pay rise
pay rise - zvýšení platu
BrE
/'peɪˌraɪz/
AmE
/'peɪˌraɪz/

noun, British English - an increase in the money you get for your work

 
die-hard - skalní (věrný), věrný
BrE
/'daɪˌhɑ:d/
AmE
/'daɪˌhɑ:rd/

adjective - loyal, not likely to abandon something

 
gluttony - obžerství
BrE
/'glʌtəni/
AmE
/'glʌtəni/

noun, formal - the habit of eating and drinking too much

sweet tooth
sweet tooth - chuť na sladké, závislost na sladkém
BrE
/ˌswi:t'tu:θ/
AmE
/ˌswi:t'tu:θ/

noun - the urge to eat sweet food often

 
compound - uzavřený areál, ohraničený pozemek
BrE
/'kɒmpaʊnd/
AmE
/'kɑ:mpaʊnd/

noun - a group of buildings surrounded by a wall or fence

 
payslip - výplatní páska
BrE
/'peɪslɪp/
AmE
/'peɪslɪp/

noun, British English - a piece of paper that an employee always gets with the money they are paid for work

 
tut - ts (nesouhlasné zamlaskání)
BrE
/'tʌt/
AmE
/'tʌt/

interjection - the sound that you make with your mouth when you disapprove of something

 
tut - zamlaskat (nesouhlasně)
BrE
/'tʌt/
AmE
/'tʌt/

verb - to make a sound of disapproval by touching the top of your mouth with your tongue

 
same old - stále stejný, ohraný, stále dokola
BrE
/'seɪmˌəʊld/
AmE
/'seɪmˌoʊld/

, informal - not changing, always the same

 
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

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