cut corners - flinkat, odbývat, šidit, odfláknout

verb - to do something quickly, carelessly or hastily in order to save time, money or energy

 

paper towel - papírová utěrka (kuchyňská)

noun - an absorbent sheet of paper that is used in the kitchen

 

dishcloth - hadr na nádobí

noun - a cloth that is used for washing dishes (cups, plates, etc.)

 

peekaboo - dělání 'kuk' (na dítě), kuk

noun - a simple game you play with babies and toddlers in which you cover your face with your hands and then show your face saying 'boo' or 'peekaboo'

 

confection - cukrovinka, sladkost

noun, formal - a cake or sweet food that easy attractive to look at (formal)

scaffolding - lešení (kolem budovy)

noun - a structure of poles and boards that is put around a building for workers to stand on

 

evaporated milk - kondenzované mléko (neslazené)

noun - milk which has been made thicker by removing some water from it

 

condensed milk - kondenzované mléko

noun - a type of thick sweet milk that you can buy in cans

 

pasteurized milk - pasterované mléko

noun - milk that has been slightly heated in order to kill harmful bacteria in it

 

UHT milk - mléko s prodlouženou trvanlivostí

noun, British English - milk that has been heated to a very high temperature in order to last longer (British English)

 

long-life milk - mléko s prodlouženou trvanlivostí

noun - milk that has been heated to a very high temperature in order to last longer

 

skim - sesbírat, odstranit (z povrchu kapaliny)

verb - to remove something from the surface of a liquid

backwards and forwards - tam a zpátky, sem a tam

phrase - moving in one direction, then in the opposite direction, usually more times

 

everything but the kitchen sink - co vás jen napadne, skoro úplně všechno, vše možné i nemožné, cokoliv tě napadne

phrase, informal - too many things, more than is necessary (used humorously)

crudités - hranoly z čertvé zeleniny podáváné s omáčkou

noun - an appetizer consisting of sliced raw vegetables served with a dipping sauce