jump up - vyskočit

verb - to move into the air by pushing yourself off the ground with your feet

 

jumble sale - prodej starých věcí (obzvláště pro charitu)

noun, British English - a sale of old used things that people do not want any more, done especially for charity

junk food - nezdravá strava, rychlé občerstvení (jídlo koupené na ulici)

noun - the kind of food that you can usually buy in the street or in fast food restaurants, it is usually quite unhealthy, e.g. hamburgers, fries, hot dogs etc.

jacket potato - brambor pečený ve slupce

noun - a baked potato which hasn't been peeled

jury - porota (u soudu)

noun - a group of people (chosen from the public) in a court who help to decide whether a person is guilty of a crime or not

junction - křižovatka

noun, British English - a place where two streets or roads meet or cross

juice - odšťavnit, vymačkat šťávu

verb - to extract liquid from a fruit etc.

 

jet lag - desynchronismus, nemoc časových pásem

noun - the state of feeling tired and uneasy because of a long flight to a place in a different time zone

joke - vtipkovat, dělat si legraci

verb - to make or tell jokes

jellyfish - medúza

noun - a creature that lives in water, it has a soft body without any color, it can sting

joiner - truhlář, stolař

noun, British English - a person who makes wooden doors, window frames and simple wooden furniture

 

journal - vědecký časopis

noun - a scientific magazine

 

Jamaica - Jamaika

noun - an island country in the Caribbean Sea south of Cuba, its capital is Kingston

 

journal - deník, deníček

noun - a book into which you write what you have done each day

 

justice - spravedlnost

noun - the quality of being fair