blank - prázdné místo (ve formuláři)
BrE
/'blæŋk/
AmE
/'blæŋk/

noun - an empty space, usually in a form, where you write letters or words

 
excellence - znamenitost, dokonalost, mistrovství
BrE
/'eksələns/
AmE
/'eksələns/

noun - greatness in something, the mastery of something, great skill or knowledge of something

prowess
prowess - zdatnost, dovednost, mistrovství
BrE
/'praʊəs/
AmE
/'praʊəs/

noun, formal - mastery, great skill

clean slate
clean slate - čistý štít, čistý rejstřík
BrE
/ˌkli:n'sleɪt/
AmE
/ˌkli:n'sleɪt/

noun - a clean record, a record that doesn't show any problems or past mistakes

sweet tooth
sweet tooth - chuť na sladké, závislost na sladkém
BrE
/ˌswi:t'tu:θ/
AmE
/ˌswi:t'tu:θ/

noun - the urge to eat sweet food often

 
festively - svátečně, slavnostně
BrE
/'festɪvli/
AmE
/'festɪvli/

adverb - in a festive way

scale
scale - odstranit šupiny
BrE
/'skeɪl/
AmE
/'skeɪl/

verb - to remove the scales (from a fish etc.), to lose scales

 
scaly - šupinatý
BrE
/'skeɪli/
AmE
/'skeɪli/

adjective - covered with scales

 
same old - stále stejný, ohraný, stále dokola
BrE
/'seɪmˌəʊld/
AmE
/'seɪmˌoʊld/

, informal - not changing, always the same

spoon
spoon - tulit se k sobě, přitulit se
BrE
/'spu:n/
AmE
/'spu:n/

verb, informal - to lie together with someone with both bodies facing the same direction and knees bent slightly, fitting together like two spoons

tap dancing
tap dancing - step (tanec)
BrE
/'tæpˌdɑ:nsɪŋ/
AmE
/'tæpˌdænsɪŋ/

noun - a kind of dancing where you wear special shoes that make sounds as you move around the floor

 
travesty - fraška, parodie, výsměch
BrE
/'trævəsti/
AmE
/'trævəsti/

noun - something that is really bad, and usually much worse than expected

haberdashery
haberdashery - galanterie
BrE
/'hæbədæʃəri/
AmE
/'hæbərdæʃəri/

noun, British English - a shop where they sell things for making clothes or accessories, or the goods sold in such shops

 
gallantry - galantnost
BrE
/'gæləntri/
AmE
/'gæləntri/

noun - polite attention usually given by men to women

 
operate - ovládat, manipulovat (s čím), používat, obsluhovat
BrE
/'ɒpəreɪt/
AmE
/'ɑ:pəreɪt/

verb - to make something work or be in action