scowl
scowl - zamračený pohled, zamračení
BrE
/'skaʊl/
AmE
/'skaʊl/

noun - the look on your face when you do not like what you see or hear, when you are angry or worried

 
seduction - svádění (někoho), svedení (někoho)
BrE
/sɪ'dʌkʃn/
AmE
/sɪ'dʌkʃn/

noun - the act of persuading someone to have sex with you or do other things that they are not supposed to do

 
racing circuit - závodní okruh, okruh (závodní)
BrE
/'reɪsɪŋˌsɜ:kɪt/
AmE
/'reɪsɪŋˌsɜ:rkɪt/

noun - a path or a road that comes back to the place where it started (in motor racing or horse racing etc.)

 
circuit - okruh (závodní)
BrE
/'sɜ:kɪt/
AmE
/'sɜ:rkɪt/

noun - a path or a road that comes back to the place where it started (in motor racing or horse racing etc.)

 
woozy - mající závrať, pociťující motání hlavy
BrE
/'wu:zi/
AmE
/'wu:zi/

adjective - feeling as if the world is turning around you and that you might fall, usually because you are weak, sick etc.

fortuneteller
fortuneteller - věštec, věštkyně
BrE
/'fɔ:tʃu:nˌtelə/
AmE
/'fɔ:rtʃu:nˌtelər/

noun - a person who can see what happens in the future and whose job is telling people what will happen to them

 
fortune-teller - věštec, věštkyně
BrE
/'fɔ:tʃu:nˌtelə/
AmE
/'fɔ:rtʃu:nˌtelər/

noun - a person who can see what happens in the future and whose job is telling people what will happen to them

hydrofoil
hydrofoil - okřídlený člun
BrE
/'haɪdrəʊˌfɔɪl/
AmE
/'haɪdroʊˌfɔɪl/

noun - a kind of boat that has special wings on the bottom that lift it up as it travels at high speed

wreckage
wreckage - trosky, vrak
BrE
/'rekɪdʒ/
AmE
/'rekɪdʒ/

noun - the part of a ship, plane, car etc. that remains after it has been destroyed (esp. in an accident, crash etc.)

 
count down - odpočítávat
BrE
/ˌkaʊnt'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌkaʊnt'daʊn/

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

 
single - singl (píseň)
BrE
/'sɪŋgl/
AmE
/'sɪŋgl/

noun - a song (usually one taken out of an album) that's released to be played on the radio, on music television etc.

 
subcontract - zadat subdodavateli, nechat si vyrobit
BrE
/ˌsʌbkən'trækt/
AmE
/ˌsʌb'kɑ:ntrækt/

verb - to pay a person or company to do some of the work that you have agreed to do for someone else

 
throttle - plyn, regulátor pohonu
BrE
/'θrɒtl/
AmE
/'θrɑ:tl/

noun - a device that allows more or less fuel to go into an engine and is used to change the vehicle's speed

leakage
leakage - únik, unikání
BrE
/'li:kɪdʒ/
AmE
/'li:kɪdʒ/

noun - the act of leaking, when an amount of liquid or gas is escaping from something by a hole or other fault

 
weighting - příplatek (v rámci životních nákladů)
BrE
/'weɪtɪŋ/
AmE
/'weɪtɪŋ/

noun, British English - an extra sum of money that some people get if they work somewhere where the cost of living is very high