humbug - mystifikace, balamucení
BrE
/'hʌmbʌg/
AmE
/'hʌmbʌg/

noun - a kind of behavior or talk that is not true but tries to make people believe it

 
phosphorus - fosfor
BrE
/'fɒsfərəs/
AmE
/'fɑ:sfərəs/

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 15) a poisonous non-metallic element that glows in the dark

 
squeak - pištět, zapištět, kvičet, zakvičet, kviknout
BrE
/'skwi:k/
AmE
/'skwi:k/

verb - to make a high sound (but not loud) like that of a mouse, a young bird etc.

 
spare - náhradní
BrE
/'speə/
AmE
/'sper/

adjective - able to be used instead of another (e.g. if one fails or is lost or broken etc.)

Eskimo
Eskimo - Eskymák
BrE
/'eskɪməʊ/
AmE
/'eskɪmoʊ/

noun - an Inuit, a member of a people who live in Arctic regions (northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland etc.)

 
terraform - změnit tvář planety
BrE
/'terəfɔ:m/
AmE
/'terəfɔ:rm/

verb - to change the surface of a planet so that it looks like Earth (usually in sci-fi)

 
barrier - bariéra, zátaras
BrE
/'bærɪə/
AmE
/'bærɪər/

noun - a kind of a fence or another structure that prevents free movement, access to a place etc.

 
raffle - tombola
BrE
/'ræfl/
AmE
/'ræfl/

noun - a kind of lottery held at certain events in which you can win various things, goods etc.

yard
yard - zahrada
BrE
/'jɑ:d/
AmE
/'jɑ:rd/

noun, American English - a piece of ground next to a house, there's usually a wall or a fence around it

 
suppress - potlačit
BrE
/sə'pres/
AmE
/sər'pres/

verb - to hide something, to put something out of your mind, to try not to think about something

 
repress - potlačit
BrE
/rɪ'pres/
AmE
/rɪ'pres/

verb - to hide something, to put something out of your mind, to try not to think about something

 
Pharisee - farizej
BrE
/'færɪsi:/
AmE
/'færɪsi:/

noun - a member of an old Jewish cult known for following the Jewish law and traditions very strictly

 
icebox - lednička, chladnička
BrE
/'aɪsbɒks/
AmE
/'aɪsbɑ:ks/

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

excavation
excavation - vykopávka, vykopání, vykopávání
BrE
/ˌekskə'veɪʃən/
AmE
/ˌekskə'veɪʃən/

noun - the act of digging a hole in the ground; a hole in the ground made by digging

 
wholesaler - velkoobchodník, velkoprodejce, prodejce ve velkoobchodu
BrE
/'həʊlseɪlə/
AmE
/'hoʊlseɪlər/

noun - a person or company who buys and sells large quantities of goods to shops and other merchants