pawnshop - zastavárna

noun - a shop where you can borrow money if you leave there a valuable object as a form of security that you will pay it back

pawnbroker - zastavárna, zastavárník

noun - a shop (or its owner) where you can borrow money if you leave there a valuable object as a form of security that you will pay it back

 

pawn - dát do zástavy, zastavit

verb - to use a valuable object as a guarantee that you will pay back money that you borrow

 

pawn - figurka (přeneseně)

noun - a person controlled by somebody else

 

seedy - pochybný, zanedbaný, špinavý, zpustlý, nevalné pověsti (člověk, místo)

adjective, informal - a person or a place that is dirty and unpleasant and may be connected with illegal or immoral activities

 

out of your element - ne ve své kůži, ne ve svém živlu

adjective - uncomfortable and unhappy because you are doing something that you are not good at and do not enjoy

in your element - ve svém živlu, jako ryba ve vodě

adjective - doing what you enjoy very much and are good at

sifter - prosévačka, sítko (např. na mouku)

noun - a container with a handle that has a fine mesh in the bottom used for aerating flour and removing large clumps

 

sifter - sypátko (např. na cukr)

noun, British English - a container with small holes in the top that is used for scattering sugar or a similar substance onto things

mannequin - figurína v obchodě nebo ve výkladní skříni

noun - a full-size model of the human body that is used in shops or shop windows to display clothes

 

dry run - zkouška nanečisto, nácvik

noun, informal - a complete and detailed practice of something that is done to make sure the real thing will work or run smoothly

 

dummy run - zkouška nanečisto, nácvik

noun, informal - a complete and detailed practice of something that is done to make sure the real thing will work or run smoothly

 

CPR - dýchání z úst do úst a masáž srdce, kardiopulmonární resuscitace

noun - the abbreviation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation - a method of saving life by breathing into someone's mouth and pressing repeatedly on their chest

 

replica - replika, věrná kopie, reprodukce

noun - a very good copy of something

 

dummy - loutka břichomluvce

noun - a small model of a person that a ventriloquist uses to pretend it can speak