cookie-cutter
cookie-cutter - jednolitý, jednotvárný, nenápaditý (stejný jako ostatní)
BrE
/'kʊkiˌkʌtə/
AmE
/'kʊkiˌkʌtər/

adjective, American English - used to describe things of the same type which all look almost the same and rather boring, showing lack of imagination and not much character

 
commission - komise, rada (komise), výbor
BrE
/kə'mɪʃn/
AmE
/kə'mɪʃn/

noun - an official group of people who have been given the task to gather information about something, investigate something or control something, especially for the government

hang
hang - pověsit, viset, zavěsit
BrE
/'hæŋ/
AmE
/'hæŋ/

verb - to put something up in a way that the upper part is fixed and the lower part is loose, to be in such a position

 
flying doctor - létající doktor
BrE
/'flaɪɪŋ dɒktə/
AmE
/'flaɪɪŋ dɑ:ktər/

noun - a doctor who has to fly to his patients because they live in a very distant parts of the country, esp. in the Australian outback

 
gerund - gerundium
BrE
/'dʒerənd/
AmE
/'dʒerənd/

noun - the form of a verb that can be used instead of a noun, in English it has the ending -ING (swimming, being, knowing, having etc.)

 
dialect - nářečí, dialekt
BrE
/'daɪəlekt/
AmE
/'daɪəlekt/

noun - a variety of a language used by a particular group of people, the variety may differ from the main language in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation

Cinderella
Cinderella - Popelka
BrE
/ˌsɪndə'relə/
AmE
/ˌsɪndə'relə/

noun - the main character in the fairy tale about a young girl who lives with her mother in law and two evil step sisters and has to work for them untill a fairy godmother helps her get to the Prince's dance where the prince notices her and they get married and they live happily ever after

 
past simple - minulý prostý čas
BrE
/ˌpɑ:st'sɪmpl/
AmE
/ˌpæst'sɪmpl/

noun - a tense that is used for actions that happened at some point in the past or happened regularly in the past, were generally true etc. Verbs usually have the ending -ED and in questions and negatives we usually use DID / DIDN'T

 
key - klíčový, zásadní, stěžejní, hlavní, rozhodující
BrE
/'ki:/
AmE
/'ki:/

adjective - very important or essential to the understanding or success of something

chirrup
chirrup - štěbetání, švitoření, cvrlikání
BrE
/'tʃɪrəp/
AmE
/'tʃɪrəp/

noun - the sharp high-pitched sounds made by small birds or insects

 
loss - ztráta, úbytek, snížení, zmenšení
BrE
/'lɒs/
AmE
/'lɑ:s/

noun - the decrease or reduction of something in quantity, quality, or value

 
mucous - slizniční, hlenový
BrE
/'mju:kəs/
AmE
/'mju:kəs/

adjective - related to a slippery and viscous fluid produced by the body

 
second best - druhořadý, nouzový, náhradní, přijetelný
BrE
/ˌsekənd 'best/
AmE
/ˌsekənd 'best/

adjective - acceptable but worse than the best and not wanted so much

 
entitled - oprávněný, mající nárok, nárokující si
BrE
/ɪn'taɪltld/
AmE
/ɪn'taɪltld/

adjective - having the official right to do something or to have something

slope
slope - sklon
BrE
/'sləʊp/
AmE
/'sloʊp/

noun - the angle at which a surface is going up or down