brush up
brush up - oprášit, osvěžit, oživit si (např. dovednost)
BrE
/ˌbrʌʃ 'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌbrʌʃ 'ʌp/

verb - to practice or improve your knowledge of something that you partly forgot

minute
minute - dělat zápis
BrE
/'mɪnɪt/
AmE
/'mɪnɪt/

verb - to write down what is said at a meeting

 
hint - naznačit, udělat narážku
BrE
/'hɪnt/
AmE
/'hɪnt/

verb - to suggest something in an indirect way

 
gown - lékařský plášť, chirurgický plášť, operační plášť
BrE
/'gaʊn/
AmE
/'gaʊn/

noun - a long piece of clothing worn by doctors, surgeons or patients over other clothes to protect them

gown
gown - dlouhé šaty, společenské šaty, večerní šaty
BrE
/'gaʊn/
AmE
/'gaʊn/

noun - a long dress worn on formal occasions

 
mockery - výsměch, utahování, posmívání, posměch
BrE
/'mɒkəri/
AmE
/'mɑ:kəri/

noun - the act of making fun of someone

 
mockingbird - drozdec, drozd
BrE
/'mɒkɪŋbɜ:d/
AmE
/'mɑ:kɪŋbɜ:rd/

noun - a type of bird that imitates the sounds of other birds

 
puzzle - zmást, poplést
BrE
/'pʌzl/
AmE
/'pʌzl/

verb - to make somebody confused

 
puzzle out - rozluštit, vyřešit, vypátrat
BrE
/ˌpʌzl'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌpʌzl'aʊt/

verb - to figure out a problem by thinking very carefully

 
gloat - mít škodolibou radost, usmívat se (vítězoslavně či škodolibě)
BrE
/'gləʊt/
AmE
/'gloʊt/

verb - to show that you are happy about your success or about someone else's failure

fly
fly - letět (letadlem), létat (letadlem)
BrE
/'flaɪ/
AmE
/'flaɪ/

verb - to travel by plane

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