mutual - vzájemný

adjective - shared by two or more parties, done by one party to the other and the other way round

 

element - živel

noun - one of the key things that people believed the world was build of (water, earth, fire and air)

 

polygamy - polygamie

noun - the state of being married to more than one person at the same time (illegal in most societies)

headstand - stoj na hlavě

noun - the act of standing on your head in the vertical position, supported by your hands or your forearms

gig - vystoupení, představení, koncert

noun, informal - a concert of a music band, a live performance, a show

 

nationalism - nacionalismus

noun - the belief that your country is better and more important than others, often combined with a desire for independence or strong national control

bifocals - bifokální brýle, bifokály

noun, technical - eyeglasses with lenses divided into two parts, each having a different focal length - one for near vision and the other for distant vision

 

palm reader - věštec z ruky, věštkyně z ruky

noun - a person who looks at your palm and tells you what you are like and what will happen to you in the future

 

palmist - věštec z ruky, věštkyně z ruky

noun - a person who looks at your palm and tells you what you are like and what will happen to you in the future

 

palm - schovat v dlani (např. při kouzlení), ukrást (schováním do dlaně)

verb - to hide something in the palm of your hand, especially when you are performing a magic trick or when you are stealing something

trick or treat - halloweenská koleda, halloweenské koledování

phrase - a phrase children use when they go from house to house in costumes asking for candy on Halloween, the custom of doing this

chopstick - hůlka (na jídlo), jídelní hůlka

noun - on of the two long thin sticks that are used in China, Japan etc. to eat with (instead of a knife and fork)

tabloid - bulvární (noviny)

adjective - relating to a popular kind of newspaper that is printed on smaller sheets of paper, the news in it is not very serious

 

pergola - pergola

noun - a simple wooden structure that climbing plants grow over and through, sometimes used as shade from the sun for people to sit under

 

petroleum - ropa

noun - a thick dark oil that is used for making many kinds of fuel (e.g. petrol, diesel etc.), it comes from under the ground