pedestrianize - vyhradit pro chodce, vytvořit pěší zónu

verb - to change a street or area in a town or city so that only pedestrians can enter it

 

interim - dočasný, přechodný

adjective - not permanent, done only for a short time (e.g. until something else is done, something else happens etc.)

be on a diet - držet dietu

verb - to eat only certain kinds of food or stop eating very much in order to lose weight etc.

relay - štafetový závod, štafetový běh, štafeta

noun - a race between teams in which each member only runs a part of the way and another continues

relay race - štafetový závod, štafetový běh

noun - a race between teams in which each member only runs a part of the way and another continues

 

quack - šarlatán

noun, informal - a doctor who only pretends to be a doctor or who is very bad at his/her job

 

crumple - posmutnět (v obličeji), zkroutit se (obličej)

verb - (of a face) to become sad or disappointed, as if wanting to cry

 

anthropomorphize - personifikovat

verb - to treat things or animals as if they were people (esp. in books)

 

shoot out - vystřelit, vypálit, vyběhnout

verb - to leave a place very quickly as if fired out of a gun

decongestant - kapky do nosu (na rýmu)

noun - a kind of medicine that helps you if you have a blocked nose

 

rehab - odvykačka, rehabka, rehabilitace, odvykací léčba

noun, informal - a place where people get help if they have a drug problem etc.

 

propaganda - propaganda

noun - information that is spread in order to influence people's opinions, which, however, only shows one side of an argument

thong - tanga

noun - a kind of underwear (knickers, briefs etc.) that only has a very narrow strip of cloth at the back

mesmerized - uchvácený, očarovaný, fascinovaný, zhypnotizovaný

adjective - completely captivated, fascinated, or entranced by something or someone, as if under a spell

scoop - nabrat (lopatkou), vzít, nabrat (jako lopatkou, naběračkou)

verb - to pick up as if with a scoop, to pick up with a scoop