diving board - skokanský můstek, skokanské prkno

noun - a long board from which you jump into the swimming pool

 

junior high - nižší gymnázium, druhý stupeň základní školy

noun, American English - the school which children attend between elementary school and high school

 

punk - punk (styl hudby)

noun, informal - a music genre popular in the last 1970s and early 1980s

 

witchcraft - čarodějnictví

noun - the use of magic powers to help or harm other people

aground - na mělčině, na zemi

adjective - (of a ship etc.) in shallow water or on the ground

 

downsize - zredukovat, snížit (stavy ve společnosti)

verb - to reduce the number of employees in order to reduce costs

 

eruption - erupce, výbuch (např. o sopce)

noun - (of a volcano) an explosion that sends rocks into the air

 

spruce up - dát (se) do pucu, hodit (se) do gala, poladit, porovnat

verb, informal - to make someone or something cleaner; to improve the appearance generally

 

in favour of - pro (co), ve prospěch (čeho)

preposition - in support of someone or something, for the reason of something

 

band - skupina, skupinka

noun - a group of people who have the same interests or ideas

 

base - základ umocňování (mat.)

noun - the number that is going to be raised to a power

 

looting - rabování

noun - the activity of stealing from shops after a riot, fire, etc.

 

confluence - soutok (řek)

noun - the place where two rivers flow together and become one river

 

sumo wrestling - zápas sumo

noun - a Japanese type of wrestling where the opponent are very large

 

appointment - jmenování, ustanovení (do pracovní pozice)

noun - the act of choosing someone for a position or a job