acoustics - akustika (nějakého místa)

noun - the way sound behaves in a particular place

acoustics - akustika

noun - the study of sound

 

deputy - policista, strážník

noun - a kind of a police officer who works for the Sheriff

chives - pažitka, šnytlík

noun - the leaves of a plant with long hollow cylindrical leaves that are used as seasoning

 

from cover to cover - úplně celé, od začátku až do konce

adverb - from the beginning to the end of a magazine, book, etc.

from scratch - od začátku, od nuly, ze základních surovin, bez přípravy

adverb - from the beginning, without using anything that was prepared before

 

give birth - porodit

verb - to have a baby

 

make eyes at - dělat oči na (koho)

verb - to look at someone in a flirting way

 

with flying colours - úspěšně, zdárně, na výbornou, s vyznamenáním

adverb - successfully, with excellent results

 

between the devil and the deep blue sea - v bryndě, před nelehkou volbou, v nesnázích, v úzkých

adverb - in a difficult situation where there are two equally inconvenient choices

 

just like that - jen tak, z ničeho nic

phrase - very suddenly and unexpectedly

 

word for word - slovo od slova

phrase - in exactly the same words

 

wash - (u)mytí

noun - the act of cleaning something or someone with water, soap, shampoo etc.

 

I could eat a horse - hladový jak vlk, (tak hladový že) bych snědl(a) koně

phrase, informal - a phrase meaning 'I'm really hungry'

 

fat chance - ani náhodou, (to) sotva, (to) těžko

phrase, informal - used to say that you do not believe that something will happen