obsession - posedlost

noun - the state of being interested in something too much, in a way that is not normal or healthy

harness - postroj, popruhy

noun - a piece of equipment that consists of leather straps, it is used for example to control a horse

umbrella - deštník

noun - a thing that you hold above your head when it is raining in order not to get wet

 

tapestry - tapiserie

noun - a thick cloth that is hung on walls and which has pictures and other designs embroidered on it

teller - pokladní (v bance), bankovní pokladník

noun - a person who works in a bank and whose job is to receive and/or pay out money

 

promotion - proměna (v šachu)

noun - the move in chess in which the pawn is replaced by either a queen, rook, knight or bishop

plasterboard - sádrokarton

noun, British English - a kind of material used to build interior walls and ceilings, it is made of plaster and paper

 

Samhain - svátek Samhain

noun - an old Gaelic festival celebrating the end of summer, Halloween is said to have evolved from this holiday

 

appraise - hodnotit, ohodnotit, zhodnotit

verb - to look at someone in order to say how good they are, how good their performance is etc.

 

quack - šarlatán

noun, informal - a doctor who only pretends to be a doctor or who is very bad at his/her job

 

interim - dočasný, přechodný

adjective - not permanent, done only for a short time (e.g. until something else is done, something else happens etc.)

postcode - poštovní směrovací číslo

noun, British English - a code made up of numbers and/or letters that identifies the place where a letter is sent

yeast - kvasnice, droždí

noun - a kind of fungus that is added to make dough rise or used in making beer or wine

cod - treska

noun - a fish that lives in the Atlantic Ocean and is used for food (esp. its meat and liver)

 

object - předmět (věty)

noun - the part of a sentence that says who or what is affected by the action of the subject