woe - běda, žal, strast
BrE
/'wəʊ/
AmE
/'woʊ/

noun, literary - a feeling of pain, unhappiness, sorrow, sadness

 
wonderful - úžasný, skvělý
BrE
/'wʌndəfl/
AmE
/'wʌndərfl/

adjective - great, full of exciting and surprising things

 
voltage - napětí (elektrické)
BrE
/'vɒltɪdʒ/
AmE
/'vɑ:ltɪdʒ/

noun - the force of electricity (measured in volts)

Uranus
Uranus - Uran (planeta)
BrE
/'jʊərənəs/
AmE
/jʊ'reɪnəs/

noun - the seventh planet of the solar sytem

upstairs
upstairs - do patra, po schodech nahoru, v patře
BrE
/ʌp'steəz/
AmE
/ʌp'sterz/

adverb - to the upper floor of a house

 
upward - směrem vzhůru
BrE
/'ʌpwəd/
AmE
/'ʌpwərd/

adverb - in the direction of a higher place

 
upwards - směrem vzhůru
BrE
/'ʌpwərdz/
AmE
/'ʌpwərdz/

adverb - in the direction of a higher place

 
unemployment - nezaměstnanost
BrE
/ˌʌnɪm'plɔɪmənt/
AmE
/ˌʌnɪm'plɔɪmənt/

noun - the state of not having a job

 
infertile - neplodný
BrE
/ɪn'fɜ:taɪl/
AmE
/ɪn'fɜ:rt̬l/

adjective - not capable of producing babies, fruits ets.

 
technique - metoda, technika (provedení), způsob provedení
BrE
/tek'ni:k/
AmE
/tek'ni:k/

noun - a way of doing something, a method

take
take - trvat
BrE
/'teɪk/
AmE
/'teɪk/

verb - to consume a certain amount of time

time
time - čas
BrE
/'taɪm/
AmE
/'taɪm/

noun - the passing of seconds, hours, days etc.

 
strenuous - namáhavý, úporný
BrE
/'strenjʊəs/
AmE
/'strenjʊəs/

adjective - needing or using a lot of energy

 
side - bok
BrE
/'saɪd/
AmE

noun - the right or left part of something

speak up
speak up - mluvit nahlas, mluvit více nahlas, mluvit hlasitěji
BrE
/ˌspi:k'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌspi:k'ʌp/

verb - to increase the volume of your voice