V-up - sklapovačka

noun - a kind of exercise in which you lie flat and then raise your legs and body towards each other, touching your toes with your fingers

shooter - střílečka

noun - a video or a computer game that is about shooting things or other characters in the game, usually using the perspective of the person shooting

 

underemployment - nízká zaměstnanost, nevyužitost

noun - a situation in which someone does not have enough work to do or when someone has a job that does not use all their skills

 

test-tube baby - dítě ze zkumavky

noun - a baby that develops from an egg that is fertilized outside of a mother's body and then put back in her womb to finish developing

 

dialect - nářečí, dialekt

noun - a variety of a language used by a particular group of people, the variety may differ from the main language in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation

leg - noha (dolní končetina)

noun - one of the two parts of the body that we walk on, it has a knee in the middle and a foot at the end

jury - porota (u soudu)

noun - a group of people (chosen from the public) in a court who help to decide whether a person is guilty of a crime or not

train - vlak

noun - a big vehicle that uses railway tracks, it usually has a locomotive in the front and a few carriages, it can carry passengers or goods

tortoise - želva (většinou suchozemská)

noun - an animal with short legs, a hard shell on its back and a head that can hide in the shell, it usually lives on land

 

trailer - upoutávka na film, ukázky z filmu (reklamní)

noun - a kind of advertisement for a film that is made up of short parts of the film put together in an exciting and teasing way

stammer - koktat

verb - to speak in a way that you repeat sounds and have difficulty pronouncing things correctly, especially because you are nervous or have a speech disorder

bill - účet (k zaplacení)

noun - a document that states how much you have paid or how much you have to pay (e.g. in a restaurant, or from a telephone company)

 

interest rate - úroková sazba

noun - the amount of interest that a financial company charges you when you borrow money or that you gain when you keep money in an account

God - Bůh

noun - the one being that some people (usually Christians) believe in, pray to etc. because they believe He has a supernatural power over the whole world

 

take the high road - povznést se nad věc, být nad věcí, být lepší (než on/ona...)

phrase - not to join in a fight, argument, not to behave the way others do, to ignore idiocy, to do what you think is morally right