at hand - nedaleký, blízký, na dosah
BrE
/æt'hænd/
AmE
/æt'hænd/

adjective - not distant

windsurf
windsurf - windsurfovat, jezdit na windsurfu
BrE
/'wɪdsɜ:f/
AmE
/'wɪdsɜ:rf/

verb - to sail across water, standing on a special board and holding a large sail

 
reel - navinout, natočit na naviják
BrE
/'ri:l/
AmE
/'ri:l/

verb - wind some wire, thread, rope etc. on kind of a round object

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

noun - a hole in the road

 
vocabulary notebook - slovníček, sešit na slovíčka
BrE
/və'kæbjələri ˌnəʊtbʊk/
AmE
/və'kæbjəleri ˌnoʊtbʊk/

noun - a small book into which you can write foreign language words you've learned

 
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

 
light - světlo na semaforu, semafor
BrE
/'laɪt/
AmE
/'laɪt/

noun - the system that directs the traffic at a place where two streets meet using green for go and red for stop

 
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

 
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

 
on a basis - na bázi, nějakým způsobem
BrE
/ˌɒnə'beɪsɪs/
AmE
/ˌɑ:nə'beɪsɪs/

adverb - in a particular way

blusher
blusher - růž na tváře, tvářenka
BrE
/'blʌʃə/
AmE
/'blʌʃər/

noun - powder that makes your cheeks look pink or red

con artist
con artist - podvodník, expert na podvody
BrE
/'kɒnˌɑ:tɪst/
AmE
/'kɑ:nˌɑ:rt̬ɪst/

noun - a fraud, a person who uses other people's confidence to steal from them etc.

 
sugar-coated - přikrášlený, nalakovaný na růžovo
BrE
/'ʃʊgəˌkəʊtɪd/
AmE
/'ʃʊgərˌkoʊt̬ɪd/

adjective - made to seem more acceptable or more attractive than it actually is

 
entitlement - právo (na něco), nárok
BrE
/ɪn'taɪtlmənt/
AmE
/ɪn'taɪtlmənt/

noun - a right to have something (esp. if it's granted by a contract or law)