prenuptial agreement - předmanželská smlouva

noun - an official agreement made by a couple before they get married, in which they agree what will happen to their possessions if they get divorced

Medusa - Medúza (myt.)

noun - a mythological creature that looked like a woman with snakes instead of hair that could turn you into stone if you gazed into her eyes

pawnshop - zastavárna

noun - a shop where you can borrow money if you leave there a valuable object as a form of security that you will pay it back

hostage - rukojmí

noun - a civillian who is taken prisoner by a criminal who threatens to kill him/her if the government etc. does not do what he wants

 

ultimatum - ultimátum

noun - a warning to a person or a group of people that if they don't do what you tell them, you will do something to punish them

insurance - pojištění

noun - an arrangement in which you pay some money to a company and if something bad happens to you or your property, they pay the cost etc.

Zimmer frame - chodítko

noun, British English - (trademark) a light frame that you push in front of you when you are not able to walk properly, used especially if you are old or ill

 

take back - vzít zpět, odvolat, vrátit zpět

verb - to say that you didn't mean what you said and admit you shouldn't have said it, to change what has been done as if it never happened

guarantee - záruka

noun - a promise that something will be done or will happen, a written promise that a product will be repaired or replaced if something is wrong with it

dizzy - mající závrať, pociťující motání hlavy

adjective - feeling as if the world is turning around you and that you might fall, usually as a result of being somewhere very high, or of an illness

pawnbroker - zastavárna, zastavárník

noun - a shop (or its owner) where you can borrow money if you leave there a valuable object as a form of security that you will pay it back

 

en passant - braní mimochodem (v šachu)

adverb - (French) a special move in chess in which the pawn that has moved by two squares can be captured as if it had only moved by one square

 

pre-nup - předmanželská smlouva

noun, informal - short for prenuptial agreement (an official agreement made by a couple before they get married, in which they agree what will happen to their possessions if they get divorced)