road - ulice

noun - a street, often used in names

semaphore - signalizace praporky, signalizace pažemi, semafor (abeceda)

noun - a signalling system based on the waving of a pair of hand-held flags in a particular pattern

stoplight - semafory, semafor

noun, American English - the system that directs the traffic at a place where two streets meet, it has three lights, green, yellow (amber) and red

 

light - světlo na semaforu, semafor

noun - the system that directs the traffic at a place where two streets meet using green for go and red for stop

 

talking of - když mluvíme o, když se tak bavíme o

phrase - while we are talking about someone or something

chagrined - zklamaný, naštvaný, rozčarovaný, roztrpčený

adjective, formal - disappointed and/or annoyed by something

 

DWI - řízení pod vlivem (zkr.)

noun, formal - short for 'driving while intoxicated', driving when drunk or drugged

 

intoxicated - opilý, pod vlivem alkoholu (drog)

adjective, formal - under the influence of alcohol or drugs

 

acknowledge - uznávat, uznat (např. autoritu)

verb - to accept someone's authority or status

 

enliven - oživit, učinit zajímavějším, zpestřit

verb, formal - to make something more interesting

hardening - otužování

noun - the process of becoming resistant to cold weather, imrpoving one's fitness and immunity etc.

hardened - otužilý

adjective - having become resistant to cold weather, having improved one's fitness and immunity

 

hardened - zpevněný, ztvrdlý, ztuhlý

adjective - having become hard

harden - otužit, otužit se, otužovat se

verb - to become resistant to cold weather etc., to improve one's immunity

 

exit poll - volební průzkum (těsně po hlasování)

noun - the activity of asking people how they have just voted to predict the result of the election