cone off - uzavřít část silnice pomocí kuželů

verb, British English - to close a part of the road using traffic cones

 

conical - kuželovitý

adjective - cone-shaped

faint - malátný, cítící se na omdlení

adjective - feeling very weak, likely to lose consciousness

 

faint-hearted - nesmělý, bojácný, zbabělý, bázlivý

adjective - not brave or confident, afraid of failing

 

the Privy Council - královská rada

noun - the group of advisers to the British monarch

outhouse - latrína, kadibudka

noun, American English - an outdoor toilet

privy - latrína, kadibudka

noun, dated - an outdoor toilet

privy - zasvěcený (do čeho)

adjective, formal - allowed to know something that other aren't allowed to know

 

pathos - patos, dojemnost

noun, literary - the quality of something that produces a feeling of sadness or sympathy

 

except - kromě toho že, až na to že, jenže

conjunction - apart from the fact that

 

whereabouts - kde asi, kde zhruba

adverb - the word we use to ask about the general location of something

 

IOU - dlužní úpis

noun, informal - a note or document that acknowledges the existence of a debt (abbreviation for 'I owe you')

 

owe - vděčit, děkovat, moci děkovat

verb - to achieve something, because someone helped you or did something for you

 

owe - dlužit, být zavázán, být vděčný

verb - to feel the need to do something for someone, because they have done something for you too

 

exit poll - volební průzkum (těsně po hlasování)

noun - the activity of asking people how they have just voted to predict the result of the election