cumin
cumin - římský kmín
BrE
/'kju:mɪn/
AmE
/'ku:mɪn/

noun - the seeds of a plant that is very similar to caraway, used in Indian cooking

 
contact lenses - kontaktní čočky
BrE
/'kɒntæktˌlenzɪz/
AmE
/'kɑ:ntæktˌlenzɪz/

noun - two pieces of very thin plastic that you put on your eyes to see better

 
individualisation - individualizace
BrE
/ˌɪndɪvɪdʒuəlaɪ'zeɪʃn/
AmE
/ˌɪndɪvɪdʒuələ'zeɪʃn/

noun - the act of making a thing or a person different from other things or people

bale
bale - balík (např. slámy)
BrE
/'beɪl/
AmE
/'beɪl/

noun - a bundle of light material tightly pressed and bound together (such as hay, cotton etc.)

 
reimburse - uhradit, odškodnit
BrE
/ˌri:ɪm'bɜ:s/
AmE
/ˌri:ɪm'bɜ:rs/

verb, formal - to pay back money to someone who has spent or lost it because of you

double standard
double standard - dvojí metr, nestejný přístup
BrE
/ˌdʌbl 'stændəd/
AmE
/ˌdʌbl 'stændərd/

noun - treating a person or a group of people differently than another in the same situation

 
counteract - potlačit, působit proti
BrE
/ˌkaʊntər'ækt/
AmE
/ˌkaʊntər'ækt/

verb - to reduce the bad effect of something by doing something that produces an opposite effect

 
snowplough - plužit (na lyžích)
BrE
/'snəʊplaʊ/
AmE
/'snoʊplaʊ/

verb - to push the end of both skis outward in order to ski slowly or stop

 
printing - tisk
BrE
/'prɪntɪŋ/
AmE
/'prɪntɪŋ/

noun - the act of producing writing or images on a material, usually paper, with a machine

plaster cast
plaster cast - sádra, sádrový obvaz
BrE
/'plɑ:stəkɑ:st/
AmE
/'plæstərkæst/

noun - a hard casing made of plaster that doctors put on your broken arm or leg

cast
cast - sádra, sádrový obvaz
BrE
/'kɑ:st/
AmE
/'kæst/

noun - a hard casing made of plaster that doctors put on your broken arm or leg

goalpost
goalpost - branková tyč (ve sportu)
BrE
/'gəʊlpəʊst/
AmE
/'goʊlpoʊst/

noun - one of the two posts that form the goal in sports like football or hockey

wholesale
wholesale - velkoobchodní
BrE
/'həʊlseɪl/
AmE
/'hoʊlseɪl/

adjective - relating to the business of selling goods in large quantities, usually not to end users

procrastination
procrastination - prokrastinace, odkládání
BrE
/prəˌkræstə'neɪʃn/
AmE
/prəˌkræstə'neɪʃn/

noun - the act of putting things off until later, especially because you don't like doing them

 
leniency - mírnost (např. o trestu), shovívavost
BrE
/'li:niənsi/
AmE
/'li:niənsi/

noun - the quality of not being strict or harsh (esp. in connection with a punishment etc.)