hammock
hammock - houpací síť
BrE
/'hæmək/
AmE
/'hæmək/

noun - a piece of strong material which is hung between two trees or posts, used as a bed

 
C - cé, céčko (známka)
BrE
/'si:/
AmE
/'si:/

noun - a mark for an exam or a piece of work that shows that your work is average

 
subcontractor - subdodavatel
BrE
/ˌsʌbkən'træktə/
AmE
/ˌsʌb'kɑ:nˌtræktər/

noun - a person or a company that does part of the work given to another person or company

pick sb's brains
pick sb's brains - tahat rozumy (z někoho)
BrE
/ˌpɪk sʌmbɒdiz 'breɪnz/
AmE
/ˌpɪk sʌmbɑ:diz 'breɪnz/

verb, informal - to ask somebody a lot of questions about something, especially because they know a lot about it

 
headhunt - lanařit (zaměstnance), vyhledávat zaměstnance, přetáhnout zaměstnance
BrE
/'hedhʌnt/
AmE
/'hedhʌnt/

verb - to find a suitable person for a particular job and persuade them to leave their current job

 
grower - pěstitel
BrE
/'grəʊə/
AmE
/'grəʊər/

noun - a person who grows a particular type of plant, fruit or vegetable in order to sell them

asparagus
asparagus - chřest
BrE
/ə'spærəgəs/
AmE
/ə'spærəgəs/

noun - a long thin vegetable in the form of a stem, it can be either green or white

 
u-turn - obrat, otočka, otočení do protisměru
BrE
/'ju:tɜ:n/
AmE
/'ju:tɜ:rn/

noun - a turn, usually of a car, made to go back in the direction it has come from

elk
elk - los (evropský), los evropský
BrE
/'elk/
AmE
/'elk/

noun, British English - a large European animal that looks like a deer and has large flat antlers on its head

dyslexic
dyslexic - dyslektik
BrE
/dɪs'leksɪk/
AmE
/dɪs'leksɪk/

noun - a person who has a learning disorder which causes difficulty in reading, writing, spelling, speaking, or listening

second helping
second helping - přidání si (u jídla)
BrE
/ˌsekənd 'helpɪŋ/
AmE
/ˌsekənd 'helpɪŋ/

noun - if you have a second helping, you get a second portion of the same food (or drink)

pin
pin - kuželka
BrE
/'pɪn/
AmE
/'pɪn/

noun - a tall bottle-shaped object that players try to knock down in a game such as bowling

 
post - příspěvek, post (na internetu)
BrE
/'pəʊst/
AmE
/'poʊst/

noun - a message sent to an online discussion board or a social media site for everyone to read

mulberry
mulberry - moruše
BrE
/'mʌlbəri/
AmE
/'mʌlberi/

noun - a dark soft fruit that grows on a small tree, or the tree that gives this fruit

 
suffragette - sufražetka
BrE
/ˌsʌfrə'dʒet/
AmE
/ˌsʌfrə'dʒet/

noun - a woman who in Britain in the 20th century organised a campaign for the right of women