improvised - improvizovaný
BrE
/'ɪmprəvaɪzd/
AmE
/'ɪmprəvaɪzd/

adjective - made using whatever you can find or is available at the moment

 
station wagon - kombi (auto), kombík
BrE
/'steɪʃnˌwægən/
AmE
/'steɪʃnˌwægən/

noun, American English - a car which has a lot of space behind the back seats

 
estate car - kombi (auto), kombík
BrE
/ɪ'steɪt kɑ:/
AmE
/ɪ'steɪt kɑ:r/

noun, British English - a car which has a lot of space behind the back seats

canopy
canopy - klenba větví stromů
BrE
/'kænəpi/
AmE
/'kænəpi/

noun - the leafed branches of tall trees that form something like a roof

 
precinct - okrsek
BrE
/'pri:sɪŋkt/
AmE
/'pri:sɪŋkt/

noun, American English - one of the parts that a town or city is divided into

 
secretary - ministr, ministryně
BrE
/'sekrətri/
AmE
/'sekrəteri/

noun - on officer of state in charge of one of the government departments

 
washtub - škopek, necku
BrE
/'wɒʃtʌb/
AmE
/'wɑ:ʃtʌb/

noun - a large round container used for washing clothes in in the past

stab
stab - bodnutí (nožem, špičatým předmětem)
BrE
/'stæb/
AmE
/'stæb/

noun - the act of hurting someone with a knife or another sharp object

 
word order - slovosled
BrE
/'wɜ:dˌɔ:də/
AmE
/'wɜ:rdˌɔ:rdər/

noun - the arrangement of words in a phrase, a clause or a sentence

 
homestay - ubytování v rodině
BrE
/'həʊmsteɪ/
AmE
/'hoʊmsteɪ/

noun - accommodation in the home of a host family, especially for students etc.

 
deficiency - nedostatek
BrE
/dɪ'fɪʃnsi/
AmE
/dɪ'fɪʃnsi/

noun - the state of not having enough of something that your body needs

 
that - co, kdo, který, jak, proč, kdy (v 'cleft' souvětích)
BrE
/'ðæt/
AmE
/'ðæt/

particle - a pronoun or conjunction introducing the second part of a cleft sentence

 
highlights - melír, melírované vlasy
BrE
/'haɪlaɪts/
AmE
/'haɪlaɪts/

noun - a hairstyle with strips of hair that are lighter than the rest

 
in-line - přímo v textu
BrE
/'ɪnlaɪn/
AmE
/'ɪnlaɪn/

adjective - placed directly in the text (i. e. not as a footnote etc.)

 
pathos - patos, dojemnost
BrE
/'peɪθɒs/
AmE
/'peɪθɑ:s/

noun, literary - the quality of something that produces a feeling of sadness or sympathy