downtime - doba nečinnosti, odstávka, prostoj
BrE
/'daʊnˌtaɪm/
AmE
/'daʊnˌtaɪm/

noun - a period of time in which something (a machine) is inactive, a period of time in which a person is not working

 
estimate - odhad
BrE
/'estɪmət/
AmE
/'estɪmət/

noun - an opinion or a preliminary calculation of how much something is going to cost, how big something is going to be etc.

 
estimate - odhadnout, odhadovat
BrE
/'estɪmeɪt/
AmE
/'estɪmeɪt/

verb - to give your opinion or to calculate how much something is going to cost, how big something is going to be, etc.

 
conservatory - zimní zahrada, prosklená přístavba
BrE
/kən'sɜ:vətri/
AmE
/kən'sɜ:rvətɔ:ri/

noun, British English - a room with glass walls and glass roof that is attached to a house and is usually used to grow sensitive plants in

tabloid
tabloid - bulvární (noviny)
BrE
/'tæblɔɪd/
AmE
/'tæblɔɪd/

adjective - relating to a popular kind of newspaper that is printed on smaller sheets of paper, the news in it is not very serious

 
British Summer Time - letní čas
BrE
/ˌbrɪtɪʃ 'sʌmə taɪm/
AmE
/ˌbrɪtɪʃ 'sʌmər taɪm/

noun - the time used in the UK in summer that is one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (it is often abbreviated as BST)

bamboo
bamboo - bambus
BrE
/'bæmbu:/
AmE
/'bæmbu:/

noun - a tall tropical plant, it can be eaten when it is young or furniture can be made of it when it is older

 
check in - ozvat se (telefonem), stavit se (na krátkou návštěvu)
BrE
/ˌtʃek'ɪn/
AmE
/ˌtʃek'ɪn/

verb, informal - to contact somebody by phone to find out how he/she is; to visit somebody quickly to find out how he/she is

 
harmonic - harmonický, souzvučný, souladný, v souladu
BrE
/hɑ:'mɒnɪk/
AmE
/hɑ:r'mɑ:nɪk/

adjective - relating to or characterized by harmony, especially in music; involving frequencies that are whole-number multiples of a fundamental tone

pick at
pick at - nimrat se (v jídle), šťourat se (v jídle), dloubat (do jídla), bez chuti uzobávat
BrE
/'pɪk æt/
AmE
/'pɪk æt/

verb - to eat only small amounts of food slowly or without interest, often because you are not hungry or feel unwell

drainage
drainage - odvodnění, drenáž, odtok, kanalizace
BrE
/'dreɪnɪdʒ/
AmE
/'dreɪnɪdʒ/

noun - the process or system by which water or other liquids are removed from an area, usually through pipes or channels

 
word search - osmisměrka
BrE
/'wɜ:dˌsɜ:tʃ/
AmE
/'wɜ:rdˌsɜ:rtʃ/

noun - a type of a puzzle in which you are supposed to find the letters of given words in a grid

 
tourist trap - past na turisty, lákadlo pro turisty, turistická atrakce
BrE
/'tʊərɪst træp/
AmE
/'tʊrɪst træp/

noun - a place that many tourists visit, but where the prices of food, drinks and services are much higher than normal

tax return
tax return - daňové přiznání
BrE
/'tæks rɪˌtɜ:n/
AmE
/'tæks rɪˌtɜ:rn/

noun - an official document where you list all your incomes to calculate how much income tax you are supposed to pay

 
prompt - nápověda
BrE
/'prɒmpt/
AmE
/'prɑ:mpt/

noun - words that are spoken to an actor, to remind them what to say next during the performance of a play