
- zaručit, garantovat, dát záruku
BrE
/ˌgerən'ti:/
AmE
/ˌgerən'ti:/
verb
-
to promise that something will be done or will happen, to give a written promise that a product will be repaired or replaced if something is wrong with it
cholesterol
- cholesterol
BrE
/kə'lestrɒl/
AmE
/kə'lestərɑ:l/
noun
-
a substance containing a lot of fat that exists in the blood of all animals, if there is too much of it in a person's blood, it can cause heart disease
low tide
- odliv, vrchol odlivu, nejnižší hladina odlivu
BrE
/ˌləʊ'taɪd/
AmE
/ˌloʊ'taɪd/
noun
-
the time when the sea is at its lowest level and the water has moved far back from the shore
high tide
- příliv, vrchol přílivu, nejvyšší hladina přílivu
BrE
/ˌhaɪ'taɪd/
AmE
/ˌhaɪ'taɪd/
noun
-
the time when the sea reaches its highest level and comes furthest up the shore
treatment
- nakládání, zacházení, chování
BrE
/'tri:tmənt/
AmE
/'tri:tmənt/
noun
-
the way someone behaves toward a person, animal, or thing; the way something is dealt with or handled
beyond
- více než, nad, přes, mimo, nad rámec, za hranicí, mimo možnosti, za hranicí chápání
BrE
/bɪ'jɒnd/
AmE
/bɪ'jɑ:nd/
adverb
-
more than something; to a greater level or degree; outside the limits of what is possible, understandable, or acceptable
whirr
- bzukot, vrčení, hučení
BrE
/'wɜ:/
AmE
/'wɜ:r/
noun
-
a continuous, soft, low, and fast spinning sound