spike - hrot, bodec, špice, špička

noun - a thin sharp object; a thin sharp end of an object

 

appeal - odvolat se, podat odvolání

verb - to make a request for a change of an official decision

departure gate - odletová brána

noun - a passageway at an airport where people can board a plane

mail - pošta

noun - an object sent by post (e.g. a letter, a parcel etc.)

shell - mušle, skořápka, krunýř, ulita, lastura

noun - a hard covering of an animal, e.g. a snail, turtle etc.

 

isle - ostrov (součást geog. názvu)

noun - an island (esp. used as a part of a place name)

 

theme - námět, motiv

noun - an idea that repeatedly appears in a literary work, a motif

 

mandate - mandát

noun - the authority given to a political party or leader by the voters to carry out specific policies or govern after winning an election

 

take turns - střídat se

verb - to do an activity in a way that first one person does something, then the other person, then the first person again etc.

griffin - gryf (mytické zvíře)

noun - a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, often depicted as a guardian of treasures and symbols of strength and wisdom

 

midwest - středozápad

noun - an area in the north of the central part of the US that includes Ohio, Minnesota, Nebraska, Michigan, etc.

 

IVF - umělé oplodnění

noun - (in vitro fertilization) fertilization of an egg outside the body, followed by implantation in the uterus

 

male - samec

noun - an animal of the sex that does not give birth to the young, opposite of 'female'

 

bid - snaha, pokus

noun, formal - an attempt or an effort to do something

 

rant - křičení, vykřikování

noun - an act of shouting in an angry way