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droplet - kapka, kapička

BrE

/'drɒplət/

AmE

/'drɑ:plət/

noun - a small drop of a liquid

islet - ostrůvek

BrE

/'aɪlət/

AmE

/'aɪlət/

noun - a small island

wavelet - vlnka

BrE

/'weɪvlət/

AmE

/'weɪvlət/

noun - a small wave

cornflake - kukuřičný lupínek

BrE

/'kɔ:nfleɪk/

AmE

/'kɔ:rnfleɪk/

noun - a small piece of crushed corn, usually eaten at breakfast with milk (used in plural)

must - nutnost

BrE

/'mʌst/

AmE

/'mʌst/

noun - something that you must do, have, see, read etc. (usually singular)

clean as a whistle - čistý jako ze škatulky

BrE

/ˌkli:n əz ə 'wɪsl/

AmE

/ˌkli:n əz ə 'wɪsl/

adjective, informal - remarkably clean

as old as the hills - starý jako Metuzalém, starý jako lidstvo samo

BrE

/æz ˌəʊld æz ðə 'hɪlz/

AmE

/æz ˌoʊld æz ðə 'hɪlz/

phrase - extremely old

plain as day - jasný, zřetelný, jasný jak facka

BrE

/pleɪn æz 'deɪ/

AmE

/pleɪn æz 'deɪ/

adjective, informal - apparent and easily understandable from the clues given

happy as a clam - šťastný jako blecha

BrE

/ˌhæpi æz ə 'klæm/

AmE

/ˌhæpi æz ə 'klæm/

adjective, American English - very happy, thrilled

as common as dirt - jak much, jak vší

BrE

/æz ˌkɒmən æz 'dɜət/

AmE

/æz ˌkɑ:mən æz 'dɜ:rt/

phrase, informal - very common, very frequent

be sick as a dog - zvracet jak Alík, zvracet jak protrženej

BrE

/bi: ˌsɪk æz ə 'dɒg/

AmE

/bi: ˌsɪk æz ə 'dɑ:g/

verb, informal - to feel nauseous, to feel extremely sick

disco - disko

BrE

/'dɪskəʊ/

AmE

/'dɪskoʊ/

noun - a music genre popular mainly in 1960s and 1970s

dodo - dodo

BrE

/'dəʊdəʊ/

AmE

/'doʊdoʊ/

noun - an extinct bird that had a long beak, long feathers, and could not fly

as dead as the dodo - vymřelý, zaniklý, pasé

BrE

/æz ˌded æz ðə 'dəʊdəʊ/

AmE

/æz ˌded æz ðə 'doʊdoʊ/

phrase, informal - no longer existing; no longer favoured

pair - spárovat, udělat dvojci

BrE

/'peə/

AmE

/'peər/

verb - to join two people or things together to make a pair

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