nymphomaniacal - nymfomanský
BrE
/nɪmfəʊmə'naɪəkl/
AmE
/nɪmfəʊmə'naɪəkl/

adjective - affected with excessive sexual desire

 
nymphomaniac - nymfomanka
BrE
/'nɪmfəmeɪniæk/
AmE
/'nɪmfəmeɪniæk/

noun - a woman who wants to have sex more often than is considered normal

 
kleptomaniac - kleptoman
BrE
/kleptə'meɪniæk/
AmE
/kleptə'meɪniæk/

noun - a person who has a strong uncontrollable desire to steal things

 
egomaniac - egoista
BrE
/i:gəʊ'meɪniæk/
AmE
/i:gəʊ'meɪniæk/

noun - a person who is obsessively interested in themselves

 
technomania - technománie
BrE
/teknəʊ'meɪniə/
AmE
/teknəʊ'meɪniə/

noun - the enthusiasm for modern technology

 
pyromania - pyrománie
BrE
/paɪrəʊ'meɪniə/
AmE
/paɪrəʊ'meɪniə/

noun - a mental illness in which a person has a strong desire to start fires

cone off
cone off - uzavřít část silnice pomocí kuželů
BrE
/ˌkəʊn'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌkoʊn'ɑ:f/

verb, British English - to close a part of the road using traffic cones

 
conical - kuželovitý
BrE
/'kɒnɪkl/
AmE
/'kɑ:nɪkl/

adjective - cone-shaped

faint
faint - malátný, cítící se na omdlení
BrE
/'feɪnt/
AmE
/'feɪnt/

adjective - feeling very weak, likely to lose consciousness

 
faint-hearted - nesmělý, bojácný, zbabělý, bázlivý
BrE
/ˌfeɪnt'hɑ:tɪd/
AmE
/'feɪnt'hɑ:rt̬ɪd/

adjective - not brave or confident, afraid of failing

 
the Privy Council - královská rada
BrE
/ðəˌprɪvi'kaʊnsl/
AmE
/ðəˌprɪvi'kaʊnsl/

noun - the group of advisers to the British monarch

outhouse
outhouse - latrína, kadibudka
BrE
/'aʊthaʊs/
AmE
/'aʊthaʊs/

noun, American English - an outdoor toilet

privy
privy - latrína, kadibudka
BrE
/'prɪvi/
AmE
/'prɪvi/

noun, dated - an outdoor toilet

privy
privy - zasvěcený (do čeho)
BrE
/'prɪvi/
AmE
/'prɪvi/

adjective, formal - allowed to know something that other aren't allowed to know

 
pathos - patos, dojemnost
BrE
/'peɪθɒs/
AmE
/'peɪθɑ:s/

noun, literary - the quality of something that produces a feeling of sadness or sympathy