terminator - terminátor

noun - (from a movie) a robot which came from the future to kill an important person in order to change the future

referee - rozhodčí

noun - a person in a game or sport who prevents the players from breaking the rules, punishes players who break them etc.

 

standard of living - životní úroveň

noun - the quality of life that depends on the amount of money you have and on what you can and can't afford

surface - povrch, plocha, hladina

noun - the flat top or outside part of something, e.g. of a table etc; the flat top of a body of water

 

sum - shrnout, sečíst dohromady, sečíst

verb - to put everything together; to add all the numbers together; to come to a conclusion by putting all the things together

zebra crossing - přechod pro chodce

noun, British English - a place where pedestrians can cross a road, it is marked by white stripes painted on the surface of the road

gargle - kloktat, vykloktat

verb - to rinse the back of the mouth and throat with a liquid (mouthwash or some medicine) and then spit it out

shears - velké nůžky (např. zahradnické nebo na drůbež)

noun - a kind of large scissors used e.g. in the garden to trim bushes or in the kitchen to cut poultry etc.

cloak - plášť

noun - a loose piece of clothing that has no sleeves, you fasten it around the neck (it was used in the past)

 

vicious cycle - začarovaný cyklus

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

 

vicious spiral - začarovaná spirála

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem makes the first one even worse

 

vicious circle - začarovaný kruh

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

vane - korouhev

noun - a kind of device consisting of a thin flat piece of metal etc. that turns in the direction of the wind

encore - přídavek (na koncertě)

noun - an extra part of a performance (e.g. a few extra songs at the end of a concert) requested by the audience