rooftop - střecha

noun - the top of a building that protects it from rain and wind and snow

wiper - stěrač

noun - one of the devices that remove water etc. from the windscreen of a car

lift - výtah

noun, British English - a machine that can take you from one floor of a building to another

 

tramp - tulák, vandrák

noun - a person who has no home or job and travels from place to place

charity - charita, dobročinnost

noun - an organisation that collects money from people in order to help people in need

background - původ, minulost

noun - the origin of something; the type of family or class that you come from

brush off - smést, oprášit

verb - to remove small particles from the surface by a brush or by the hand

burglar - lupič

noun - a person who comes into somebody's house in order to steal things from it

ditch - příkop, strouha, škarpa, stoka

noun - a long channel built along a road etc. to drain water from the road

distance - vzdálenost, dálka

noun - the space between two points, how far it is from one place to another

curry - kari (pokrm)

noun - a dish with meat, rice, a lot of spices etc. which comes from India

elevator - výtah

noun - a machine that can take you from one floor of a building to another

 

shot - výstřel, rána (výstřel)

noun - the act of shooting; the sound you hear when somebody shoots from a gun

robber - lupič (bankovní apod.)

noun - a person who steals money from a place (e.g. a bank) or another person

rifle - puška

noun - a kind of gun with a long barrel, it is fired from the shoulder