Fred - Fred
BrE
/'fred/
AmE
/'fred/

noun - a man's name

 
def - rozlišení
BrE
/'def/
AmE
/'def/

noun - short for 'definition'

 
Guyana - Guyana
BrE
/gaɪ'ɑ:nə/
AmE
/gaɪ'ænə/

noun - a country in the north of South America

 
Guinea - Guinea
BrE
/'gɪni/
AmE
/'gɪni/

noun - a country in the west of Africa

 
hog the spotlight - strhávat pozornost na sebe
BrE
/ˌhɒg ðə'spɒtlaɪt/
AmE
/ˌhɑ:g ðə'spɑ:tlaɪt/

verb, American English - to draw all the attention to oneself

 
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

 
halfway decent - přijatelný
BrE
/'hɑ:fˌweɪ 'di:snt/
AmE
/'hæfˌweɪ 'di:snt/

adjective - not very good but good enough

 
meet somebody halfway - vyjít někomu vstříc, najít kompromis
BrE
/ˌmi:t hɑ:f'weɪ/
AmE
/ˌmi:t hæf'weɪ/

verb - to find a compromise, especially in an agrument with someone

 
walkie-talkie - vysílačka
BrE
/ˌwɔ:ki 'tɔ:ki/
AmE
/ˌwɑ:ki 'tɑ:ki/

noun - one of two radios that you can carry with you and communicate with the person carrying the other radio

 
on the road - na cestách
BrE
/ˌɒn ðə'rəʊd/
AmE
/ˌɑ:n ðə'roʊd/

adverb - travelling, especially by car

 
Rd - ulice (v názvu)
BrE
/'rəʊd/
AmE
/'roʊd/

noun - a street, often used in names

 
road - ulice
BrE
/'rəʊd/
AmE
/'roʊd/

noun - a street, often used in names

 
semaphore - semafor (abeceda)
BrE
/'seməfɔ:/
AmE
/'seməfɔ:r/

noun - a signalling system based on the waving of a pair of hand-held flags in a particular pattern

stoplight
stoplight - semafory, semafor
BrE
/'stɒplaɪt/
AmE
/'stɑ:plaɪt/

noun, American English - the system that directs the traffic at a place where two streets meet, it has three lights, green, yellow (amber) and red

 
light - světlo na semaforu, semafor
BrE
/'laɪt/
AmE
/'laɪt/

noun - the system that directs the traffic at a place where two streets meet using green for go and red for stop