regime - režim, systém, zřízení
BrE
/reɪ'ʒi:m/
AmE
/reɪ'ʒi:m/

noun - a form of government, expecially not a democratic one

slaughter
slaughter - porážka, poražení (dobytka)
BrE
/'slɔ:tə/
AmE
/'slɔ:t̬ər/

noun - the act of killing animals to get their meat

 
sir - sir (šlechtický titul)
BrE
/'sɜ:/
AmE
/'sɜ:r/

noun, formal - a title used before the name of a knight

 
hub - centrum, střed (dění)
BrE
/'hʌb/
AmE
/'hʌb/

noun - the central part of a particular place or activity

 
Reverend - reverend
BrE
/'revərənd/
AmE
/'revərənd/

noun - the title of a priest in the Christian church

 
phone book - telefonní seznam
BrE
/'fəʊnˌbʊk/
AmE
/'foʊnˌbʊk/

noun - an alphabetical list of names, addresses and phone numbers

 
alternative - alternativa, jiná možnost
BrE
/ɔ:l'tɜ:nətɪv/
AmE
/ɔ:l'tɜ:rnət̬ɪv/

noun - something that can be done instead of something else

 
fringe - okraj, lem, obruba
BrE
/'frɪndʒ/
AmE
/'frɪndʒ/

noun - a narrow area that forms the border of something

 
homelessness - bezdomovectví
BrE
/'həʊmləsnəs/
AmE
/'hoʊmləsnəs/

noun - the state of not having a place to live

 
half - půl, půlka, polovina
BrE
/'hɑ:f/
AmE
/'hæf/

determiner - an amount equal to one of two equal parts

 
pocketful - plná kapsa (čeho), kapsa (čeho)
BrE
/'pɒkɪtfʊl/
AmE
/'pɑ:kɪtfʊl/

noun - the amount of something that a pocket can hold

 
crash down - hroutit se, řítit se dolů
BrE
/ˌkræʃ'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌkræʃ'daʊn/

verb - to fall down esp. with a lot of noise

 
shoot up - vyrašit, vyrazit
BrE
/ˌʃu:t'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌʃu:t̬'ʌp/

verb - to grow very quickly (esp. of a plant etc.)

 
glimpse - zahlédnout, letmo zahlédnout
BrE
/'glɪmps/
AmE
/'glɪmps/

verb - to catch a look of something for a moment

 
earlobe - ušní lalůček, lalůček
BrE
/'ɪəˌləʊb/
AmE
/'ɪrˌloʊb/

noun - the soft part at the bottom of the ear