putty
putty - tmel, kyt
BrE
/'pʌti/
AmE
/'pʌt̬i/

noun, technical - a soft, flexible substance used for sealing glass panes in window frames and filling small gaps or cracks in woodwork

 
dress code - pravidla oblékání, předepsané oblečení
BrE
/'dresˌkəʊd/
AmE
/'dresˌkoʊd/

noun - the clothes that people should wear in a particular situation or in a particular place (e.g. restaurant, school, work etc.)

 
fiddle around with - hrát si s (něčím) pohrávat si s (něčím), vrtat se v (něčem)
BrE
/ˌfɪdl ə'raʊndt wɪð/
AmE
/ˌfɪdl ə'raʊnd wɪð/

verb, informal - to keep moving or playing with something in order to make it look better, in order to fix it etc.

 
fiddle about with - hrát si s (něčím) pohrávat si s (něčím), vrtat se v (něčem)
BrE
/ˌfɪdl ə'baʊt wɪð/
AmE
/ˌfɪdl ə'baʊt wɪð/

verb, British English, informal - to keep moving or playing with something in order to make it look better, in order to fix it etc.

feel
feel - sáhnout, sahat, osahat, hmatat, ohmatat, nahmatat
BrE
/'fi:l/
AmE
/'fi:l/

verb - to touch with your hand in order to know what it's like, to find your way in the dark etc.

 
plug plant - sazenice, sazenička
BrE
/'plʌgˌplɑ:nt/
AmE
/'plʌgˌplænt/

noun - a small young flower or vegetable plant that you can buy in a garden centre and plant in your garden

redecorate
redecorate - nově vymalovat, nově vytapetovat (byt apod.), renovovat vzhled (bytu apod.)
BrE
/ri:'dekəreɪt/
AmE
/ri:'dekəreɪt/

verb - to put (new) paint on the walls in a room/house, to hang (new) wallpaper in a room/house etc.

 
self-service - samoobsluha
BrE
/ˌself'sɜ:vɪs/
AmE
/ˌself'sɜ:rvɪs/

noun - a system in a shop, restaurant etc. in which you take what you want and pay at a special desk

review
review - opakovat si (učivo)
BrE
/rɪ'vju:/
AmE
/rɪ'vju:/

verb, American English - to go through something you once learned in order to remember it better, e.g. before a test in school etc.

plant
plant - rostlina
BrE
/'plɑ:nt/
AmE
/'plænt/

noun - a living thing that grows in the earth, usually with green leaves etc., sometimes grown by people in their houses

revision
revision - opakování (učiva)
BrE
/rɪ'vɪʒən/
AmE
/rɪ'vɪʒən/

noun - reading or studying something you learned before in order to remember it better, e.g. before a test in school, etc.

revise
revise - opakovat si (učivo)
BrE
/rɪ'vaɪz/
AmE
/rɪ'vaɪz/

verb, British English - to go through something you once learned in order to remember it better, e.g. before a test in school etc.

steering wheel
steering wheel - volant, kormidlo
BrE
/'stɪərɪŋwi:l/
AmE
/'stɪrɪŋwi:l/

noun, American English - a round object that is turned in order to change the direction in which a car or ship are travelling

 
soothingly - konejšivě, uklidňujícím způsobem, zklidňujícím způsobem, utěšujícím způsobem
BrE
/'su:ðɪŋli/
AmE
/'su:ðɪŋli/

adverb - in a way that makes something less painful, in a way that makes somebody feel less unhappy or sad etc.

elf
elf - elf
BrE
/'elf/
AmE
/'elf/

noun - a beautiful human-like creature in fantasy books or films, it has pointed ears and usually lives in the woods