inverted commas - uvozovky

noun, British English - punctuation marks that show where a quotation begins and ends (" " or ' '), also called quotation marks

common-sense - rozumný, smysluplný (založený na zdravém rozumu)

adjective - demonstrating practical reasoning or judgment based on ordinary experience and understanding

 

search me - nemám tušení, vůbec netuším, nemám páru, nemám potuchy

phrase, informal - a phrase that we say when we don't have the slightest idea

archive - archivovat, založit do archivu, ukládat do archivu

verb - to put documents and similar things in an archive

 

archival - archivní

adjective - related to saving and keeping old documents

rhizome - oddenek

noun - the side underground growth of some plants that can be used to start a new plant

 

give or take - plus minus, zhruba, přibližně

phrase - approximately

 

more or less - zhruba, přibližně, plus minus

phrase - approximately

checkmate - dát mat

verb - to put the opponent's king in a position from which there is no escape

 

life-saving - záchranný, život zachraňující

adjective - done to save lives

 

capture - zajetí, dopadení

noun - the act of making someone prisoner, the state of being prisoner

 

diagonal - úhlopříčka, diagonála

noun - a straight line connecting two nonadjacent corners of a rectangle, a square, etc.

 

file - sloupec (na šachovnici)

noun - a column of squares on a chessboard marked A-H

 

rank - řada (na šachovnici)

noun - a line of squares on the chessboard marked 1-8

 

priceless - směšný, k popukání

adjective - extremely funny