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

 

crease - pomačkat, pomačkat se, zmačkat, zmačkat se

verb - to make lines on something by bending, folding or crushing it, or to develop such lines by being bent, folded or crushed

 

overbook - mít příliš mnoho rezervací

verb - to have/make more reservations than rooms or seats available

 

were - být (min. konjunktiv)

verb - (subjunctive) to exist, to live, to become

shopping basket - nákupní košík

noun - a container for holding and carrying things you are going to buy

 

nutter - magor, cvok, pako

noun, British English, informal - a crazy person

 

basket case - případ na odpis, země/firma se zhroucenou ekonomikou

noun, informal - (of a country, organization or company) with many economic problems