cabbie - taxikář
BrE
/'kæbi/
AmE
/'kæbi/

noun, informal - a person who drives a taxi

 
dearie - miláčku, zlatíčko
BrE
/'dɪəri/
AmE
/'dɪri/

noun, British English, informal - a friendly way of addressing someone

 
kiddie - děťátko, dítko
BrE
/'kɪdi/
AmE
/'kɪdi/

noun, informal - an affectionate word for child

 
lassie - děvčátko
BrE
/'læsi/
AmE
/'læsi/

noun, informal - a nice informal word for a girl (used mainly in Scotland and in the north of England)

 
laddie - klouček
BrE
/'lædi/
AmE
/'lædi/

noun, informal - a nice informal word for a boy (used mainly in Scotland and in the north of England)

gramps
gramps - děda
BrE
/'græmps/
AmE
/'græmps/

noun, informal - an informal word for a grandfather

 
diminutive - zdrobnělina
BrE
/dɪ'mɪnjətɪv/
AmE
/dɪ'mɪnjətɪv/

noun - a word that shows that something or someone is small

serrated
serrated - zoubkovaný, zubatý
BrE
/sə'reɪtɪd/
AmE
/sə'reɪtɪd/

adjective - having a saw-like edge

 
have ants in your pants - mít roupy, chvíli neposedět
BrE
/hæv 'ænts ɪn jə pænts/
AmE
/hæv 'ænts ɪn jər pænts/

verb, informal - to be unable to stay still, to be impatient about something

 
fleeting - krátký, prchavý, pomíjivý
BrE
/'fli:tɪŋ/
AmE
/'fli:tɪŋ/

adjective - brief, lasting for only a very short time

 
fugitive - prchající, uprchlý
BrE
/'fju:dʒɪtɪv/
AmE
/'fju:dʒɪt̬ɪv/

adjective - running away or hiding from someone or something

 
runaway - neovládaný, splašený; nekontrolovatelný
BrE
/'rʌnəweɪ/
AmE
/'rʌnəweɪ/

adjective - out of control; happening quickly and uncontrollably

 
contract - stáhnout se, smrštit se, zmenšit se, zúžit se
BrE
/kən'trækt/
AmE
/kən'trækt/

verb - to become smaller, tighter, thinner, narrower etc.

contract
contract - zadat na smlouvu, smluvně dohodnout, uzavřít smlouvu
BrE
/'kɒntrækt/
AmE
/'kɑ:ntrækt/

verb - to make a written legal agreement with someone to do something for you

 
unworldly - nadpozemský, jako z jiného světa
BrE
/ʌn'wɜ:ldli/
AmE
/ʌn'wɜ:rldli/

adjective - with qualities that do not seem to belong to this world