vaccine
vaccine - vakcína
BrE
/'væksi:n/
AmE
/væk'si:n/

noun - a substance usually used in injections to help people or animals not to get a particular disease

 
hoot - houkat, troubit, zahoukat, zatroubit (auto, sova)
BrE
/'hu:t/
AmE
/'hu:t/

verb, British English - to emit a clear sound that cars make as a warning, or to make a long sound that owls make

 
welfare - blahobyt, prospěch
BrE
/'welfeə/
AmE
/'welfer/

noun - state of being healthy, happy and satisfied

 
left-hand - levý (ten vlevo), po levé ruce, po levé straně
BrE
/'leftˌhænd/
AmE
/'leftˌhænd/

adjective - on the left side

 
right-hand - pravý (ten vpravo), po pravé ruce, po pravé straně
BrE
/'raɪtˌhænd/
AmE
/'raɪtˌhænd/

adjective - on the right side

 
fulfil - splnit , vykonat, vyplnit, splňovat
BrE
/fʊl'fɪl/
AmE
/fʊl'fɪl/

verb, British English - to meet someone's needs or desires, or to provide what is needed

dungeon
dungeon - hladomorna, žalář (podzemní)
BrE
/'dʌndʒən/
AmE
/'dʌndʒən/

noun - an underground prison that was used in the past

 
chateau - zámek, panské sídlo ve Francii
BrE
/'ʃætəʊ/
AmE
/ʃæ'toʊ/

noun - a castle or large country house in France

 
stirrer - míchadlo, promíchávač, míchač
BrE
/'stɜ:rə/
AmE
/'stɜ:rər/

noun - an object (usually a stick) that is used for mixing liquids, or a person who mixes liquids

 
forthcoming - nadcházející, blížící se
BrE
/ˌfɔ:θ'kʌmɪŋ/
AmE
/ˌfɔ:rθ'kʌmɪŋ/

adjective - something that has been planned and is going to happen soon

 
publicity - publicita, propagace
BrE
/pʌ'blɪsəti/
AmE
/pʌ'blɪsɪt̬i/

noun - informing people about a product and how good it is, or about a person and what he/she is doing

 
passive voice - trpný rod, pasivum
BrE
/ˌpæsɪv'vɔɪs/
AmE
/ˌpæsɪv'vɔɪs/

noun - the grammatical structure we use when the logical subject of the sentence is used as the grammatical subject, the structure is BE + past participle (be done, be finished, be stolen etc.)

 
directory enquiries - informace o telefonních číslech
BrE
/daɪ'rektəri ɪn'kwaɪəri:z/
AmE
/daɪ'rektəri ɪn'kwaɪri:z/

noun, British English - a telephone number that you can call to find out someone else's telephone number

 
overcrowded - přeplněný, přelidněný
BrE
/ˌəʊvə'kraʊdəd/
AmE
/ˌəʊvər'kraʊdəd/

adjective - filled with too many things or people

 
database - databáze
BrE
/'deɪtəˌbeɪs/
AmE
/'deɪt̬əˌbeɪs/

noun - data in a computer that you can access and sort easily