mock examination - zkouška nanečisto, cvičná zkouška, přípravná zkouška

noun - an examination where the results don't count, usually taken as practice before the real exam

 

recruit - rekrut

noun - a person who has just started working for the police or joined the armed forces

 

what if - co když, co kdyby

phrase - the words we use at the beginning of a question asking about a hypothetical possibility

 

optimism - optimismus

noun - the ability to see the good side of everything; a belief in a good end

 

number - očíslovat

verb - to write numbers to show the order in which the things go after one another

 

nerve - nerv

noun - a threadlike part of the body that carries impulses and messages from/to the brain

 

how many - kolik

determiner - an expression used at the beginning of questions to find out the number of something

muffler - tlumič výfuku, výfukový tlumič

noun - a device fixed to the exhaust pipe of a car etc. that reduces the noise

 

Luna Lovegood - Lenka Láskorádová

noun - (Harry Potter) a friend of Harry Potter, her father runs the tabloid newspaper The Quibbler

lightning - blesk, blesky

noun - the flash of light you can see in the sky when there is a storm

kidney - ledvina

noun - one of the two organs in your body that separate waste liquid from the blood

urinate - močit

verb, formal - to go to the toilet and let the yellowish liquid come out of your body

dashboard - palubní deska (auta)

noun - the board in front of a car with the steering wheel, speedometer and other controls

dial a number - vytočit číslo

verb - to use your finger to push the buttons or turn the dial on a phone

 

disapproval - nesouhlas, nelibost, odmítnutí

noun - the state of not agreeing with something, the state of thinking that something is wrong