crackle - praskat, zapraskat, chrastit, šustit (např. oheň)

verb - to make a lot of short, sharp sounds like the sound of paper being crushed or a wood fire burning

breakdown lane - odstavný pruh

noun, American English - the lane at the side of a motorway or highway where vehicles can stop in case of breakdown or emergency

 

remand - vazba, vyšetřovací vazba, uvalení vazby, ponechání ve vazbě

noun, British English, technical - the act of sending a person who is accused of a crime back into custody while waiting for their trial

 

oddness - podivnost, zvláštnost, výstřednost, neobvyklost, odlišnost

noun - the quality of being strange or unusual; the state of being odd or different from what is expected or normal

 

murkiness - zakalenost, temnota, šerost, nejasnost, nepřehlednost

noun - the quality of being dark, gloomy, or hard to see through; the quality of being unclear or difficult to understand

 

Middle-earth - Středozem

noun - the fictional continent and setting for much of J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

retrofit - dovybavení, vylepšení vybavení, modernizace (budovy, stroje apod.)

noun - the addition or modification of a building, a machine or a piece of equipment to improve performance, efficiency, or adaptability

 

cheekily - drze, oprskle

adverb - in a way that is rude and impolite, especially of the behaviour of a younger person to an older one

 

sponge bath - mytí houbou, mytí žínkou

noun - a way of cleaning your body using a damp sponge or washcloth instead of getting into a bathtub or shower

 

key - tónina

noun - the scale or group of pitches that forms the basis of a composition, typically centered around a particular tonic note

 

hush money - peníze za mlčení, peníze za mlčenlivost (úplatek)

noun - a sum of money paid, typically in secret, to buy someone's silence or prevent disclosure of sensitive or damaging information

 

word search - osmisměrka

noun - a type of a puzzle in which you are supposed to find the letters of given words in a grid

 

leech - pijavice, parazit, příživník (člověk)

noun - somebody who takes advantage of other people for a long period of time by taking their food, money or profit

staple - svorka, skobka (do sešívačky)

noun - a piece of thin wire that you push into sheets of paper using a special tool to hold them together