detective story - detektivní příběh, detektivka
BrE
/dɪ'tektɪv stɔ:ri/
AmE
/dɪ'tektɪv stɔ:ri/

noun - a story in which there is a detective who tries to solve a crime

 
mull - zvažovat, přemýšlet, promýšlet, uvažovat
BrE
/'mʌl/
AmE
/'mʌl/

verb - to think about something slowly and carefully

 
key - klíč (odpovědi), odpovědi, řešení
BrE
/'ki:/
AmE
/'ki:/

noun - the answers to an exercise

 
quick on the uptake - bystrý, chápavý
BrE
/ˌkwɪk ɒn ði: 'ʌpteɪk/
AmE
/ˌkwɪk ɑ:n ði: 'ʌpteɪk/

adjective, informal - quick to understand something

 
page-turner - čtivá kniha, strhující kniha
BrE
/'peɪdʒˌtɜ:nə/
AmE
/'peɪdʒˌtɜ:rnər/

noun - a book that is hard to put down, because it's very interesting or exciting

headlamp
headlamp - přední světlo (auta)
BrE
/'hedlæmp/
AmE
/'hedlæmp/

noun, British English - one of the bright lights at the front of a vehicle

 
main beams - dálková světla
BrE
/'meɪnˌbi:mz/
AmE
/'meɪnˌbi:mz/

noun, British English - headlights that you use at night when there's no traffic so you can see farther

high beams
high beams - dálková světla
BrE
/'haɪˌbi:mz/
AmE
/'haɪˌbi:mz/

noun, American English - headlights that you use at night when there's no traffic so you can see farther

 
high beam headlights - dálková světla
BrE
/'haɪˌbi:m'hedlaɪts/
AmE
/'haɪˌbi:m'hedlaɪts/

noun, American English - headlights that you use at night when there's no traffic so you can see farther

 
low beam headlights - potkávací světla, klopená světla
BrE
/'ləʊˌbi:m'hedlaɪts/
AmE
/'loʊˌbi:m'hedlaɪts/

noun, American English - headlights that you use when there's traffic on the road

 
dipped headlights - potkávací světla, klopená světla
BrE
/ˌdɪpt'hedlaɪts/
AmE
/ˌdɪpt'hedlaɪts/

noun, British English - headlights that you use when there's traffic on the road

low beams
low beams - potkávací světla, klopená světla
BrE
/'ləʊˌbi:mz/
AmE
/'loʊˌbi:mz/

noun, American English - headlights that you use when there's traffic on the road

 
come round - probrat se z bezvědomí
BrE
/ˌkʌm'raʊnd/
AmE
/ˌkʌm'raʊnd/

verb - to become conscious again after an accident

 
use up - spotřebovat
BrE
/ju:z 'ʌp/
AmE
/ju:z 'ʌp/

verb - to use all of something

 
insist on - trvat na něčem
BrE
/ɪn'sɪst ˌɒn/
AmE
/ɪn'sɪst ˌɑ:n/

verb - to say that it is important that somebody should do something or that something should be done