improvise - improvizovat

verb - to do something without preparation

 

play by ear - hrát z hlavy, hrát podle sluchu (bez not)

verb - to play music without reading sheet music

 

telephone pole - telegrafní sloup, telefonní sloup

noun, American English - a tall wooden pole that carries telephone and telegraph wires

 

telegraph - telegraf

noun - an old-fashioned way of sending messages

telegraph pole - telegrafní sloup, telefonní sloup

noun, British English - a tall wooden pole that carries telephone and telegraph wires

 

high-heeled - na vysokých podpatcích, s vysokými podpatky

adjective - (of shoes) having high heels

polyester - polyester (materiál)

noun - artificial cloth that is often used to make clothes

walking stick - vycházková hůl

noun - a stick that you carry with you when walking and use as a support

 

brother - bratr (člen bratrstva)

noun - a member of a brotherhood

criterion - kritérium

noun - a standard you use to judge or decide something

mend - spravit (např. oblečení), zašít, záplatovat, zazáplatovat

verb - to fix a hole in something (especially in a piece of clothing)

 

competitiveness - konkurenceschopnost

noun - the ability to compete with others, to be as good as others or slightly better

 

intermission - přestávka (v divadle)

noun, American English - the break between acts in a theatre

handprint - otisk ruky

noun - a mark left by someone's hand

 

tedium - nuda

noun - boredom, the state of being boring, uninteresting