measuring tape - metr (svinovací i krejčovský)

noun - a long strip of cloth, or flexible plastic or metal used to measure the length of things

 

pulse - pulz, tep, puls

noun - the regular beat of the heart, can be felt at the wrist or side of the neck

sideburns - kotlety, licousy

noun - the facial hair that grows on the side of a person's face (in front of their ears)

 

lamprey - mihule

noun - a kind of fish with round mouth (with no jaw) that sucks the blood of other fish

 

purity - nevinnost, neposkvrněnost, cudnost

noun - the state of being morally clean, free of evil thoughts etc. (esp. connected with women and sex)

 

Eskimo - eskymácký

adjective - connected with the tribes of people who originally inhabited the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, Russia etc.

 

parchment - pergamen

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

groom - upravovat srst (zvířete), česat (zvíře), hřebelcovat (koně)

verb - to care for the fur or skin of an animal, to brush the fur of an animal

plane - hoblík

noun - a tool used for making the surface of wood smooth by removing very thin layers of it

 

laryngitis - laryngitida, zánět hrtanu

noun - a painful swelling of the area at the top of the throat, making it difficult to speak

 

dislocate - vymknout, vykloubit, vyhodit (si)

verb - (of the shoulder, ankle etc.) to move a bone out of its normal position in a joint

 

sick leave - nemocenská, neschopenka (časové období)

noun - a period of time you do not go to work because of an illness, injury, disease etc.

 

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

 

code - soubor zásad, principů

noun, formal - a set of moral principles that are accepted and used by society or a group of people

treble clef - houslový klíč

noun - the musical symbol determining the pitch of the notes, placed on the second line of the stave