department - ministerstvo

noun, American English - a governmental organisation that is in charge of a particular sector of public administration (health, education, defense, foreign affairs etc.)

 

head-on - čelně (např. o nehodě)

adverb - in a way that the front of something (e.g. a car) hits the front of something else (e.g. another car)

truffle - lanýž (houba nebo cukrovinka)

noun - a very expensive type of fungus that grows underground, often used in cooking, or a soft sweet made of chocolate

 

Babygro - bodýčko, dětské bodýčko, overálek

noun - one piece of clothing for babies that covers the whole body, or sometimes just the top part of the body

balance - zůstatek (účtu), dlužná částka

noun - the amount of money left in your account, the amount of many that you owe on your credit card etc.

fossil - zkamenělina, fosílie

noun - a part of a living organism or the shape of its body preserved in rock for a very long time

 

conclude - dojít k závěru, udělat závěr

verb - to come to the end of; to form an opinion at the end of something that you have gone through

high heel - vysoký podpatek, bota na vysokém podpatky

noun - a long part of a woman's shoe that supports the back of the foot; or a shoe with this part

chairlift - lanovka (sedačková)

noun - a way of transporting people (esp. skiers) on a kind of chair travelling through the air fastened to a cable

 

ski - lyže (jedna)

noun - one of the two long narrow pieces of wood or plastic fastened to your boots used for sliding over snow

tea - čaj

noun - a kind of hot drink made from dry leaves of some plants, people in Britain often drink it with milk

countdown - odpočítávání

noun - counting backwards (esp. before something is supposed to happen - an explosion of a bomb, the launch of a rocket etc.)

 

pagan - pohanský

adjective - of a religion that worships many gods (esp. the kind of a religion that existed before Christianity, Islam, Buddhism etc.)

 

jet lag - desynchronismus, nemoc časových pásem

noun - the state of feeling tired and uneasy because of a long flight to a place in a different time zone

scissors - nůžky

noun - a tool used for cutting things, such as paper, hair, etc., it consists of two long, sharp pieces of metal