self-raising flour - mouka s kypřidlem

noun, British English - flour that contains baking powder

 

make excuses - vymlouvat se, hledat výmluvy

verb - to come up with reasons to justify something

 

excuse - záminka

noun - a reason for doing something you want to do anyway

 

apt - bystrý (např. žák)

adjective - able to learn quickly

 

apt - mající sklony, náchylný

adjective - having a tendency to do something

 

apt - výstižný, trefný

adjective - suitable, appropriate, especially in a particular situation

 

traffic island - dopravní ostrůvek

noun - a raised area in the middle of a road, usually a strip, where people can wait until it is safe to cross

 

cut in - předbíhat, předběhnout

verb, American English - to stand in a line of people in front of those who were there before you

 

line up - stát ve frontě, řadit se do fronty, stát v řadě

verb, American English - to stand in a line, waiting for something (e.g. to buy tickets)

 

queue-jumping - předbíhání (ve frontě)

noun - going to the front of a queue instead of the back

 

hoglet - mládě (prasátka či ježka)

noun - the young of a hog or a hedgehog

 

portrayal - zobrazení, znázornění, ztvárnění

noun - the act of showing someone or something in a picture, in a book, etc., the way someone or something is shown in a picture, in a book, etc.

bed and breakfast - nocleh se snídaní (druh ubytování)

noun - the providing of a room to stay in with breakfast in the morning

B and B - penzion (zkratka)

noun - the abbreviation of bed and breakfast

 

just as - jakmile, hned když

conjunction - as soon as