history - historie, minulost (neaktuální věc)

noun - someone who is not important now, although they were in the past or something that happened in the past and is not important now

 

oesophagus - jícen

noun - a muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach, allowing food and liquids to pass from the mouth to the stomach for digestion

 

Lilo - nafukovací matrace

noun, British English - (trademark) a plastic or rubber mattress that is filled with air and is used as a bed when camping or for floating on water

pool - kulečník, biliár, pool

noun - a game played on a cloth-covered table in which two people use cues (long poles) and hit 16 coloured balls into six holes

identity card - průkaz totožnosti

noun - a card with a person's name, photograph, date of birth, and other information, people have to carry this card to prove who they are

cone - kornout

noun - a container that has a pointed bottom and round sides, often made of paper, plastic, or sometimes edible biscuit (to eat ice cream from)

 

corner shop - večerka (obchod)

noun, British English - a place where you can buy food, newspapers, toiletries etc., usually located in a residential part of a town and has long opening hours

convenience store - večerka (obchod)

noun - a place where you can buy food, newspapers, toiletries etc., usually located in a residential part of a town and has long opening hours

slacks - kalhoty (pohodlné, ležérně formální)

noun, American English - a pair of comfortable trousers that can be worn with a dress shirt and a blazer, but are no not part of a suit

go Dutch - zaplatit každý za své, platit každý zvlášť

verb - (in a restaurant) to pay only for things you've had (if there are more people, everyone pays for his/her food and drink separately)

 

pulley - kladka

noun - a simple device consisting of a wheel on an axle, you put a rope around the wheel and use it to lift loads etc.

 

Stephen King - Stephen King

noun - a popular American novelist, the master of horror, the author of bestsellers such as It, Carrie, The Shawshenk Redemption, The Green Mile and others

 

irregular verb - nepravidelné sloveso

noun - a verb that belongs to the group of verbs that do not form the past tense and past participle by using the ending -ED

 

duh - to je přece jasné, no jasně

interjection, American English, informal - an exclamation you use when something is obvious, for example when the other person asks you a question and the answer is obviously YES

card - blahopřání, přání

noun - a piece of hard paper with a picture and a short piece of text that is used to wish someone a happy birthday etc.