swing - houpačka

noun - a seat hanging from something that you can sit on and move back and forth for fun

steel - ocel

noun - a hard strong metal made from iron mixed with carbon, it is used for making knives etc.

blowtorch - opalovací lampa, plamenomet

noun - a burner that produces very hot flame, it is used to remove old paint from a surface

 

radius - poloměr

noun - the distance (or a line) from the centre of a circle (or a sphere) to its edge

wreath - věnec

noun - a circular ornament made from flowers, it is often worn on the head or used as decoration

 

mayo - majonéza, majolka

noun, informal - white or yellow sauce made from eggs and other ingredients, people often put it in salads etc.

VCR - video, videorekordér

noun - a machine that can play films on a cassette or record them from TV on a cassette

maternity leave - mateřská (dovolená)

noun - a period of paid absence from work in the weeks before and after a woman gives birth

 

backwards compatibility - zpětná kompatibilita (např. u počítače)

noun - a property of a product that allows it to use data from earlier versions of the system

 

kissass - vlezdoprdelka, patolízal

noun, informal - a person who behaves nicely to someone (esp. an authority) in order to gain favors from them

 

refugee - uprchlík

noun - a person who runs away from his country etc. to look for safety etc. (esp. during war)

 

parchment - pergamen

noun - a kind of paper used in the past, made from the skin of some animals (e.g. sheep)

 

quinine - chinin

noun - a drug extracted from the bark of a South American tree which was used to treat malaria

follow - sledovat (např. na sítích)

verb - to choose to receive updates and new content from a person, brand, or account on social media

 

secession - odtržení, oddělení, odloučení, vystoupení

noun - the action of withdrawing formally from membership in a union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization