single parent family - neúplná rodina

noun, formal - a family where the children is raised by one parent only

 

livestock - hospodářská zvířata

noun - the animals that are kept on a farm for food etc.

 

gas tank - palivová nádrž

noun - a large container in a car where the fuel is stored

loo paper - toaletní papír

noun, British English, informal - soft paper that you use when you go to the toilet

ice skating - (lední) bruslení

noun - the activity or sport of moving on ice wearing ice-skates

 

vine-ripened - zrající na větvičce (keře)

adjective - being allowed to ripen on the vine before it is picked

 

rent-free - bez placení nájemného

adverb - without rent, not requiring that people pay the rent for it

 

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

 

sensitivity - citlivost

noun - the ability to understand and respond to people's feelings, needs, emotions

 

Saudi Arabia - Saudská Arábie

a large country on the Arabian Peninsula, its capital is Riyadh

 

back to square one - zpátky, na začátek, na nulu

phrase, informal - to start again because the way you were doing something failed

 

five o'clock shadow - strniště (nepatrné)

noun, informal - beard growth visible in the evening on a man's shaved face

 

diving board - skokanský můstek, skokanské prkno

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