fortune-teller - věštec, věštkyně
BrE
/'fɔ:tʃu:nˌtelə/
AmE
/'fɔ:rtʃu:nˌtelər/

noun - a person who can see what happens in the future and whose job is telling people what will happen to them

shaman
shaman - šaman
BrE
/'ʃeɪmən/
AmE
/'ʃɑ:mən/

noun - a person in some religions who is believed to be able communicate with the spiritual world, has special healing powers etc.

inflatable
inflatable - nafukovací
BrE
/ɪn'fleɪtəbl/
AmE
/ɪn'fleɪt̬əbl/

adjective - necessary to be filled up with air before it is used (e.g. a tire, a mattress, a ball, a boat etc.)

 
introduction - úvod
BrE
/ˌɪntrə'dʌkʃn/
AmE
/ˌɪnt̬rə'dʌkʃn/

noun - the first part of a book, letter, etc. that says what the rest of the work is going to be about

 
undead - nemrtvý (např. upíři apod.)
BrE
/ʌn'ded/
AmE
/ʌn'ded/

adjective - (in horrors) a kind of creature that is technically dead but comes out of its grave (esp. vampires, zombies, ghouls etc.)

 
straight edge - pravítko
BrE
/'streɪtˌedʒ/
AmE
/'streɪtˌedʒ/

noun - a tool (usually a piece of wood or metal) used to make something straight or to check that something is straight

 
straightedge - pravítko
BrE
/'streɪtˌedʒ/
AmE
/'streɪtˌedʒ/

noun - a tool (usually a piece of wood or metal) used to make something straight or to check that something is straight

 
throttle - plyn, regulátor pohonu
BrE
/'θrɒtl/
AmE
/'θrɑ:tl/

noun - a device that allows more or less fuel to go into an engine and is used to change the vehicle's speed

leakage
leakage - únik, unikání
BrE
/'li:kɪdʒ/
AmE
/'li:kɪdʒ/

noun - the act of leaking, when an amount of liquid or gas is escaping from something by a hole or other fault

 
guise - zástěrka, převlek
BrE
/'gaɪz/
AmE
/'gaɪz/

noun - a way in which someone or something appears, often in a way that is temporary or different from their real nature

 
seedbed - semeniště
BrE
/'si:dbed/
AmE
/'si:dbed/

noun - a small patch of soil in the garden or a plastic box that is protected where young plants grow from seed

 
speaking of which - když o tom (tak) mluvíme, když už jsme u toho, což mi připomíná, to mi připomíná
BrE
/'spi:kɪŋ əv wɪtʃ/
AmE
/'spi:kɪŋ əv wɪtʃ/

phrase - a phrase which is used in a conversation to move on to the topic of something that has just been mentioned

 
out of sight out of mind - sejde z očí - sejde z mysli
BrE
/aʊt əf 'saɪt aʊt əv 'maɪnd/
AmE
/aʊt əf 'saɪt aʊt əv 'maɪnd/

phrase - a phrase people use to say that if you don't see someone or something, it is easy to forget about them

 
duchess - vévodkyně
BrE
/'dʌtʃes/
AmE
/'dʌtʃəs/

noun - a noblewoman of high rank (one who is in charge of a part of a country or of a small country)

 
arsenic - arzen
BrE
/'ɑ:snɪk/
AmE
/'ɑ:rsnɪk/

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 33) a very poisonous semimetal that is sometimes used in insecticides and in some alloys