mummy - mumie

noun - a body of a person long dead that has been preserved by using special oils and wrapping in strips of cloth

plaster - náplast

noun - a piece of material that is stuck over a part of the body that has been injured lightly (cut, burnt etc.)

wreckage - trosky, vrak

noun - the part of a ship, plane, car etc. that remains after it has been destroyed (esp. in an accident, crash etc.)

 

concentrate - koncentrát

noun - a concentrated form of a substance that is stronger than usual because some of the liquid or other material has been removed

 

get something off your chest - vyzpovídat se, ulevit si, shodit ze sebe

verb - to tell someone about something that has been worrying or bothering you for some time in order to make you feel better

 

feud - svár, spor

noun - a conflict or an argument between two groups of people (e.g. two families) that has been going on for a long time

 

check off - odškrtnout si (na seznamu)

verb - to place a mark next to an item on a list to indicate that it has been done, bought, finished, dealt with etc.

cabin fever - ponorková nemoc, ponorka (ponorková nemoc)

noun - a kind of irritability that you feel when you've been stuck in one place with one or more people for a long time

 

heirloom - rodinná památka, rodinné dědictví

noun - a valuable object that has been in a family for many years and is passed from the older members to the younger members

 

dare - výzva, vyhecování

noun - a situation in which somebody has been challenged to do something or asked to prove that they are brave enough to do something

 

translation - překlad

noun - an activity of changing written or spoken word into another language, or a piece of text that has been changed from another language

 

be all fingers and thumbs - mít obě ruce levé, být nemotorný

verb, British English, informal - to be very clumsy with your hands

sliver - kousek, kousíček, odštěpek, úlomek (úzký, dlouhý)

noun - a small, thin piece or fragment that has been cut or broken off from a larger object, often with a sharp or narrow shape

 

loophole - skulina, mezera (v zákonu)

noun - a small mistake in the way a law or a contract has been written that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something

 

commission - komise, rada (komise), výbor

noun - an official group of people who have been given the task to gather information about something, investigate something or control something, especially for the government