direct debit - inkaso, placení inkasem
BrE
/deˌrekt 'debɪt/
AmE
/deˌrekt 'debɪt/

noun, British English - an instruction to your bank to allow another organisation to transfer an amount of money from your bank account into theirs

 
reform - polepšit se, napravit
BrE
/rɪ'fɔ:m/
AmE
/rɪ'fɔ:rm/

verb - to improve your behavior so that you stop doing things that society does not approve of; to make someone do this

 
entrée - předkrm nebo hlavní chod
BrE
/'ɒntreɪ/
AmE
/'ɑ:ntreɪ/

noun - a small dish served before the main course (usually British usage) or the main dish of a meal (usually American usage)

padlock
padlock - visací zámek
BrE
/'pædlɒk/
AmE
/'pædlɑ:k/

noun - a type of lock that is used to fasten one thing to another, it is usually put on gates or bicycles

mat
mat - podložka, žíněnka, karimatka
BrE
/'mæt/
AmE
/'mæt/

noun - a piece of soft material that you put on the floor to lie on or to protect yourself in some sports

quarantine
quarantine - karanténa
BrE
/'kwɒrənti:n/
AmE
/'kwɔ:rənti:n/

noun - a period of time when a person or an animal that may be carrying a disease is kept away from others

 
inertia - setrvačnost
BrE
/ɪ'nɜ:ʃə/
AmE
/ɪ'nɜ:rʃə/

noun, technical - a property of an object by which it continues moving in the same direction or stands still in the same position

wing mirror
wing mirror - postranní zrcátko, vnější zrcátko
BrE
/'wɪŋˌmɪrə/
AmE
/'wɪŋˌmɪrər/

noun, British English - a mirror fastened to the side of a car that makes it possible for you to see what is behind you

side-view mirror
side-view mirror - zpětné zrcátko
BrE
/ˌsaɪdvju:'mɪrə/
AmE
/ˌsaɪdvju:'mɪrər/

noun, American English - a mirror fastened to the side of a car that makes it possible for you to see what is behind you

 
subcontract - zadat subdodavateli, nechat si vyrobit
BrE
/ˌsʌbkən'trækt/
AmE
/ˌsʌb'kɑ:ntrækt/

verb - to pay a person or company to do some of the work that you have agreed to do for someone else

 
classification - klasifikace, třídění
BrE
/ˌklæsɪfɪ'keɪʃn/
AmE
/ˌklæsɪfɪ'keɪʃn/

noun - the process of dividing people or things into groups so that the ones with similar characteristics are in the same group

 
qualitatively - kvalitativně
BrE
/'kwɒlɪtətɪvli/
AmE
/'kwɑ:lɪteɪtɪvli/

adverb - in a way that relates to how good or bad something is, rather than to how much of it there is

crater
crater - kráter
BrE
/'kreɪtə/
AmE
/'kreɪt̬ər/

noun - a bowl shaped hole in the ground (made by an asteroid, a bomb etc) or at the top of a volcano

 
private school - soukromá škola
BrE
/ˌpraɪvət 'sku:l/
AmE
/ˌpraɪvət 'sku:l/

noun - a school that does not receive any money from the government and the education of students is paid by their parents

 
Greenwich - Greenwich (místo v Anglii, kterým prochází nultý poledník)
BrE
/'grenɪtʃ/
AmE
/'grenɪtʃ/

noun - an area of south-east London where you can find the original British Royal Observatory through which the 0 meridian passes