sycophant - patolízal, podlézavec, pochlebovač, přisluhovač

noun, formal - a person who says nice things to powerful people just to get their help or to stay in their favour

 

explosiveness - výbušnost (povahou), vznětlivost (povahou)

noun - the quality of being likely to get angry easily, likely to make people angry, likely to create hatred and violence

tree - strom, stromek, stromeček

noun - a very tall plant with a hard trunk and branches and green leaves or needles, people get wood from it

receipt - účtenka, účet, paragon

noun - a piece of paper that you get when you buy something, it shows how much you have paid for it

refund - vrácení peněz (např. za vadné zboží), vrácené peníze, refundace

noun - the money that you get back if the product you bough was faulty, the service you ordered was bad etc.

the can - hajzl (záchod), záchod

noun, informal - a piece of furniture (or a small room) where you can get rid of the waste material in your body

woodpecker - datel, strakapoud

noun - a bird with a long bill, it climbs trees and drums on them with its sharp bill to get food

 

weighting - příplatek (v rámci životních nákladů)

noun, British English - an extra sum of money that some people get if they work somewhere where the cost of living is very high

blinds - závěsy, rolety, žaluzie, roleta

noun - something that can cover the window in order that daylight doesn't get into the room and people outside can't see in

centre - centrum

noun - a building where people go for a particular purpose, e.g. to do fitness, to find information, to get first aid etc.

phrasal verb - frázové sloveso

noun - a verb that consists of two or more parts (a verb and a preposition), e.g. 'get up', 'put up with' etc.

 

registered letter - doporučený dopis, rekomando

noun - a way of sending a letter to make sure it is dealt with in a special way and doesn't get lost

wrestling - zápasy, zápasení

noun - a fighting sport in which the opponents try to get hold of each other and throw each other on the ground

brolly - deštník, deštníček

noun, British English, informal - an informal word for the thing that you hold above your head when it is raining in order not to get wet

 

remuneration - odměňování, odměna, mzda

noun - the money you get for the work you have done, the act of paying money to someone who has done some work