black hole
black hole - černá díra
BrE
/'blæk'həʊl/
AmE
/'blæk'hoʊl/

noun - a star whose gravity is so large that even light cannot escape it

boil
boil - vařit, vařit se, vřít
BrE
/'bɔɪl/
AmE
/'bɔɪl/

verb - (of a liquid) to be so hot that there are bubbles in it

digest
digest - strávit (potravu), trávit (potravu)
BrE
/daɪ'dʒest/
AmE
/daɪ'dʒest/

verb - to process food in your body so that the body can use it

 
congested - ucpaný, zacpaný (silnice apod.)
BrE
/kən'dʒestɪd/
AmE
/kən'dʒestɪd/

adjective - full of cars or people so it's difficult to walk or drive on

teach
teach - učit, vyučovat, naučit
BrE
/'ti:tʃ/
AmE
/'ti:tʃ/

verb - to show somebody some knowledge or information so that they can learn it

 
soak - namočení, naložení, nasáknutí
BrE
/'səʊk/
AmE
/'soʊk/

noun - the act of leaving something in liquid so that it becomes completely wet

grasshopper
grasshopper - luční koník, kobylka, saranče
BrE
/'grɑ:shɒpə/
AmE
/'græshɑ:pər/

noun - an insect that lives in the grass, jumps very high and far and makes a sharp sound by rubbing its legs together, it is usually green

 
embalm - balzamovat, nabalzamovat
BrE
/ɪm'bɑ:m/
AmE
/ɪm'bɑ:m/

verb - to treat a dead body with special substances so that it does not decay

 
perfect - zdokonalit, zlepšit
BrE
/pə'fekt/
AmE
/pər'fekt/

verb - to improve something so that it becomes as good as it can possibly be

 
farce - fraška (přenesený význam)
BrE
/'fɑ:s/
AmE
/'fɑ:rs/

noun - a situation that is so unfair and ridiculous that you cannot take it seriously

packing
packing - balení, zabalení
BrE
/'pækɪŋ/
AmE
/'pækɪŋ/

noun - the process of putting something in a box so it can be posted somewhere

 
make way for - udělat místo (někomu či něčemu), ustoupit z cesty
BrE
/ˌmeɪk'weɪ fɔ:/
AmE
/ˌmeɪk'weɪ fɔ:r/

verb - to move back or move aside so that someone or something has enough room

 
disable - porouchat, vyřadit, zablokovat
BrE
/dɪs'eɪbl/
AmE
/dɪs'eɪbl/

verb - to prevent something from functioning properly, to damage something so it cannot be used

 
water over the dam - minulost, historie, něco pasé
BrE
/ˌwɔ:tə əʊvə ðə 'dæm/
AmE
/ˌwɑ:t̬ər oʊvər ðə 'dæm/

noun - an event that happened in the past and so cannot be changed or undone

 
from behind - zezadu
BrE
/frɒm bɪ'haɪnd/
AmE
/frɑ:m bɪ'haɪnd/

adverb - from the back, from the direction behind you so you cannot see it coming