vane
vane - korouhev
BrE
/'veɪn/
AmE
/'veɪn/

noun - a kind of device consisting of a thin flat piece of metal etc. that turns in the direction of the wind

surface
surface - povrch, plocha, hladina
BrE
/'sɜ:fɪs/
AmE
/'sɜ:rfəs/

noun - the flat top or outside part of something, e.g. of a table etc; the flat top of a body of water

 
sum - shrnout, sečíst dohromady, sečíst
BrE
/'sʌm/
AmE
/'sʌm/

verb - to put everything together; to add all the numbers together; to come to a conclusion by putting all the things together

 
standard of living - životní úroveň
BrE
/ˌstændəd əv'lɪvɪŋ/
AmE
/ˌstændəd əv'lɪvɪŋ/

noun - the quality of life that depends on the amount of money you have and on what you can and can't afford

zebra crossing
zebra crossing - přechod pro chodce
BrE
/ˌzebrə'krɒsɪŋ/
AmE
/ˌzi:brə'krɑ:sɪŋ/

noun, British English - a place where pedestrians can cross a road, it is marked by white stripes painted on the surface of the road

gargle
gargle - kloktat, vykloktat
BrE
/'gɑ:gl/
AmE
/'gɑ:rgl/

verb - to rinse the back of the mouth and throat with a liquid (mouthwash or some medicine) and then spit it out

cloak
cloak - plášť
BrE
/'kləʊk/
AmE
/'kloʊk/

noun - a loose piece of clothing that has no sleeves, you fasten it around the neck (it was used in the past)

 
vicious cycle - začarovaný cyklus
BrE
/ˌvɪʃəs'saɪkl/
AmE
/ˌvɪʃəs'saɪkl/

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

 
vicious spiral - začarovaná spirála
BrE
/ˌvɪʃəs'spaɪrəl/
AmE
/ˌvɪʃəs'spaɪrəl/

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem makes the first one even worse

 
vicious circle - začarovaný kruh
BrE
/ˌvɪʃəs'sɜ:kl/
AmE
/ˌvɪʃəs'sɜ:rkl/

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

 
Scattergories - hra scattergories
BrE
/'skætəgəriz/
AmE
/'skæt̬ərgɔ:riz/

noun - a word game in which the players have to write words beginning with a particular letter for all the given categories

ref
ref - rozhodčí
BrE
/'ref/
AmE
/'ref/

noun, informal - a person in a game or sport who prevents the players from breaking the rules, punishes players who break them etc.

 
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

 
light - světlo na semaforu, semafor
BrE
/'laɪt/
AmE
/'laɪt/

noun - the system that directs the traffic at a place where two streets meet using green for go and red for stop

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