caps - velká písmena, kapitálky

noun - a shortened form of 'capital letters' or 'capitals'

 

gain on - dohánět (koho)

verb - in a competition, to get closer to somebody who is ahead of you

 

go - změnit se (na co), přejít (na co)

verb - to change from one state/color to another

traffic light - světlo na semaforu

noun - one of the three lights - red, yellow or green - that tell you whether you have to stop your car or whether you can go

 

eke out a living - živořit, žít ze dne na den, těžko shánět obživu

verb - to earn barely enough money to survive

 

happen - náhodou tak být, náhodou se stát

verb - a verb we use to talk about a coincidence

 

buttock - hýždě

noun - one of the two the soft parts of the body that you sit on

facial - obličejová kosmetika, kosmetika (obličejová)

noun - a treatment of a person's face that usually involves massage, cleansing etc.

 

royalty - autorský honorář

noun - the money paid to the author(s) of a book, song, movie etc. every time somebody buys it

photograph - fotografovat

verb - to take pictures using a camera

 

leave a mark - poznamenat (někoho něčím), zanechat stopu (na někom)

verb - to change somebody, to have a serious effect on somebody

black and white - černobílý

adjective - (of films, photographs etc.) not in color

 

Harvard University - Harvardova univerzita, Harvardská univerzita

noun - America's oldest university, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

Harvard - Harvard

noun - America's oldest university, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

give somebody a break - nechat někoho být, nechat někoho na pokoji

verb - to leave someone alone, stop criticizing, attacking, bossing around somebody