dinner jacket - smoking, smokink

noun, British English - a special jacket worn at formal occasions, usually with a bow tie

 

baloney - blbosti, nesmysly, voloviny

noun, American English, informal - nonsense or lies

 

drop the ball - pokazit, zpackat, podělat

verb, American English, informal - to make a mistake and spoil something, especially by not paying attention or by being careless

trusty - věrný, spolehlivý, lety prověřený

adjective - that you have had for a long time and you can always rely on (often used humorously)

hatch out - vylíhnout se, líhnout se, vyklubat se

verb - (of birds, reptiles etc.) to come out of the egg, or (of eggs) to break and let a baby animal come out

squeegee - stěrka (např. na čištění skla)

noun - a tool on a short or long handle with thin rubber edge used for cleaning flat surfaces such as glass, or spreading liquids on surfaces

 

hypochondriac - hypochondr

noun - someone who worries about their health too much and often thinks and says they are ill even when they are not

grown-up - dospělácký, dospělý

adjective - connected with adults

adult - dospělý

adjective - of age, grown-up

 

young adult - adolescent, mladý dospělý

noun - a person in their late teens or early twenties

 

vote in - zvolit (do funkce)

verb - to elect somebody for a particular position

 

make the bed - ustlat postel

verb - to arrange the sheets and blankets on a bed

 

business partner - obchodní partner

noun - an organisation that shares business with another organisation

 

retina - sítnice (oka)

noun - a layer of tissue at the back of the eye that receives light and sends pictures of what the eye sees to the brain

 

call centre - telefonické centrum

noun, British English - an office in which a lot of employees work using phones, for example providing information to customers, or taking customers’ orders