manacle
manacle - okov, pouto
BrE
/'mænəkl/
AmE
/'mænəkl/

noun - one of the two metal pieces connected with a chain that are used to tie a prisoner's wrists

 
congrats - blahopřeji, blahopřejeme, gratuluji, gratulujeme
BrE
/kəŋ'græts/
AmE
/kəŋ'græts/

phrase, informal - the word you say when you want to show somebody that you are pleased about his/her achievement

 
suspense - napětí, (napjaté, nervózní) očekávání
BrE
/sə'spens/
AmE
/sə'spens/

noun - a feeling of nervousness or excitement when you are expecting something new to happen, change or be revealed

 
complaint - reklamace
BrE
/kəm'pleɪnt/
AmE
/kəm'pleɪnt/

noun - a statement that shows that you are unhappy about or not satisfied with a product or a service

invoke
invoke - odvolávat se (na něco), dovolávat se (něčeho)
BrE
/ɪn'vəʊk/
AmE
/ɪn'voʊk/

verb - to mention something, usually a law, a theory or someone else's words, to justify what you are doing

 
graduate school - vysoká škola (část pro postgraduální studium)
BrE
/'grædʒuət ˌsku:l/
AmE
/'grædʒuət ˌsku:l/

noun, American English - a part of a college or a university where students who already have a first degree are taught

 
tolerance - tolerance, snášenlivost
BrE
/'tɒlərəns/
AmE
/'tɑ:lərəns/

noun - the ability to respect other people and their opinions etc. especially if they are different from your own

 
outing - odhalení homosexuality
BrE
/'aʊtɪŋ/
AmE
/'aʊt̬ɪŋ/

noun - a situation in which it is made public that a person is gay when this information was supposed to be private

padlock
padlock - visací zámek
BrE
/'pædlɒk/
AmE
/'pædlɑ:k/

noun - a type of lock that is used to fasten one thing to another, it is usually put on gates or bicycles

 
Northern Ireland - Severní Irsko
BrE
/ˌnɔ:ðən'aɪələnd/
AmE
/ˌnɔ:rðərn'aɪərlənd/

noun - the part of the United Kingdom which is located on the large island west of Great Britain, its capital is Belfast

 
estimation - odhad
BrE
/ˌestɪ'meɪʃn/
AmE
/ˌestɪ'meɪʃn/

noun - an opinion or a guess about how much something is going to cost, how big something is going to be etc.

flooding
flooding - záplava
BrE
/'flʌdɪŋ/
AmE
/'flʌdɪŋ/

noun - a situation in which an area, that is usually dry, is covered with large amounts of water, especially after heavy rain

 
due date - datum splatnosti
BrE
/'dju: deɪt/
AmE
/'du: deɪt/

noun - the date when something is supposed to be paid

smithereens
smithereens - kousíčky, padrť, cimprampr
BrE
/ˌsmɪðə'ri:nz/
AmE
/ˌsmɪðə'ri:nz/

noun, informal - small pieces into which something is broken or smashed

 
wittingly - vědomě, úmyslně, záměrně
BrE
/'wɪtɪŋli/
AmE
/'wɪtɪŋli/

adverb - in a way that is done knowingly and deliberately