slumber - spánek, dřímání
BrE
/'slʌmbə/
AmE
/'slʌmbər/

noun, literary - sleep, not awake

 
abolition - zrušení
BrE
/ˌæbə'lɪʃn/
AmE
/ˌæbə'lɪʃn/

noun - the act of officially ending something (laws, institutions, activities..)

 
longevity - dlouhověkost
BrE
/lɒn'dʒevəti/
AmE
/lɔ:n'dʒevəti/

noun, formal - the fact of living for a long time

 
quaint - malebný
BrE
/'kweɪnt/
AmE
/'kweɪnt/

adjective - attractive because it is unusual and old-fashioned

crumble
crumble - koláč, drobenkový koláč, ovocný koláč s drobenkou
BrE
/'krʌmbl/
AmE
/'krʌmbl/

noun, British English - a baked dessert made from fruit (usually apple or rhubarb) covered in a mixture of flour, butter and sugar

 
bafflement - nechápání, zmatení
BrE
/'bæflmənt/
AmE
/'bæflmənt/

noun - confusion, the state of not being able to understand something

tease
tease - dobírání, škádlení
BrE
/'ti:z/
AmE
/'ti:z/

noun - the act of teasing someone

tease
tease - provokatér, vtipálek, posměváček
BrE
/'ti:z/
AmE
/'ti:z/

noun - someone who makes fun of people or like embarrassing them

 
baffling - nepochopitelný, matoucí, záhadný
BrE
/'bæflɪŋ/
AmE
/'bæflɪŋ/

adjective - difficult to understand, making you confused

 
snigger - chichotat se
BrE
/'snɪgə/
AmE
/'snɪgər/

verb, British English - laugh quietly at something rude or unkind

 
scrawny - vychrtlý
BrE
/'skrɔ:ni/
AmE
/'skrɔ:ni/

adjective - very thin, in an unattractive way

 
knobbly - hrbolatý, samá boule
BrE
/'nɒbli/
AmE
/'nɑ:bli/

adjective, British English - having raised areas on the surface

 
fateful - osudový
BrE
/'feɪtfl/
AmE
/'feɪtfl/

adjective - having an important, usually bad, effect on the future

 
deem - považovat
BrE
/'di:m/
AmE
/'di:m/

verb, formal - to have a particular opinion about something

 
venomous - nenávistný
BrE
/'venəməs/
AmE
/'venəməs/

adjective - hateful, vicious