hall
hall - chodba
BrE
/'hɔ:l/
AmE
/'hɔ:l/

noun - a corridor with doors to rooms or apartments

 
hall - kolej (vysokoškolská)
BrE
/'hɔ:l/
AmE
/'hɔ:l/

noun, British English - a building (on the campus) where college students can live

 
get up to - vyvádět (něco), dělat (co se nemá)
BrE
/ˌget'ʌp tʊ/
AmE
/ˌget'ʌp tʊ/

verb - to be doing something or to be involved in something (esp. something bad, shady, suspicious or surprising)

 
keen on - nadšený do, vášnivý pro, zapálený do
BrE
/'ki:n ɒn/
AmE
/'ki:n ɑ:n/

adjective - liking to do something very much

 
police - hlídat pořádek, střežit pořádek, chránit, strážit, dohlížet, hlídat
BrE
/pə'li:s/
AmE
/pə'li:s/

verb - to enforce laws, regulations, or rules, and maintain order and safety within an area, a community or an organization

 
pebbled - oblázkový, kamenitý (např. pláž)
BrE
/'pebld/
AmE
/'pebld/

adjective - covered with pebbles

 
pebbly - oblázkový, kamenitý (např. pláž)
BrE
/'pebli/
AmE
/'pebli/

adjective - covered with pebbles

 
surpassing - mimořádný, výjimečný, nedostižný
BrE
/sə'pɑ:sɪŋ/
AmE
/sər'pæsɪŋ/

adjective - extremely good, much better than anything else

 
second best - druhořadý, nouzový, náhradní, přijetelný
BrE
/ˌsekənd 'best/
AmE
/ˌsekənd 'best/

adjective - acceptable but worse than the best and not wanted so much

 
fasten on - upřít (např. zrak či pozornost) na
BrE
/'fɑ:sn ɒn/
AmE
/'fæsn ɒn/

verb - to direct something toward something (sight, attention etc.)

administrative assistant
administrative assistant - asistent administrativy, zástupce pro administrativu
BrE
/ədˌmɪnɪstrətɪv ə'sɪstənt/
AmE
/ədˌmɪnɪstreɪtɪv ə'sɪstənt/

noun - a person whose job involves managing calendars, scheduling appointments, coordinating meetings, drafting correspondence, answering phone calls, managing emails etc.

 
atrocious - otřesný, strašný, příšerný
BrE
/ə'trəʊʃəs/
AmE
/ə'troʊʃəs/

adjective - extremely bad

romantically
romantically - romanticky
BrE
/rəʊ'mæntɪkli/
AmE
/roʊ'mænt̬ɪkli/

adverb - in a way that affects your emotions; connected with love

 
Romantic - romantický
BrE
/rəʊ'mæntɪk/
AmE
/roʊ'mænt̬ɪk/

adjective - connected with the artistic and literary movement that originated in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries characterized by a focus on emotion, individualism, imagination, and the celebration of nature

 
Romanticism - romantismus
BrE
/rəʊ'mæntɪsɪzm/
AmE
/roʊ'mæntɪsɪzm/

noun - an artistic and literary movement that originated in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries characterized by a focus on emotion, individualism, imagination, and the celebration of nature