polygamy - polygamie
BrE
/pə'lɪgəmi/
AmE
/pə'lɪgəmi/

noun - the state of being married to more than one person at the same time (illegal in most societies)

appraisal
appraisal - posouzení, zhodnocení, ohodnocení, ocenění
BrE
/ə'preɪzl/
AmE
/ə'preɪzl/

noun - the act of examining someone or something carefully in order to say how good or valuable they are

bench press
bench press - bench press
BrE
/'bentʃˌpres/
AmE
/'bentʃˌpres/

noun - an exercise in which you lie on a kind of bench and push a weight with both hands

headstand
headstand - stoj na hlavě
BrE
/'hedstænd/
AmE

noun - the act of standing on your head in the vertical position, supported by your hands or your forearms

 
voucher - poukázka
BrE
/'vaʊtʃə/
AmE
/'vaʊtʃər/

noun, British English - a piece of paper that can be exchanged for a service or for some goods in a shop

 
token - poukázka
BrE
/'təʊkən/
AmE
/'toʊkən/

noun, British English - a piece of paper that can be exchanged for a service or for some goods in a shop

 
ulna - loketní kost (anat.)
BrE
/'ʌlnə/
AmE
/'ʌlnə/

noun - one of the two bones between the elbow and the wrist, its on the side opposite the thumb

totem pole
totem pole - totem
BrE
/'təʊtəmˌpəʊl/
AmE
/'toʊt̬əmˌpoʊl/

noun - a wooden pole with carved images and symbols, usually build in the center of a Native-American village

peg
peg - kolíček na prádlo
BrE
/'peg/
AmE
/'peg/

noun - a clip made of wood or plastic that is used for fastening wet clothes to a washing line

poster
poster - plakát
BrE
/'pəʊstə/
AmE
/'poʊstər/

noun - a large picture on a large sheet of paper which is fastened to the wall or a board

 
subtitles - titulky (s překladem filmu)
BrE
/'sʌbtaɪtlz/
AmE
/'sʌbtaɪt̬lz/

noun - the words at the bottom of the screen (TV, cinema etc.) that translate what the actors say etc.

 
so - tedy, takže
BrE
/'səʊ/
AmE
/'soʊ/

adverb - an adverb used at the beginning of a sentence to connect it with what has been said before

 
Sorting Hat - Moudrý klobouk
BrE
/'sɔ:tɪŋ hæt/
AmE
/'sɔ:rt̬ɪŋ hæt/

noun - (Harry Potter) the hat that sorts students into houses at the beginning of their first year at Hogwarts

 
Protestant - protestantský
BrE
/'prɒtɪstənt/
AmE
/'prɑ:t̬ɪstənt/

adjective - connected with the part of Christian religion that separated from the Roman Catholic church in the 16th century

plait
plait - cop, copánek
BrE
/'plæt/
AmE
/'plæt/

noun, British English - a length of rope or hair made by twisting three or more pieces over and under one another