it - přípravné 'it' (pomocný podmět v 'cleft' souvětích)

pronoun - a subject we use in the so called 'cleft sentences'

knitted - pletený

adjective - made by knitting

 

knit - stmelit, spojit, dát dohromady, spojit se

verb - to join people or things closely together, or to be joined

 

nick - kriminál, vězení, basa

noun, British English, informal - an informal word for a prison

 

can - kriminál, basa, vězení

noun, American English, informal - an informal word for a prison

 

pitch-dark - černý jako noc, úplně tmavý

adjective - completely dark

 

briquette - briketa (uhlí)

noun - a small block of pressed coal dust that is used as fuel or burned in a fire

coal - uhlík (v ohni)

noun - a hot and burning piece of black or dark brown substance that is burned to give heat

charcoal - uhel, kreslířský uhel

noun - a black stick that is used by artists for drawing, it has similar texture to coal

tension - pnutí, napětí, napnutí

noun - (of a muscle, string, wire etc.) the state of being tightened, not relaxed

tense - napnout se, zatnout (sval)

verb - to tighten a muscle

chip - odštípnuté místo, oprýskané místo.

noun - a small mark or hole on an object made of wood, glass, ceramic etc. where a part is missing

 

split shift - dělená směna

noun - a shift that consists of several shorter periods

 

swing shift - odpolední směna, večerní směna

noun, American English - a shift that starts in the afternoon and ends at night

 

graveyard shift - noční směna

noun, American English - a night shift