hog the spotlight - strhávat pozornost na sebe
BrE
/ˌhɒg ðə'spɒtlaɪt/
AmE
/ˌhɑ:g ðə'spɑ:tlaɪt/

verb, American English - to draw all the attention to oneself

 
detain - zadržet (na policií ap.)
BrE
/dɪ'teɪn/
AmE
/dɪ'teɪn/

verb - to force someone to stay in an official place, such as a prison, a police station or a hospital

 
check-in desk - odbavovací přepážka (na letišti)
BrE
/'tʃekɪn ˌdesk/
AmE
/'tʃekɪn ˌdesk/

noun - a place at the airport where you show your ticket and get other instructions

 
bring forward - přesunout na dřívější čas
BrE
/ˌbrɪŋ 'fɔ:wəd/
AmE
/ˌbrɪŋ 'fɔ:rwərd/

verb - to change the time or date of something so that it happens earlier than planned

 
blight - plíseň, hniloba (na rostlinách)
BrE
/'blaɪt/
AmE
/'blaɪt/

noun - a disease that kills plants, there are many kinds

 
dividend - podíl na zisku, dividenda
BrE
/'dɪvɪdend/
AmE
/'dɪvɪdend/

noun - an amount of money that a company pays to people who have shares in the company

pothole
pothole - výmol, díra na silnici
BrE
/'pɒthəʊl/
AmE
/'pɑ:thoʊl/

noun - a hole in the road

keyring
keyring - kroužek na klíče, klíčenka
BrE
/'ki:ˌrɪŋ/
AmE
/'ki:ˌrɪŋ/

noun - a metal ring that holds keys together

 
flake - rozdělit na kusy (jídlo)
BrE
/'fleɪk/
AmE
/'fleɪk/

verb - to break something, especially food, into small pieces

 
insistence - trvání (na něčem), naléhání
BrE
/ɪn'sɪstəns/
AmE
/ɪn'sɪstəns/

noun - an act of demanding something and refusing to accept any excuses

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)

 
credit - kredit (na mobilním telefonu)
BrE
/'kredɪt/
AmE
/'kredɪt/

noun - the money paid for a service in advance

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

 
but for - kromě, až na, mimo
BrE
/'bʌt fɔ:/
AmE
/'bʌt fɔ:r/

preposition - except for

 
from - na (předložka uvádějící příčinu)
BrE
/'frɒm/
AmE
/'frɑ:m/

preposition - a preposition used to express the cause of something