ballroom dancing - společenský tanec, společenské tance

noun - a type of dancing in which a man and a woman dance together and use different steps for particular kinds of music, e.g. waltz, tango

cookie-cutter - jednolitý, jednotvárný, nenápaditý (stejný jako ostatní)

adjective, American English - used to describe things of the same type which all look almost the same and rather boring, showing lack of imagination and not much character

 

longitude - délka (zeměpisná), zeměpisná délka

noun - the distance of a place east or west of the zero meridian (imaginary line between the North and South pole that runs through Greenwich, England)

leg - noha (dolní končetina)

noun - one of the two parts of the body that we walk on, it has a knee in the middle and a foot at the end

jury - porota (u soudu)

noun - a group of people (chosen from the public) in a court who help to decide whether a person is guilty of a crime or not

cushion - polštář, polštářek (ozdobný, k sezení)

noun - a kind of a pillow, a bag of cloth filled with soft material that you sit on or put on a sofa to decorate it

bolt - závora, zástrčka, západka

noun - a piece of metal that you can slide on the inside of your door in order to fasten it and protect it from being opened

tabloid - plátek (noviny), bulvár (noviny), bulvární plátek

noun - a popular kind of newspaper that is printed on smaller sheets of paper, usually in color, the news in it is not usually very serious

xylophone - xylofon

noun - a musical instrument consisting of a set or sets of flat metal bars that make a sound when they are hit with a small hammer

 

diameter - průměr (např. kruhu)

noun - the distance between two points on the circumference of a circle that can be connected by a straight line passing the center of the circle

Nevada - Nevada

noun - a state in the west of the USA known for its deserts, the capital of gambling - Las Vegas (although the real capital is Carson City)

 

gerund - gerundium

noun - the form of a verb that can be used instead of a noun, in English it has the ending -ING (swimming, being, knowing, having etc.)

 

ending - koncovka

noun - a group of letters added to the end of a word in order to create a different form (such as plural -s, past -ed etc,)

 

specialization - specializace, zaměření

noun - a particular area of work or study that you know a lot about and spend a great deal of your time and energy on it

 

dialect - nářečí, dialekt

noun - a variety of a language used by a particular group of people, the variety may differ from the main language in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation