poverty-stricken - chudobný, chudobou postižený
BrE
/'pɒvətiˌstrɪkn/
AmE
/'pɑ:vərt̬iˌstrɪkn/

adjective - extremely poor

 
poverty - nedostatek
BrE
/'pɒvəti/
AmE
/'pɑ:vərt̬i/

noun, formal - a lack of something

 
impoverished - ožebračený, zbídačený
BrE
/ɪm'pɒvərɪʃt/
AmE
/ɪm'pɑ:vərɪʃt/

adjective - made extremely poor by someone

 
impoverish - zbídačit, ožebračit, přivést na mizinu
BrE
/ɪm'pɒvərɪʃ/
AmE
/ɪm'pɑ:vərɪʃ/

verb - to make someone very poor

swell up
swell up - opuchnout, napuchnout, naběhnout (opuchnout)
BrE
/swel'ʌp/
AmE
/swel'ʌp/

verb - to become larger, often about a part of the body that has been hurt etc.

deck
deck - terasa, dřevěná terasa, terasa za domem
BrE
/'dek/
AmE
/'dek/

noun, American English - a wooden floor built outside the back of a house that you can sit and relax on

motorcyclist
motorcyclist - motorkář
BrE
/'məʊtəsaɪklɪst/
AmE
/'moʊt̬ərsaɪklɪst/

noun - a person who rides motorcycles

biker
biker - motorkář
BrE
/'baɪkə/
AmE
/'baɪkər/

noun - a person who rides motorcycles

 
enliven - oživit, učinit zajímavějším, zpestřit
BrE
/ɪn'laɪvn/
AmE
/ɪn'laɪvn/

verb, formal - to make something more interesting

hardening
hardening - otužování
BrE
/'hɑ:dnɪŋ/
AmE
/'hɑ:rdənɪŋ/

noun - the process of becoming resistant to cold weather, imrpoving one's fitness and immunity etc.

hardened
hardened - otužilý
BrE
/'hɑ:dnd/
AmE
/'hɑ:rdnd/

adjective - having become resistant to cold weather, having improved one's fitness and immunity

 
hardened - zpevněný, ztvrdlý, ztuhlý
BrE
/'hɑ:dnd/
AmE
/'hɑ:rdnd/

adjective - having become hard

harden
harden - otužit, otužit se, otužovat se
BrE
/'hɑ:dn/
AmE
/'hɑ:rdn/

verb - to become resistant to cold weather etc., to improve one's immunity

 
exit poll - volební průzkum (těsně po hlasování)
BrE
/'ekzɪtˌpəʊl/
AmE
/'ekzɪtˌpoʊl/

noun - the activity of asking people how they have just voted to predict the result of the election

 
poll - dotazovat se, ptát se na názor
BrE
/'pəʊl/
AmE
/'poʊl/

verb - to ask people questions to find out public opinion