hitch-hike - stopovat (jet stopem), jet stopem

verb - to stand by the road, lift up your thumb and wait for a driver to give you a lift; to travel in this manner

hitchhike - stopovat (jet stopem), jet stopem

verb - to stand by the road, lift up your thumb and wait for a driver to give you a lift; to travel in this manner

Scotch egg - skotské vejce, pštrosí vejce (pokrm)

noun - a hard-boiled or soft-boiled egg that is encased in sausage meat, coated in breadcrumbs, and then deep-fried or baked, usually eaten cold

 

dementia - demence, slabomyslnost

noun, technical - a serious mental condition in which a person gradually loses the ability to think, remember, and behave normally, usually because of disease or old age

lichen - lišejník

noun - a slow-growing organism that arises from a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium, often found on rocks, trees, or soil

 

totalitarian - totalitní

adjective - describing a political system in which the government has total control over every part of people’s lives and does not allow any opposition or freedom

 

congress - kongres

noun - the group of people who make laws in some countries, especially the United States, where it consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives

on-board computer - palubní počítač

noun - a special electronic tool inside a vehicle that keeps track of things like how the engine is working and how much fuel is being used

 

hoard - hromada, zásoba (ukrytá)

noun - a large collection of things, usually food or money, that a person hides so that they can use them later and others don't steal them

stir-fry - jídlo z orestovaného masa a zeleniny

noun - a dish made by stirring and frying small pieces of food quickly in very hot oil while moving them around, usually in a wok pan

 

moralist - moralista

noun - a person who has strong ideas about what is morally right and not, especially one who tries to teach other people how they should behave

TLC - laskavá péče

noun - short for 'tender loving care' (love, care and attention that you give someone to make them feel better, or something to make it look better)

handyman - domácí kutil, údržbář, opravář

noun - someone who is good at making and repairing things around the house; someone whose job is to perform minor repairs or maintenance work around houses

 

trailer - upoutávka na film, ukázky z filmu (reklamní)

noun - a kind of advertisement for a film that is made up of short parts of the film put together in an exciting and teasing way

leg - noha (dolní končetina)

noun - one of the two parts of the body that we walk on, it has a knee in the middle and a foot at the end