road - ulice

noun - a street, often used in names

semaphore - signalizace praporky, signalizace pažemi, semafor (abeceda)

noun - a signalling system based on the waving of a pair of hand-held flags in a particular pattern

stoplight - semafory, semafor

noun, American English - the system that directs the traffic at a place where two streets meet, it has three lights, green, yellow (amber) and red

 

light - světlo na semaforu, semafor

noun - the system that directs the traffic at a place where two streets meet using green for go and red for stop

 

talking of - když mluvíme o, když se tak bavíme o

phrase - while we are talking about someone or something

chagrined - zklamaný, naštvaný, rozčarovaný, roztrpčený

adjective, formal - disappointed and/or annoyed by something

 

DWI - řízení pod vlivem (zkr.)

noun, formal - short for 'driving while intoxicated', driving when drunk or drugged

 

intoxicated - opilý, pod vlivem alkoholu (drog)

adjective, formal - under the influence of alcohol or drugs

 

acknowledge - uznávat, uznat (např. autoritu)

verb - to accept someone's authority or status

 

eat humble pie - sypat si popel na hlavu, přiznat chybu

verb - to admit that you have been wrong, to admit that you have made a mistake

 

humble - prostý, skromný

adjective - not special, not of a high rank

 

humility - pokora, skromnost

noun - the quality of not being proud or not thinking that you are better than others

 

nitpicker - hnidopich

noun, informal - a person who pays too much attention to small details that are not important

nit - hnida (vajíčko mšice)

noun, informal - an egg of a louse

 

nit - hlupák, moula, pitomec, trouba

noun, British English, informal - a stupid person