constituent - složka, prvek
BrE
/kən'stɪtʃʊənt/
AmE
/kən'stɪtʃʊənt/

noun - one of the things from which a substance or system is formed

 
seizure - zabavení, zadržení, exekuce
BrE
/'si:ʒə/
AmE
/'si:ʒər/

noun - the act of taking usually illegal goods from a person or company

 
informer - udavač, konfident, donašeč
BrE
/ɪn'fɔ:mə/
AmE
/ɪn'fɔ:rmər/

noun - a person who secretly gives information to the police or other authority

 
engine room - strojovna
BrE
/'endʒɪnˌru:m/
AmE
/'endʒɪnˌru:m/

noun - a place on a boat or a ship where the engines are

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

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

aftermath
aftermath - následky, situace (po něčem), důsledky
BrE
/'ɑ:ftəmɑ:θ/
AmE
/'æftərmæθ/

noun - the situation after something bad has happened (e.g. a disaster, war etc.)

 
snideness - jízlivost, uštěpačnost
BrE
/'snaɪdnəs/
AmE
/'snaɪdnəs/

noun - the quality of being unkind, critical or sarcastic in an indirect way

 
24/7 - nonstop
BrE
/ˌtwentiˌfɔ:'sevn/
AmE
/ˌtwent̬iˌfɔ:r'sevən/

adverb, informal - all the time; twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week

 
see eye to eye - rozumět si, mít stejný názor
BrE
/si:ˌaɪ tə'aɪ/
AmE
/si:ˌaɪ tə'aɪ/

verb, informal - to agree with someone, to have the same opinion as someone else

 
skipper - kapitán
BrE
/'skɪpə/
AmE
/'skɪpər/

noun, informal - the captain of a boat (usually a yacht or a fishing boat)

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

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

 
probe - vyšetřovat sondou, sondovat
BrE
/'prəʊb/
AmE
/'prəʊb/

verb - to examine the inside of someone's body with a long metal tool

 
exchange rate - směnný kurz
BrE
/ɪks'tʃeɪndʒ ˌreɪt/
AmE
/ɪks'tʃeɪndʒ ˌreɪt/

noun - the rate at which one currency can be changed for another currency

 
spell out - vyhláskovat
BrE
/spel 'aʊt/
AmE
/spel 'aʊt/

verb - to say or write the letters of a word one by one

hors d'oeuvre
hors d'oeuvre - předkrm
BrE
/ɔ: 'dɜ:v/
AmE
/ˌɔ:r 'dɜ:rv/

noun - food that is served, usually in small amounts, before the main course