noun
-
a special tool for putting a thin wire through several sheets of paper to fasten them together
squid
- oliheň
BrE
/'skwɪd/
AmE
/'skwɪd/
noun
-
a creature that lives in seas and oceans, it has a long soft body and ten tentacles
support
- fandit, být fanouškem (týmu), podporovat (sport. tým)
BrE
/sə'pɔ:t/
AmE
/sə'pɔ:rt/
verb
-
to be a fan of a sports team, go to their matches and cheer for them etc.
subordinate clause
- vedlejší věta
BrE
/səˌbɔ:dɪnət'klɔ:z/
AmE
/səˌbɔ:rdɪnət'klɔ:z/
noun
-
a clause in a sentence that is connected to the main clause and is dependent on it
windmill
- větrný mlýn
BrE
/'wɪndmɪl/
AmE
/'wɪndmɪl/
noun
-
a building where flour was ground in the past by a machine that was powered by wind
weapon
- zbraň
BrE
/'wepən/
AmE
/'wepən/
noun
-
a thing that is used to fight with, e.g. a gun, knife, cannon, missile, baseball bat etc.
waitress
- servírka, číšnice
BrE
/'weɪtrɪs/
AmE
/'weɪtrəs/
noun
-
a woman who works in a restaurant, takes orders from customers and brings them food and drinks
waiter
- číšník
BrE
/'weɪtə/
AmE
/'weɪt̬ər/
noun
-
a person who works in a restaurant, takes orders from customers, and brings them food and drinks
windmill
- větrník (hračka)
BrE
/'wɪndmɪl/
AmE
/'wɪndmɪl/
noun, British English
-
a small toy that consists of a wheel of paper or plastic attached at its center to a stick so that it spins when blown by the wind
pinwheel
- větrník (hračka)
BrE
/'pɪnwi:l/
AmE
/'pɪnwi:l/
noun, American English
-
a small toy that consists of a wheel of paper or plastic attached at its center to a stick so that it spins when blown by the wind
crusade
- křížová výprava
BrE
/kru:'seɪd/
AmE
/kru:'seɪd/
noun
-
a holy war or a campaign with a religious or moral purpose, typically undertaken by Christians in the Middle Ages to recover the Holy Land from Muslim rule
DMV
- úřad pro motorová vozidla (v USA)
BrE
/ˌdi: em'vi:/
AmE
/ˌdi: em'vi:/
noun
-
short for Department of Motor Vehicles, a government office in the US where you can get a driver’s license, register a car, and handle other driving-related services
pawnbroker
- zastavárna, zastavárník
BrE
/'pɔ:nbrəʊkə/
AmE
/'pɑ:nbroʊkər/
noun
-
a shop (or its owner) where you can borrow money if you leave there a valuable object as a form of security that you will pay it back
extract
- úryvek, výňatek
BrE
/'ekstrækt/
AmE
/'ekstrækt/
noun
-
a particular piece of a book, a poem, etc. that gives you an idea of what the whole thing is like, it is usually printed or published separately
burpee
- angličák (cvik)
BrE
/'bɜ:pi/
AmE
/'bɜ:rpi/
noun
-
a type of exercise in which you do a squat, kick your feet back into a plank position and then back and then you stand up straight again