eardrum - ušní bubínek
BrE
/'ɪədrʌm/
AmE
/'ɪrdrʌm/

noun - a thin piece of tissue in the ear that vibrates when sound waves hit it, transmitting sound to the inner ear

crater
crater - kráter
BrE
/'kreɪtə/
AmE
/'kreɪt̬ər/

noun - a bowl shaped hole in the ground (made by an asteroid, a bomb etc) or at the top of a volcano

 
evacuation - evakuace
BrE
/ɪˌvækju'eɪʃn/
AmE
/ɪˌvækju'eɪʃn/

noun - the act of moving people from a dangerous area (e.g. in the case of a hurricane, volcano erruption, terrorist attack etc.)

tongue
tongue - jazyk (v ústech)
BrE
/'tʌŋ/
AmE
/'tʌŋ/

noun - the part of the body that you use to taste food, it is in your mouth and moves when you speak

referee
referee - rozhodčí
BrE
/ˌrefə'ri:/
AmE
/ˌrefə'ri:/

noun - a person in a game or sport who prevents the players from breaking the rules, punishes players who break them etc.

wrestling
wrestling - zápasy, zápasení
BrE
/'reslɪŋ/
AmE
/'reslɪŋ/

noun - a fighting sport in which the opponents try to get hold of each other and throw each other on the ground

 
terminator - terminátor
BrE
/'tɜ:mɪneɪtə/
AmE
/'tɜ:rməneɪt̬ər/

noun - (from a movie) a robot which came from the future to kill an important person in order to change the future

cloak
cloak - plášť
BrE
/'kləʊk/
AmE
/'kloʊk/

noun - a loose piece of clothing that has no sleeves, you fasten it around the neck (it was used in the past)

 
vicious cycle - začarovaný cyklus
BrE
/ˌvɪʃəs'saɪkl/
AmE
/ˌvɪʃəs'saɪkl/

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

 
vicious spiral - začarovaná spirála
BrE
/ˌvɪʃəs'spaɪrəl/
AmE
/ˌvɪʃəs'spaɪrəl/

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem makes the first one even worse

 
vicious circle - začarovaný kruh
BrE
/ˌvɪʃəs'sɜ:kl/
AmE
/ˌvɪʃəs'sɜ:rkl/

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

vane
vane - korouhev
BrE
/'veɪn/
AmE
/'veɪn/

noun - a kind of device consisting of a thin flat piece of metal etc. that turns in the direction of the wind

 
head-on - čelní, přímý, přední (např. o nehodě)
BrE
/ˌhed'ɒn/
AmE
/hed'ɑn/

adjective - happening in a way that the front of something (e.g. a car) hits the front of something else (e.g. another car)

ref
ref - rozhodčí
BrE
/'ref/
AmE
/'ref/

noun, informal - a person in a game or sport who prevents the players from breaking the rules, punishes players who break them etc.

 
Scattergories - hra scattergories
BrE
/'skætəgəriz/
AmE
/'skæt̬ərgɔ:riz/

noun - a word game in which the players have to write words beginning with a particular letter for all the given categories