negligée
negligée - negližé, župánek, lehký župan
BrE
/'negləʒeɪ/
AmE
/ˌneglə'ʒeɪ/

noun - a dressing gown worn by women that is made of very thin cloth

 
stagnate - stagnovat, váznout
BrE
/stæg'neɪt/
AmE
/'stægneɪt/

verb - to stop making progress

 
decor - vnitřní výzdoba, styl vnitřního zařízení
BrE
/'deɪkɔ:/
AmE
/deɪ'kɔ:r/

noun - the style in which the inside of a building or a room is decorated

 
dictate - diktovat, nadiktovat
BrE
/dɪk'teɪt/
AmE
/'dɪkteɪt/

verb - to say something for someone else to write down

 
castrate - kastrovat, vykastrovat
BrE
/kæ'streɪt/
AmE
/'kæstreɪt/

verb - to remove the testicles of a male animal or a man

tarragon
tarragon - estragon
BrE
/'tærəgən/
AmE
/'tærəgən/

noun - a herb with narrow aromatic leaves that has a strong taste and is used in cooking

 
omen - znamení, předzvěst, náznak
BrE
/'əʊmən/
AmE
/'oʊmən/

noun - a sign that something is going to happen

 
thorny - ožehavý, palčivý, zapeklitý
BrE
/'θɔ:ni/
AmE
/'θɔ:rni/

adjective - complicated, causing difficulty

 
clean as a whistle - čistý jako ze škatulky
BrE
/ˌkli:n əz ə 'wɪsl/
AmE
/ˌkli:n əz ə 'wɪsl/

adjective, informal - remarkably clean

 
as old as the hills - starý jako Metuzalém, starý jako lidstvo samo
BrE
/æz ˌəʊld æz ðə 'hɪlz/
AmE
/æz ˌoʊld æz ðə 'hɪlz/

phrase - extremely old

 
plain as day - jasný, zřetelný, jasný jak facka
BrE
/pleɪn æz 'deɪ/
AmE
/pleɪn æz 'deɪ/

adjective, informal - apparent and easily understandable from the clues given

 
happy as a clam - šťastný jako blecha
BrE
/ˌhæpi æz ə 'klæm/
AmE
/ˌhæpi æz ə 'klæm/

adjective, American English - very happy, thrilled

 
as common as dirt - jak much, jak vší
BrE
/æz ˌkɒmən æz 'dɜət/
AmE
/æz ˌkɑ:mən æz 'dɜ:rt/

phrase, informal - very common, very frequent

 
be sick as a dog - zvracet jak Alík, zvracet jak protrženej
BrE
/bi: ˌsɪk æz ə 'dɒg/
AmE
/bi: ˌsɪk æz ə 'dɑ:g/

verb, informal - to feel nauseous, to feel extremely sick

 
disco - disko
BrE
/'dɪskəʊ/
AmE
/'dɪskoʊ/

noun - a music genre popular mainly in 1960s and 1970s