mugshot - policejní fotografie zadrženého
BrE
/'mʌgʃɒt/
AmE
/'mʌgʃɑ:t/

noun - a police photo of the face of a person who has been arrested

 
connoisseur - znalec (jídla, pití, umění apod.)
BrE
/ˌkɒnə'sɜ:/
AmE
/ˌkɑ:nə'sɜ:r/

noun - a person who has expert knowledge in a particular field, especially in fine arts, food, or drink

 
invert - obrátit, otočit
BrE
/ɪn'vɜ:t/
AmE
/ɪn'vɜrt/

verb - to turn upside down, to reverse the position, order, or arrangement of something

inverted commas
inverted commas - uvozovky
BrE
/ɪnˌvɜ:tɪd'kɒməz/
AmE
/ɪnˌvɜ:rtɪd'kɑ:məz/

noun, British English - punctuation marks that show where a quotation begins and ends (" " or ' '), also called quotation marks

common-sense
common-sense - rozumný, smysluplný (založený na zdravém rozumu)
BrE
/ˌkɒmən'sens/
AmE
/ˌkɑ:mən'sens/

adjective - demonstrating practical reasoning or judgment based on ordinary experience and understanding

 
search me - nemám tušení, vůbec netuším, nemám páru, nemám potuchy
BrE
/ˌsɜ:tʃ'mi:/
AmE
/ˌsɜ:rtʃ'mi:/

phrase, informal - a phrase that we say when we don't have the slightest idea

archive
archive - archivovat, založit do archivu, ukládat do archivu
BrE
/'ɑ:kaɪv/
AmE
/'ɑ:rkaɪv/

verb - to put documents and similar things in an archive

 
archival - archivní
BrE
/ɑ:'kaɪvl/
AmE
/ɑ:'kaɪvl/

adjective - related to saving and keeping old documents

rhizome
rhizome - oddenek
BrE
/'raɪzəʊm/
AmE
/'raɪzoʊm/

noun - the side underground growth of some plants that can be used to start a new plant

 
give or take - plus minus, zhruba, přibližně
BrE
/ˌgɪv ə 'teɪk/
AmE
/ˌgɪv ər 'teɪk/

phrase - approximately

 
more or less - zhruba, přibližně, plus minus
BrE
/ˌmɔ:r ə 'les/
AmE
/ˌmɔ:r ər 'les/

phrase - approximately

checkmate
checkmate - dát mat
BrE
/'tʃekˌmeɪt/
AmE
/'tʃekˌmeɪt/

verb - to put the opponent's king in a position from which there is no escape

 
life-saving - záchranný, život zachraňující
BrE
/'laɪfˌseɪvɪŋ/
AmE
/'laɪfˌseɪvɪŋ/

adjective - done to save lives

 
capture - zajetí, dopadení
BrE
/'kæptʃə/
AmE
/'kæptʃər/

noun - the act of making someone prisoner, the state of being prisoner

 
diagonal - úhlopříčka, diagonála
BrE
/daɪ'ægənl/
AmE
/daɪ'ægənl/

noun - a straight line connecting two nonadjacent corners of a rectangle, a square, etc.