bureau - komoda

noun, American English - a chest of drawers

 

bureau - psací stůl

noun, British English - a piece of furniture with drawers and a top that can be opened to write on

 

bureau - úřad, kancelář

noun - an office or a department

padlock - visací zámek

noun - a type of lock that is used to fasten one thing to another, it is usually put on gates or bicycles

 

dietary - stravovací

adjective - related to the food you eat

 

contrary - opačný, odporující, protichůdný

adjective - different from something

 

in droves - masově, davově, houfně, ve velkých počtech

adverb - in large numbers

 

drove - dav, houf, stádo

noun - a large number of people or animals

wallpaper - tapetovat, vytapetovat

verb - to put wallpaper onto the walls of a room

sever - utnout, přetnout, uříznout, useknout, přeříznout, přeseknout

verb, formal - to cut something off, to cut something into two pieces

 

inversion - inverze, obrácený slovosled

noun, technical - the opposite order some words in a sentence (especially the subject and the verb)

have a sweet tooth - být na sladké, mít rád sladkosti

verb - to like eating sweet things

 

appal - děsit, šokovat, znechutit

verb - to make someone feel shocked or disgusted

 

compound - uzavřený areál, ohraničený pozemek

noun - a group of buildings surrounded by a wall or fence

 

payslip - výplatní páska

noun, British English - a piece of paper that an employee always gets with the money they are paid for work