upend
upend - obrátit (vzhůru nohama), otočit (vzhůru nohama), obrátit se (vzhůru nohama)
BrE
/ˌʌp'end/
AmE
/ˌʌp'end/

verb - to turn something upside down, to turn upside down

 
draconian - drakonický, velmi přísný
BrE
/drə'kəʊniən/
AmE
/drə'koʊniən/

adjective - very strict (esp. in connection with laws)

 
auto - auto, automobil
BrE
/'ɔ:təʊ/
AmE
/'ɔ:t̬oʊ/

noun, American English - a car

domineering
domineering - despotický, panovačný
BrE
/dɒmɪ'nɪərɪŋ/
AmE
/dɑ:mɪ'nɪərɪŋ/

adjective - trying to control other people without considering their feelings

bossy-boots
bossy-boots - panovačný (člověk)
BrE
/'bɒsiˌbu:ts/
AmE
/'bɑ:siˌbu:ts/

noun - someone who likes giving orders and tells people what they should do

 
hard luck - smůla (ne štěstí)
BrE
/ˌhɑ:d'lʌk/
AmE
/ˌhɑ:rd'lʌk/

interjection, British English, informal - bad luck, especially used when we're expressing sympathy with someone who is disappointed

 
force majeure - vyšší moc
BrE
/ˌfɔ:s mə'ɜ:/
AmE
/ˌfɔ:rs mə'ɜ:r/

noun, formal - (law) circumstances that someone cannot affect (natural disasters, wars etc.) that prevent them from keeping a contract etc.

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

verb - to travel by plane

spoon
spoon - tulit se k sobě, přitulit se
BrE
/'spu:n/
AmE
/'spu:n/

verb, informal - to lie together with someone with both bodies facing the same direction and knees bent slightly, fitting together like two spoons

tap dancing
tap dancing - step (tanec)
BrE
/'tæpˌdɑ:nsɪŋ/
AmE
/'tæpˌdænsɪŋ/

noun - a kind of dancing where you wear special shoes that make sounds as you move around the floor

 
travesty - fraška, parodie, výsměch
BrE
/'trævəsti/
AmE
/'trævəsti/

noun - something that is really bad, and usually much worse than expected

haberdashery
haberdashery - galanterie
BrE
/'hæbədæʃəri/
AmE
/'hæbərdæʃəri/

noun, British English - a shop where they sell things for making clothes or accessories, or the goods sold in such shops

 
gallantry - galantnost
BrE
/'gæləntri/
AmE
/'gæləntri/

noun - polite attention usually given by men to women

 
operate - ovládat, manipulovat (s čím), používat, obsluhovat
BrE
/'ɒpəreɪt/
AmE
/'ɑ:pəreɪt/

verb - to make something work or be in action

 
incorrectly - špatně, nesprávně
BrE
/ɪnˌkə'rektli/
AmE
/ɪnˌkə'rektli/

adverb - in a way that is not correct or accurate