snowboard
snowboard - jezdit na snowboardu
BrE
/'snəʊbɔ:d/
AmE
/'snoʊbɔ:rd/

verb - to slide down the hill with your feet attached to a piece of equipment that looks like a wide ski

 
head-on - čelně (např. o nehodě)
BrE
/ˌhed'ɒn/
AmE
/hed'ɑn/

adverb - in a way that the front of something (e.g. a car) hits the front of something else (e.g. another car)

 
back-up - záloha (v počítači), záloha dat
BrE
/'bækʌp/
AmE
/'bækʌp/

noun - a copy of a file in your computer that you store somewhere in case something happened to the original file

 
ministry - ministerstvo
BrE
/'mɪnɪstri/
AmE
/'mɪnəstri/

noun, British English - a governmental organisation that is in charge of a particular sector of public administration (health, education, defense, foreign affairs etc.)

 
department - ministerstvo
BrE
/dɪ'pɑ:tmənt/
AmE
/dɪ'pɑ:rtmənt/

noun, American English - a governmental organisation that is in charge of a particular sector of public administration (health, education, defense, foreign affairs etc.)

varnish
varnish - lak
BrE
/'vɑ:nɪʃ/
AmE
/'vɑ:rnɪʃ/

noun - a transparent substance that is put on a surface to protect it and make it look shiny (when it dries)

 
fixture - držák, úchyt, háček (na zdi, stropu)
BrE
/'fɪkstʃə/
AmE
/'fɪkstʃər/

noun - a hook or a similar object on the wall or ceiling that can be used to hang or attach something

airship
airship - vzducholoď
BrE
/'eəʃɪp/
AmE
/'erʃɪp/

noun - a kind of aircraft that is lighter than air (similar to a balloon) and can be controlled (speed and direction)

 
publicity - publicita, propagace
BrE
/pʌ'blɪsəti/
AmE
/pʌ'blɪsɪt̬i/

noun - informing people about a product and how good it is, or about a person and what he/she is doing

 
plug plant - sazenice, sazenička
BrE
/'plʌgˌplɑ:nt/
AmE
/'plʌgˌplænt/

noun - a small young flower or vegetable plant that you can buy in a garden centre and plant in your garden

front desk
front desk - recepce, recepční pult (v hotelu či firmě)
BrE
/'frʌntˌdesk/
AmE
/'frʌntˌdesk/

noun - a desk in a hotel or an office building, usually near the entrance, where people go when they first arrive

wheel
wheel - volant, kormidlo
BrE
/'wi:l/
AmE
/'wi:l/

noun - a round object that is turned in order to change the direction in which a car or ship are travelling

wood
wood - dřevo
BrE
/'wʊd/
AmE
/'wʊd/

noun - a material that is made from tree trunks, it is used for making furniture or for burning in a fire

freeze
freeze - ani hnout
BrE
/'friz/
AmE
/'friz/

verb - the word that a policeman (usually with a gun in his hand) uses to tell somebody to stop moving completely

countdown
countdown - odpočítávání
BrE
/'kaʊntˌdaʊn/
AmE
/'kaʊntˌdaʊn/

noun - counting backwards (esp. before something is supposed to happen - an explosion of a bomb, the launch of a rocket etc.)