perennial - věčný, neustálý, trvalý

adjective - existing for a long time

make it - stihnout dorazit

verb - to be able to get somewhere

 

striper - mořčák pruhovaný

noun, informal - the striped bass

 

candy striper - dobrovolník v nemocnici, dobrovolnice v nemocnici

noun, American English, informal - a volunteer worker in a hospital (usually a young female)

 

voluntarily - dobrovolně

adverb - because you want to do it and not because you have to

 

carrion - mršina

noun - the decaying flesh of dead animals

upended - vzhůru nohama, obrácený na záda

adjective - turned upside down

upend - obrátit (vzhůru nohama), otočit (vzhůru nohama), obrátit se (vzhůru nohama)

verb - to turn something upside down, to turn upside down

 

draconian - drakonický, velmi přísný

adjective - very strict (esp. in connection with laws)

 

HMRC - finanční úřad

short for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, an agency responsible for collecting taxes in the UK

 

subsidy - dotace (státním firmám apod.)

noun - money paid by a government to a company that benefits the public

 

visible - viditelný

adjective - capable of being seen

pendant - přívěsek

noun - a piece of jewellery on a chain that is worn around the neck

shingle - oblázky, kamínky

noun - small smooth stones that can be found on a beach or in a river

crest - hřeben (hory, vlny apod.)

noun - the highest part of a wave or a hill