insurance
insurance - pojištění
BrE
/ɪn'ʃʊərəns/
AmE
/ɪn'ʃʊrəns/

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
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
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
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
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