rivet - nýt

noun, technical - a short metal pin that is used to fasten two or more pieces together (e.g. metal, leather)

 

quarantine - dát do karantény

verb - to keep a person or an animal that may be carrying a disease is kept away from others

quarantine - karanténa

noun - a period of time when a person or an animal that may be carrying a disease is kept away from others

bun - drdol (vlasů)

noun - hair twisted into a round shape (worn by women)

 

unrealistic - nerealistický

adjective - not showing something as it really is; not assuming things to be as they really are

 

unworkable - neproveditelný, nepraktický

adjective - not possible to be done successfully

 

workable - proveditelný, praktický

adjective - practical, possible to be done

 

works - továrna, průmyslový závod

noun - a factory

scavenger - mrchožrout

noun - an animal that eats dead animals

 

scavenge - hledat jídlo, pátrat po žrádle, hledat zbytky (k jídlu)

verb - to try to find food to eat, especially something that has been left over

 

scavenge - hledat odpadky, vybírat odpadky

verb - to collect things you can use or eat, especially if they have been thrown away

Easter egg hunt - hledání velikonočních vajíček

noun - a traditional Easter activity in which children are trying to find eggs hidden in the garden etc.

 

HMRC - finanční úřad

short for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, an agency responsible for collecting taxes in the UK

 

subsidy - dotace (státním firmám apod.)

noun - money paid by a government to a company that benefits the public

 

visible - viditelný

adjective - capable of being seen