brace
brace - rovnátko (zubní)
BrE
/'breɪs/
AmE
/'breɪs/

noun - a system of wires that are put in the mouth to make the teeth grow straight (usually plural)

 
dowry - věno
BrE
/'daʊri/
AmE
/'daʊri/

noun - the amount of money that parents must pay to the man who marries their daughter (in some cultures)

Florida
Florida - Florida
BrE
/'flɒrɪdə/
AmE
/'flɑ:rɪdə/

noun - a state in the South of the USA, its capital is Tallahassee, a well known city is Miami

 
polygamy - polygamie
BrE
/pə'lɪgəmi/
AmE
/pə'lɪgəmi/

noun - the state of being married to more than one person at the same time (illegal in most societies)

headstand
headstand - stoj na hlavě
BrE
/'hedstænd/
AmE

noun - the act of standing on your head in the vertical position, supported by your hands or your forearms

 
buzzword - módní slovíčko, populární slovíčko, populární téma, žhavé téma
BrE
/'bʌzwɜ:d/
AmE
/'bʌzwɜ:rd/

noun - a word that is very popular at the time, one that is often used in the media etc.

passport control
passport control - pasová kontrola
BrE
/ˌpɑ:spɔ:t kən'trəʊl/
AmE
/ˌpæspɔ:rt kən'troʊl/

noun - the place where your passport is checked when you travel abroad, the situation in which it is checked

 
overflow - přetékat, přetéct
BrE
/ˌəʊvə'fləʊ/
AmE
/ˌoʊvər'floʊ/

verb - to be so full that nothing else can fit in, and the contents usually fall over the edges

muscle
muscle - sval
BrE
/'mʌsl/
AmE
/'mʌsl/

noun - a part of the body that can be tightened and relaxed in order to make the body move

commandment
commandment - přikázání
BrE
/kə'mɑ:ndmənt/
AmE
/kə'mændmənt/

noun - an important religious law, esp. one of the ten laws given by God to people in the Bible

control tower
control tower - řídící věž
BrE
/kən'trəʊl ˌtaʊə/
AmE
/kən'troʊl ˌtaʊər/

noun - a place from where instructions and directions are given to planes on the ground and in the air

wheelie
wheelie - jízda na zadním kole
BrE
/'wi:li/
AmE
/'wi:li/

noun, informal - a trick in which the front wheel of a bicycle or a motorbike is raised off the ground

 
legacy - dědictví, odkaz (dědictví)
BrE
/'legəsi/
AmE
/'legəsi/

noun - something that comes from the past or is given to you from someone who lived in the past

 
word search - osmisměrka
BrE
/'wɜ:dˌsɜ:tʃ/
AmE
/'wɜ:rdˌsɜ:rtʃ/

noun - a type of a puzzle in which you are supposed to find the letters of given words in a grid

condo
condo - byt v osobním vlastnictví, vlastnický byt
BrE
/'kɒndəʊ/
AmE
/'kɑ:ndoʊ/

noun, American English, informal - an apartment in a building where every apartment is owned by the people who live in it (short for condominium)