salamander
salamander - mlok, salamandr
BrE
/ˌsælə'mændə/
AmE
/ˌsælə'mændər/

noun - a small creature with a soft body that lives both in water and on land, it looks like a lizard

spice
spice - koření
BrE
/'spaɪs/
AmE
/'spaɪs/

noun - a part of a plant with a strong taste and/or aroma that is used to give flavour to food

chopsticks
chopsticks - jídelní hůlky
BrE
/'tʃɒpstɪks/
AmE
/'tʃɑ:pstɪks/

noun - long thin pieces wood that are used in China, Japan etc. to eat with (instead of a knife and fork)

 
jet lag - desynchronismus, nemoc časových pásem
BrE
/'dʒetlæg/
AmE
/'dʒetlæg/

noun - the state of feeling tired and uneasy because of a long flight to a place in a different time zone

louse
louse - veš
BrE
/'laʊs/
AmE
/'laʊs/

noun - a small insect that feeds on the blood of people and animals, esp. the one that lives in people's hair

salad
salad - salát
BrE
/'sæləd/
AmE
/'sæləd/

noun - a kind of cold food that is made up of many different kinds of raw vegetables and sometimes mayonnaise etc.

life
life - život
BrE
/'laɪf/
AmE
/'laɪf/

noun - the quality of people and animals etc. that are alive, not dead; the time when people or animals are alive

knock down
knock down - porazit
BrE
/ˌnɒk'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌnɑ:k'daʊn/

verb - to hit somebody (by car etc.) in a way that makes the person fall down, and injures or kills him

pinch
pinch - špetka
BrE
/'pɪntʃ/
AmE
/'pɪntʃ/

noun - a small amount of salt, sugar etc., the amount that can be picked up between your thumb and index finger

police
police - policie
BrE
/pə'li:s/
AmE
/pə'li:s/

noun - the institution or men and women whose job is to protect people, make everybody obey the law, catch criminals etc.

refreshments
refreshments - občerstvení
BrE
/rɪ'freʃmənts/
AmE
/rɪ'freʃmənts/

noun - a light meal consisting of small amounts of food and drinks, usually served at public events or in public places

rubbish
rubbish - odpadky, odpad
BrE
/'rʌbɪʃ/
AmE
/'rʌbɪʃ/

noun, British English - things that are no longer needed and which you usually throw away, e.g. bits of food, old paper, tins etc.

ruler
ruler - pravítko
BrE
/'ru:lə/
AmE
/'ru:lər/

noun - a straight plastic or wooden thing which you can use for drawing straight lines and for measuring centimetres or inches

 
paradise - ráj
BrE
/'pærədaɪs/
AmE
/'pærədaɪs/

noun - a place where, as some people believe, good people go after they die, where everything is perfect and everybody happy

peek
peek - mrknout se, kouknout se, nakouknout, nakukovat
BrE
/'pi:k/
AmE
/'pi:k/

verb - to look at something in a quick and secret way, especially because you are not supposed to look at it