string
string - struna
BrE
/'strɪŋ/
AmE
/'strɪŋ/

noun - one of the thin metal wires on a guitar, violin or in a piano etc. that produce sounds or music

countdown
countdown - odpočítávání
BrE
/'kaʊntˌdaʊn/
AmE
/'kaʊntˌdaʊn/

noun - counting backwards (esp. before something is supposed to happen - an explosion of a bomb, the launch of a rocket etc.)

 
pagan - pohanský
BrE
/'peɪgən/
AmE
/'peɪgən/

adjective - of a religion that worships many gods (esp. the kind of a religion that existed before Christianity, Islam, Buddhism etc.)

view
view - výhled, pohled
BrE
/'vju:/
AmE
/'vju:/

noun - the things or area that you can see from a particular place, e.g. from a window or a lookout point

torture
torture - mučení
BrE
/'tɔ:tʃə/
AmE
/'tɔ:rtʃər/

noun - the act of causing someone great pain esp. in order to make them give you information or to punish them

 
A.D. - našeho letopočtu, léta Páně
BrE
/ˌeɪ'di:/
AmE
/ˌeɪ'di:/

phrase - an abbreviation that means 'Anno Domini", used to show that the date we are speaking about was after year zero

alder
alder - olše
BrE
/'ɔ:ldə/
AmE
/'ɔ:ldər/

noun - a tree of the birch family, it has cone-like fruit and toothed leaves, it grown especially on river banks

list
list - sepsat, napsat soupis (čeho), napsat seznam (čeho)
BrE
/'lɪst/
AmE
/'lɪst/

verb - to write down a number of things or people on a single sheet of paper, usually one above the other

 
sodium - sodík
BrE
/'səʊdiəm/
AmE
/'soʊdiəm/

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 11) a silvery white element that occurs for example in salt and salt water

 
ad - reklama (krátce), inzerát (krátce)
BrE
/'æd/
AmE
/'æd/

noun - information in the newspapers or Tv etc. that tries to persuade people to buy a product, use a service etc.

 
shackle - okov
BrE
/'ʃækl/
AmE
/'ʃækl/

noun - one of the two metal pieces connected with a chain that are used to tie a prisoner's wrists or ankles

freeze
freeze - ani hnout
BrE
/'friz/
AmE
/'friz/

verb - the word that a policeman (usually with a gun in his hand) uses to tell somebody to stop moving completely

 
hunch - předtucha, tušení
BrE
/'hʌntʃ/
AmE
/'hʌntʃ/

noun - the feeling that something is true or that something is going to happen, although there is no evidence of it

 
crucify - ukřižovat
BrE
/'kru:sɪfaɪ/
AmE
/'kru:səfaɪ/

verb - to kill somebody by nailing them to a wooden cross (which was used in the Roman times to punish criminals)

 
commentator - komentátor
BrE
/'kɒmənteɪtə/
AmE
/'kɑ:mənteɪt̬ər/

noun - a person who's job is to describe sports events while they are happening, especially on TV or on the radio)