reptile - plaz

noun - one of the group of cold-blooded animals which come out of eggs and whose body is covered with scales (e.g. a crocodile, snake, etc.)

tabloid - plátek (noviny), bulvár (noviny), bulvární plátek

noun - a popular kind of newspaper that is printed on smaller sheets of paper, usually in color, the news in it is not usually very serious

 

nickel - nikl

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 28) a silvery-white metal similar to iron, it is used in many different alloys and in galvanizing iron

doormat - rohož, rohožka

noun - a thing that you usually put on the floor in front of your door, people can clean their shoes on it before they go in

bolt - závora, zástrčka, západka

noun - a piece of metal that you can slide on the inside of your door in order to fasten it and protect it from being opened

tow - táhnout, tahat, vléct

verb - to pull a vehicle or a boat behind another vehicle using a rope, a chain or a special bar

tradesman - maloobchodník, kupec

noun, British English - a person who sells goods in a shop; a shopkeeper

firearm - střelná zbraň

noun, formal - a small gun, such as a revolver, a rifle etc.

 

file - sloupec (na šachovnici)

noun - a column of squares on a chessboard marked A-H

cockatoo - kakadu, papoušek kakadu

noun - a type of a parrot recognisable by a prominent crest

 

candy striper - dobrovolník v nemocnici, dobrovolnice v nemocnici

noun, American English, informal - a volunteer worker in a hospital (usually a young female)

perpetrator - pachatel

noun, formal - a person who commits a crime or a harmful act

 

madame - paní

noun, formal - a formal way of addressing a woman, especially a foreigner

 

amendment - úprava (zákona), novela (zákona)

noun - a change in a formal document, especially a law etc.

 

Mrs - paní (před jménem)

noun - a title used with a name of a married woman