pay cut - snížení platu, krácení platu
BrE
/'peɪˌkʌt/
AmE
/'peɪˌkʌt/

noun - a reduction in the money you earn for your work (especially done if a company wants to reduce lay-offs)

pay rise
pay rise - zvýšení platu
BrE
/'peɪˌraɪz/
AmE
/'peɪˌraɪz/

noun, British English - an increase in the money you get for your work

 
die-hard - skalní (věrný), věrný
BrE
/'daɪˌhɑ:d/
AmE
/'daɪˌhɑ:rd/

adjective - loyal, not likely to abandon something

 
compound - uzavřený areál, ohraničený pozemek
BrE
/'kɒmpaʊnd/
AmE
/'kɑ:mpaʊnd/

noun - a group of buildings surrounded by a wall or fence

 
payslip - výplatní páska
BrE
/'peɪslɪp/
AmE
/'peɪslɪp/

noun, British English - a piece of paper that an employee always gets with the money they are paid for work

 
tut - ts (nesouhlasné zamlaskání)
BrE
/'tʌt/
AmE
/'tʌt/

interjection - the sound that you make with your mouth when you disapprove of something

 
tut - zamlaskat (nesouhlasně)
BrE
/'tʌt/
AmE
/'tʌt/

verb - to make a sound of disapproval by touching the top of your mouth with your tongue

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

, informal - not changing, always the same

 
tween - mezi
BrE
/'twi:n/
AmE
/'twi:n/

preposition, informal - a short form of 'between'

swab
swab - tampón (lékařský, čisticí apod.), vatička, kousek gázy
BrE
/'swɒb/
AmE
/'swɑ:b/

noun - a small piece of material (usually cotton wool) used to clean a wound, taking a specimen, or applying medication

 
candyfloss - cukrová vata
BrE
/'kændiflɒs/
AmE
/'kændiflɑ:s/

noun, British English - a type of popular sweet that is made of melted sugar and wound around wooden stick

 
cotton candy - cukrová vata
BrE
/'kɒtnˌkændi/
AmE
/'kɑ:tnˌkændi/

noun, American English - a type of popular candy that is made of melted sugar ad wound around wooden stick

 
cotton wool - vata
BrE
/ˌkɒtn'wʊl/
AmE
/ˌkɑ:tn'wʊl/

noun, British English - a soft mass of cotton-like material that is often used to cleanse skin

 
bouncy - skákací
BrE
/'baʊnsi/
AmE
/'baʊnsi/

adjective - something that bounces when it hits a hard surface

 
bouncy ball - hopík, skákací míček
BrE
/ˌbaʊnsi'bɔ:l/
AmE
/ˌbaʊnsi'bɔ:l/

noun - a small elastic ball that will bounce when it hits a hard surface