monument
monument - památník
BrE
/'mɒnjʊmənt/
AmE
/'mɑ:njʊment/

noun - a building or a statue which is built as a memory of a famous person or event

life jacket
life jacket - záchranná vesta
BrE
/'laɪf dʒækɪt/
AmE
/'laɪf dʒækɪt/

noun - a kind of rubber jacket filled with air that makes you float if you fall into water

deafen
deafen - ohlušit
BrE
/'defn/
AmE
/'defn/

verb - (esp. of sound) to make someone deaf, to be so loud that you can't hear other things

 
embezzlement - zpronevěra
BrE
/ɪm'bezlmənt/
AmE
/ɪm'bezlmənt/

noun - the crime of stealing (or using wrongly) someone else's money or property that was entrusted to you

 
reflector - odrazové sklíčko, odrazka
BrE
/rɪ'flektə/
AmE
/rɪ'flektər/

noun - a small red or yellow etc. piece of plastic that reflects light (esp. on a bicycle etc.)

 
deflate - vyfouknout (vzduch z něčeho), vypustit vzduch (z něčeho)
BrE
/dɪ'fleɪt/
AmE

verb - to let the air out of something (e.g. a tire, a mattress, a ball, a boat etc.)

air-bed
air-bed - nafukovací matrace
BrE
/'eəbed/
AmE
/'erbed/

noun - a kind of mattress filled with air that you can put on water and lie on it

anniversary
anniversary - výročí
BrE
/ˌænɪ'vɜ:səri/
AmE
/ˌænɪ'vɜ:rsəri/

noun - a special day that is exactly a number of years after a special event, e.g. wedding etc.

acting
acting - herecký výkon, herecké výkony
BrE
/'æktɪŋ/
AmE
/'æktɪŋ/

noun - the quality of an actor's performance, the way the actors act in a movie or on stage

 
analyse - analyzovat, provést analýzu
BrE
/'ænəlaɪz/
AmE
/'ænəlaɪz/

verb - to examine something carefully in order to understand how it works and what it is made of

fridge
fridge - lednička, chladnička
BrE
/'frɪdʒ/
AmE
/'frɪdʒ/

noun - a piece of electrical equipment where you store food in order to keep it cold and fresh

echo
echo - echo, ozvěna
BrE
/'ekəʊ/
AmE
/'ekoʊ/

noun - a sound that is reflected off flat surfaces, e.g. off the wall of a rock, cliff, etc.

explosion
explosion - exploze, výbuch
BrE
/ɪks'pləʊʒn/
AmE
/ɪks'ploʊʒn/

noun - a loud noise and a release of energy caused by a bomb going off, a volcano etc.

 
even - sudý (číslo)
BrE
/'i:vn/
AmE
/'i:vn/

adjective - a number that you can easily divide by two, e.g. 2, 4, 6 etc, opposite of 'odd'

engine
engine - motor
BrE
/'endʒɪn/
AmE
/'endʒɪn/

noun - a machine that makes something move, the inner part of a car etc. that makes it move