learn - poučit se
BrE
/'lɜ:n/
AmE
/'lɜ:rn/

verb - to change your attitudes about something because you do not want to make the same mistakes again

 
gloat - mít škodolibou radost, usmívat se (vítězoslavně či škodolibě)
BrE
/'gləʊt/
AmE
/'gloʊt/

verb - to show that you are happy about your success or about someone else's failure

fly
fly - letět (letadlem), létat (letadlem)
BrE
/'flaɪ/
AmE
/'flaɪ/

verb - to travel by plane

 
escort - doprovázet, doprovodit, eskortovat
BrE
/ɪ'skɔ:t/
AmE
/es'kɔ:rt/

verb - to go with someone to a place to be sure that the person really left, or to protect them

for kicks
for kicks - se srandy, pro legraci, pro zábavu
BrE
/fə 'kɪks/
AmE
/fə 'kɪks/

phrase, informal - done for a laugh without serious intentions

 
vacate - vyklidit, opustit
BrE
/və'keɪt/
AmE
/və'keɪt/

verb, formal - to leave a seat, room, building, etc. usually to make it available for other people

 
put down - uložit (ke spánku)
BrE
/ˌpʊt'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌpʊt'daʊn/

verb - to put someone to bed

to the letter
to the letter - přesně, do detailu, do písmene, do puntíku
BrE
/təðə'letə/
AmE
/təðə'let̬ər/

phrase - doing exactly what you are told to do, paying attention to every detail

 
neighbouring - sousední, přilehlý, okolní
BrE
/'neɪbərɪŋ/
AmE
/'neɪbərɪŋ/

adjective - located next to someone or something

 
competitiveness - konkurenceschopnost
BrE
/kəm'petətɪvnəs/
AmE
/kəm'pet̬ət̬ɪvnəs/

noun - the ability to compete with others, to be as good as others or slightly better

 
intermission - přestávka (v divadle)
BrE
/ˌɪntə'mɪʃən/
AmE
/ˌɪnt̬ər'mɪʃən/

noun, American English - the break between acts in a theatre

handprint
handprint - otisk ruky
BrE
/'hændprɪnt/
AmE
/'hændprɪnt/

noun - a mark left by someone's hand

needle
needle - jehla, injekční jehla
BrE
/'ni:dl/
AmE
/'ni:dl/

noun - a very thin, hollow piece of metal used to put medicine into the body, to take blood etc.

 
at hand - aktuální, právě řešený (např. problém)
BrE
/æt'hænd/
AmE
/æt'hænd/

adjective - (of a problem, issue etc.) being dealt with right now

 
at hand - nedaleký, blízký, na dosah
BrE
/æt'hænd/
AmE
/æt'hænd/

adjective - not distant