RSVP - potvrďte účast

phrase - an abbreviation used in invitations that tells people to confirm whether or not they accept the invitation

discus throw - hod diskem

noun - an event in athletics, the athlete throws a flat round object as far as he/she can

 

concession - ústupek

noun - the act of giving up something in order to reach agreement, end an argument etc. with someone

 

detox - odvykací kůra, odvykačka

noun - a period in which the body tries to get rid of poisons or addictions to chemicals etc.

 

dislocate - vymknout, vykloubit, vyhodit (si)

verb - (of the shoulder, ankle etc.) to move a bone out of its normal position in a joint

maternity leave - mateřská (dovolená)

noun - a period of paid absence from work in the weeks before and after a woman gives birth

 

banter - dobírání, laškování, škádlení

noun - the act making jokes about somebody in a friendly and funny way, friendly jokes about a person

 

Whoopi Goldberg - Whoopi Goldberg

noun - a famous American actress, known for example for her role in the movie Sister Act or Ghost

bat - netopýr

noun - a small animal that looks like a mouse, it can fly and it hunts in the night

blackboard - tabule

noun - a dark board used in a school, the teacher writes on it with a piece of chalk

blues - blues

noun - a kind of vocal and instrumental music that evolved in the USA from African spirituals and worksongs

 

loophole - skulina, mezera (v zákonu)

noun - a small mistake in the way a law or a contract has been written that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something

 

gerund - gerundium

noun - the form of a verb that can be used instead of a noun, in English it has the ending -ING (swimming, being, knowing, having etc.)

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

 

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