turnstile - turniket

noun - a mechanical gate with revolving arms that allows one person at a time to pass through, typically used to control entry

 

ramble - mluvit nesouvisle, mluvit od věci, plácat páté přes deváté

verb - to talk in a confused or aimless way, going off-topic and being difficult to follow, often for a long time

 

cured - nakládaný, konzervovaný, sušený, uzený

adjective - (of meat or other types of food) treated (salted, dried, smoked...) so that it can be preserved for a long time

quarantine - karanténa

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

 

assurance - pojištění

noun, British English - a type of insurance that will pay an amount of money when someone dies or after an agreed period of time

break-down - porucha (stroje)

noun - a failure of a machine (e.g. a car etc.), a time when a machine stops working or is not working properly

interrogation - výslech

noun - a period of time in which a prisoner or a suspect is asked a lot of questions about a crime etc.

 

subscription - předplatné (časopisu apod.)

noun - the action of paying money for a number of issues of a magazine or a newspaper for a period of time

 

premiere - mít premiéru, být poprvé uveden

verb - to perform a play or a similar type of entertainment or to show a film to an audience for the first time

synchronize - synchronizovat, sladit, seřídit, uvést do souladu

verb - to cause two or more things to happen at the same time or to operate together in the same rhythm or speed

capsule - kabina (kosmická), modul

noun - the part of a spacecraft in which people travel and spend a lot of time, it is separated from the main rocket

 

get something off your chest - vyzpovídat se, ulevit si, shodit ze sebe

verb - to tell someone about something that has been worrying or bothering you for some time in order to make you feel better

 

acronym - akronym

noun - a word that is formed by the first letters of other words (e.g. SVOMPT stands for Subject, Verb, Object, Manner, Place, Time)

 

feud - svár, spor

noun - a conflict or an argument between two groups of people (e.g. two families) that has been going on for a long time

 

fossil - zkamenělý, fosilní

adjective - (usually of a part of a living organism or the shape of its body) preserved in rock for a very long time