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

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.

plaster
plaster - náplast
BrE
/'plɑ:stə/
AmE
/'plæstər/

noun - a piece of material that is stuck over a part of the body that has been injured lightly (cut, burnt etc.)

sponge
sponge - houba
BrE
/'spʌndʒ/
AmE
/'spʌndʒ/

noun - a piece of soft material full of small holes, it is used for washing things with, because it easily hold water

ring
ring - prsten, prstýnek
BrE
/'rɪŋ/
AmE
/'rɪŋ/

noun - a small metal thing which you wear on your finger as a decoration, it is usually made of silver or gold

 
duke - vévoda
BrE
/'dju:k/
AmE
/'du:k/

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

interrogation
interrogation - výslech
BrE
/ɪnˌterə'geɪʃn/
AmE
/ɪnˌterə'geɪʃn/

noun - a period of time in which a prisoner or a suspect is asked a lot of questions about a crime etc.

zebra crossing
zebra crossing - přechod pro chodce
BrE
/ˌzebrə'krɒsɪŋ/
AmE
/ˌzi:brə'krɑ:sɪŋ/

noun, British English - a place where pedestrians can cross a road, it is marked by white stripes painted on the surface of the road

 
yo-yo - jojo
BrE
/'jəʊjəʊ/
AmE
/'joʊjoʊ/

noun - a disk on a string that is used as a toy, it can be made to run down and up again

 
youth hostel - ubytovna, ubytovna pro mládež
BrE
/ˌju:θ'hɒstl/
AmE
/ˌju:θ'hɑ:stl/

noun - a kind of hotel in which you share your room with other people, it is usually much cheaper than normal hotels

tongue
tongue - jazyk (v ústech)
BrE
/'tʌŋ/
AmE
/'tʌŋ/

noun - the part of the body that you use to taste food, it is in your mouth and moves when you speak

 
Shrieking Shack - Chroptící chýše
BrE
/'ʃri:kɪŋʃæk/
AmE
/'ʃri:kɪŋʃæk/

noun - (Harry Potter) the haunted house in Hogsmeade that everyone tries to avoid, it is connected to Hogwarts by a secret passage

 
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

 
count down - odpočítávat
BrE
/ˌkaʊnt'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌkaʊnt'daʊn/

verb - to count backwards (esp. before something is supposed to happen - an explosion of a bomb, the launch of a rocket etc.)

fortuneteller
fortuneteller - 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