one-hit wonder - hit jedné sezóny
BrE
/'wʌnˌhɪt'wʌndə/
AmE
/'wʌnˌhɪt'wʌndər/

noun - a thing that is popular for a very short time only

one-way street
one-way street - jednosměrka
BrE
/ˌwʌn'weɪ 'stri:t/
AmE
/ˌwʌn'weɪ 'stri:t/

noun - a street where the traffic can go only in one direction

 
pessimist - pesimista
BrE
/'pesəmɪst/
AmE
/'pesəmɪst/

noun - a person who can only see the bad side of everything

 
fiction - fikce
BrE
/'fɪkʃən/
AmE
/'fɪkʃən/

noun - something that has only been made up but is not real

sabre
sabre - šavle
BrE
/'seɪbə/
AmE
/'seɪbər/

noun - a sword with a curved blade and only one cutting edge

saber
saber - šavle
BrE
/'seɪbə/
AmE
/'seɪbər/

noun, American English - a sword with a curved blade and only one cutting edge

egotistical
egotistical - egoistický
BrE
/ˌi:gə'tɪstɪkl/
AmE
/ˌi:gə'tɪstɪkl/

adjective - thinking and talking about oneself too much, only interested in oneself

express
express - expres, rychlík
BrE
/ɪk'spres/
AmE
/ɪk'spres/

noun - a fast train that stops only at large and important stations

bacteria
bacteria - bakterie
BrE
/bək'ti:rɪə/
AmE
/bək'ti:rɪə/

noun - very small organisms that you can only see through a microscope

 
cremate - zpopelnit, spálit, pohřbít žehem
BrE
/krə'meɪt/
AmE
/krə'meɪt/

verb - to burn the body of a dead person until only ashes remain

 
artificially - uměle
BrE
/ˌɑ:tɪ'fɪʃəli/
AmE
/ˌɑ:rtɪ'fɪʃəli/

adverb - in a way that is not natural and only copies something natural

custom
custom - zakázkový, dělaný na zakázku
BrE
/'kʌstəm/
AmE
/'kʌstəm/

adjective, American English - designed or made for a particular person or company (only before noun)

 
exclusive - výhradní, výlučný, exkluzivní
BrE
/ɪk'sklu:sɪv/
AmE
/ɪk'sklu:sɪv/

adjective - made, done, or intended for only one particular person or particular people

 
unrequited - neopětovaný
BrE
/ˌʌnrɪ'kwaɪtɪd/
AmE
/ˌʌnrɪ'kwaɪt̬ɪd/

adjective - (of love etc.) felt only by one person and not the other

 
negativity - negativizmus, negativismus
BrE
/negə'tɪvəti/
AmE

noun - the attitude of denying everything positive, focusing on the negative things only