laurel - vavřín
BrE
/'lɒrəl/
AmE
/'lɔ:rəl/

noun - a shrub with flat long leaves similar to bay leaves

 
flat-pack - nesestavený, nesložený, na části (nábytek)
BrE
/'flætpæk/
AmE
/'flætpæk/

adjective, British English - (about furniture) not assembled, carried in a long thin box

 
a thing or two - něco málo
BrE
/ə 'θɪŋ ɔ: ˌtu:/
AmE
/ə 'θɪŋ ɔ:r ˌtu:/

phrase, informal - some information or knowledge that can be helpful

 
go on one's merry way - vesele pokračovat, pokračovat v (nějaké aktivitě), dělat co obvykle
BrE
/ˌgəʊ ɒn wʌnz 'meri ˌweɪ/
AmE
/ˌgoʊ ɑ:n wʌnz 'meri ˌweɪ/

verb - to go on doing what one has been doing, usually without thinking about the results

merry-go-round
merry-go-round - kolotoč (na pouti)
BrE
/'merɪgəʊˌraʊnd/
AmE
/'merɪgoʊˌraʊnd/

noun - a disc-like machine with artificial animals that goes around, which people ride on for fun

 
garbage - brak, odpad
BrE
/'gɑ:bɪdʒ/
AmE
/'gɑ:rbɪdʒ/

noun, informal - something of no use, low quality, or valueless

 
cannot help - nemoci pomoct (čemu)
BrE
/kɑ:nt 'help/
AmE
/kænt 'help/

verb - not to be able to resist doing something

 
lovely - skvostný, příjemný, lahodný (o jídle)
BrE
/'lʌvli/
AmE
/'lʌvli/

adjective, British English - agreeable or enjoyable, (about food) tasty

open-plan
open-plan - beze zdí, bez příček
BrE
/ˌəʊpən'plæn/
AmE
/ˌɒʊpən'plæn/

adjective - made up of a big, spacious room without inner dividing walls

cosmetics
cosmetics - kosmetika
BrE
/kɒz'metɪks/
AmE
/ka:z'met̬ɪks/

noun - products that people, especially women, put on their face or body to look better

 
worthless - neschopný, k ničemu
BrE
/'wɜ:θləs/
AmE
/'wɜ:rθləs/

adjective - (about a person) incapable of doing anything good or having no valuable characteristics

 
P&P - poštovné a balné
BrE
/ˌpi: ən 'pi:/
AmE
/ˌpi: ən 'pi:/

noun, British English - postage and packing

jeweller
jeweller - klenotnice, klenotník
BrE
/'dʒu:ələ/
AmE
/'dʒu:ələr/

noun - a person whose job is to sell and repair jewellery

 
cannot help it - nemoci si pomoct
BrE
/kænɒt 'help ɪt/
AmE
/kæ'nɒt 'help ɪt/

verb - unable to resist doing something

 
commission-based - založený na provizi
BrE
/kəˌmɪʃn 'beɪst/
AmE
/kəˌmɪʃn 'beɪst/

adjective - based on the profit made from what is sold