refrigerator
refrigerator - lednička, chladnička
BrE
/rɪ'frɪdʒəˌreɪtə/
AmE
/rɪ'frɪdʒəˌreɪt̬ər/

noun - a piece of electrical equipment where you store food in order to keep it cold and fresh

 
gerbil - pískomil
BrE
/'dʒɜ:bɪl/
AmE
/'dʒɜ:rbɪl/

noun - a small animal that looks like a large mouse and can jump, people keep it as pets

stow away
stow away - uložit, uskladnit, schovat
BrE
/ˌstəʊ ə'weɪ/
AmE
/ˌstoʊ ə'weɪ/

verb - to store or pack something securely, especially to keep it out of sight or in a safe place

highway patrol
highway patrol - silniční policie, silniční hlídka, dálniční policie
BrE
/'haɪweɪ pəˌtrəʊl/
AmE
/'haɪweɪ pəˌtroʊl/

, American English - a police unit that watches and controls traffic on roads to keep drivers safe and enforce the law

suspenders
suspenders - šle, kšandy
BrE
/sə'spendəz/
AmE
/sə'spendərz/

noun, American English - two strips of elastic fabric that are worn over the shoulders to keep the trousers from falling down

braces
braces - šle, kšandy
BrE
/'breɪsɪz/
AmE
/'breɪsɪz/

noun, British English - two strips of elastic fabric that are worn over the shoulders to keep the trousers from falling down

 
quarantine - dát do karantény
BrE
/'kwɒrənti:n/
AmE
/'kwɔ:rənti:n/

verb - to keep a person or an animal that may be carrying a disease is kept away from others

parrot
parrot - papoušek
BrE
/'pærət/
AmE
/'pærət/

noun - a colourful exotic bird which people often keep as a pet, it sometimes learns to say real words

dwell upon
dwell upon - vracet se k něčemu
BrE
/'dwel əˌpɒn/
AmE
/'dwel əˌpɑ:n/

verb - to keep talking or thinking about something for too long, especially something that's not pleasant, that should be forgotten

dwell on
dwell on - vracet se k něčemu
BrE
/'dwelˌɒn/
AmE
/'dwelˌɑ:n/

verb - to keep talking or thinking about something for too long, especially something that's not pleasant, that should be forgotten

breed
breed - rodit (mláďata), množit se, chovat (zvířata), rozmnožovat
BrE
/'bri:d/
AmE
/'bri:d/

verb - to produce young animals, to keep animals (at a farm etc.) in order to have them produce young ones

interest
interest - úrok
BrE
/'ɪntrəst/
AmE
/'ɪntrəst/

noun - an amount that you earn when you keep money in a bank; the money you pay for a loan

rabbit
rabbit - králík
BrE
/'ræbɪt/
AmE
/'ræbɪt/

noun - a small animal with long ears, it eats grass and people keep them as pets or for their meat

ice bucket
ice bucket - kbelík s ledem (na ochlazení nápojů), eiskýbl
BrE
/'aɪsˌbʌkɪt/
AmE
/'aɪsˌbʌkɪt/

noun - a container, usually made of metal, that is filled with ice and used to keep wine or other drinks chilled

 
fiddle around with - hrát si s (něčím) pohrávat si s (něčím), vrtat se v (něčem)
BrE
/ˌfɪdl ə'raʊndt wɪð/
AmE
/ˌfɪdl ə'raʊnd wɪð/

verb, informal - to keep moving or playing with something in order to make it look better, in order to fix it etc.