my foot - to zrovna

phrase, informal - a phrase we use when we think that what has just been said is not true at all

 

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)

retiree - důchodce, penzista

noun, American English - a person who has reached a certain age, does not work anymore and gets money regularly from the government

 

reassuringly - povzbudivě

adverb - in a way that makes you less worried about something

 

reassuring - povzbudivý, uklidňující, konejšivý

adjective - making you feel less worried about something

 

tourist class - turistická třída

noun - the cheaper and less comfortable class in a plane

 

neighbour - sousedit, být sousedem

verb - to be located next to something else