actor
actor - herec
BrE
/'æktə/
AmE
/'æktər/

noun - a person whose job is to appear in a film or theatre

artist
artist - umělec
BrE
/'ɑ:tɪst/
AmE
/'ɑ:rt̬ɪst/

noun - a person whose job is to produce art, e.g. painter, sculptor, etc.

ambition
ambition - ambice
BrE
/æm'bɪʃn/
AmE
/æm'bɪʃn/

noun - the things that a person would like to achieve in his life

ambulance
ambulance - sanitka, sanitní vůz, záchranka
BrE
/'æmbjʊləns/
AmE
/'æmbjʊləns/

noun - a vehicle used for transporting sick or injured people quickly to hospital

alarm clock
alarm clock - budík
BrE
/ə'lɑ:mklɒk/
AmE
/ə'lɑ:rmklɑ:k/

noun - a clock that is used to wake you up in the morning

 
back - ustoupit
BrE
/'bæk/
AmE
/'bæk/

verb - to make a step or go towards the place where you started

be late
be late - přijít pozdě, opozdit se
BrE
/ˌbi'leɪt/
AmE
/ˌbi'leɪt/

verb - not to be somewhere in time or have something done in time

board up
board up - zabednit
BrE
/'bɔ:d'ʌp/
AmE
/'bɔ:rd'ʌp/

verb - to cover or seal a window or door etc. with wooden boards

basin
basin - umývadlo
BrE
/'beɪsɪn/
AmE
/'beɪsɪn/

noun - a bowl fixed to the bathroom wall, it is used for washing

admission
admission - vstupné
BrE
/əd'mɪʃn/
AmE
/əd'mɪʃn/

noun - the money you pay to enter somewhere (e.g. a museum, gallery etc.)

 
authority - pravomoc
BrE
/ɔ:'θɒrəti/
AmE
/ə'θɔ:rəti/

noun - the power or right to control, give orders and make people obey

sports bag
sports bag - sportovní taška
BrE
/'spɔ:tsˌbæg/
AmE
/'spɔ:rtsˌbæg/

noun - a bag that you use to carry sports equipment and sports clothes

 
junk sick - mající absťák, trpící absťákem
BrE
/'dʒʌŋkˌsɪk/
AmE
/'dʒʌŋkˌsɪk/

adjective - feeling sick because you haven't had the drugs that you're addicted to

pole
pole - tyč (v atletice)
BrE
/'pəʊl/
AmE
/'poʊl/

noun - a long stick that athletes use to jump over a high bar

 
wistfulness - lítost
BrE
/'wɪstflnəs/
AmE
/'wɪstflnəs/

noun - sadness cause by something you used to have but don't have now