Governator - Governator

noun - the nickname of Arnorld Schwarzenegger as the governor of California, created by blending the words governor + terminator

 

sportsmanship - sportovní chování

noun - behavior in sport that shows respect for the rules of the game and for the other players

 

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

artery - tepna

noun - one of the tubes through which blood flows from the heart into other parts of the body

 

tundra - tundra

noun - large flat Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere where the earth below the ground is always frozen

 

homeopathy - homeopatie

noun - the way of treating diseases etc. with very small amounts of the substances that cause the diseases

 

otorhinolaryngology - otorhinolaryngologie, otorinolaryngologie, ORL

noun - the medical specialty or the branch of medical science that deals with the nose, ears and throat

 

hematology - hematologie

noun - the medical specialty or the branch of medical science that studies the blood and treats blood diseases

rapids - peřeje

noun - the part of the river where the river flows very fast because it is going over rocks

pawn - pěšec (v šachu), pěšák (v šachu), pinčl (v šachu)

noun - the most numerous and the least powerful chesspiece, it only moves forward and captures to the side

 

passive - trpný rod, pasivum

noun - the grammatical structure we use when the logical subject of the sentence is used as the grammatical subject, the structure is BE + past participle (be done, be finished, be stolen etc.)

 

passive voice - trpný rod, pasivum

noun - the grammatical structure we use when the logical subject of the sentence is used as the grammatical subject, the structure is BE + past participle (be done, be finished, be stolen etc.)

lees - sedlina, usazenina, kal (u vína)

noun, technical - the sediment consisting of dead yeast cells, grape solids, and other particles that settles at the bottom of a wine barrel or bottle during fermentation and aging

 

past perfect - předminulý čas, předminulý čas prostý

noun - a grammatical structure that is used for actions that happened before another action in the past, the structure is HAD + past participle (had done, hadn't seen etc.)

atonement - odčinění, náprava, pokání, smíření

noun, formal - an action or process that shows you regret hurting someone or doing something bad, and try to make it better