radish - ředkvička, ředkev

noun - a small red or white vegetable that grows underground, it has a strong taste and is usually eaten raw e.g. in salads etc.

rake - hrabat (hráběmi)

verb - to gather leaves or dried grass with a gardening tool that has a long handle and a row of teeth at the end

 

space probe - vesmírná sonda

noun - a kind of spacecraft with no people in it that is sent through space to gather information and send it back to earth

 

soap opera - telenovela, nekonečný seriál

noun - a television serial with many episodes that shows the life of a group of people, it is usually very emotional and far-fetched

 

orienteering - orientační běh

noun - a kind of sport in which you have to find a certain place as quickly as possible using a map and a compass

 

chromium - chrom

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 24) a blue-white metal resistant to corrosion, it is used in stainless steel and other alloys

 

neon - neon

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 10) a colorless gas that gives a red glow when used in discharge tubes and advertising signs

 

crouch - přikrčení

noun - the position of the body in which the knees and the body is slightly bent so that you are closer to the ground

medicine man - šaman

noun - a person (esp. among Native Americans) who is believed to be able to communicate with the spiritual world and has special healing powers

 

godfather - kmotr

noun - a man who is present at a child's baptism and who promises to be responsible for teaching the child about the Christian ways

 

godmother - kmotra

noun - a woman who is present at a child's baptism and who promises to be responsible for teaching the child about the Christian ways

 

godparent - kmotr, kmotra

noun - a person who is present at a child's baptism and who promises to be responsible for teaching the child about the Christian ways

 

Arthur C. Clarke - Arthur C. Clarke

a famous author of sci-fi novels and short stories, e.g. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Randezvous with Rama, Songs of Distant Earth etc.

 

Pictionary - hra pictionary

noun - a game in which a player has to draw pictures representing given words and their team has to guess what the words are