settlement - osada

noun - a place (e.g. a village) built in a place where nobody or not many people lived before

seed - semínko, semeno

noun - usually a very small object produced by a plant, out of which a new plant will grow

 

scale - měřítko

noun - a statement of the difference in size between a model or a map and the actual thing

roll - rohlík, veka

noun - a small piece of bread made by rolling a flat piece of dough into a long shape

 

sitting - sezení

noun - a session, a period of time you spend with somebody (e.g. with a tutor, instructor, counsellor, etc.)

 

retire - odstoupit, ustoupit

verb - to leave a post or a job (esp. after a long time you have been doing it)

 

barrier - bariéra, zátaras

noun - a kind of a fence or another structure that prevents free movement, access to a place etc.

 

rifle - prohrabovat se (něčím), hrabat se (v něčem)

verb - to go through something (e.g. a drawer, a box, a cupboard etc.) in order to find something

whiteboard - tabule (bílá)

noun - a white board used in a school etc., the teacher writes on it with a black marker

 

radius - poloměr

noun - the distance (or a line) from the centre of a circle (or a sphere) to its edge

VCR - video, videorekordér

noun - a machine that can play films on a cassette or record them from TV on a cassette

spirit level - vodováha

noun - a tool with a glass tube filled liquid with a bubble of air inside that is used to check whether a surface is flat

level - vodováha

noun - a tool with a glass tube filled liquid with a bubble of air inside that is used to check whether a surface is flat

slacks - kalhoty (pohodlné, ležérně formální)

noun, American English - a pair of comfortable trousers that can be worn with a dress shirt and a blazer, but are no not part of a suit

 

drainpipe - okapová roura, dešťový svod

noun - a pipe that carries rainwater away from the roof of a building, or a pipe that carries dirty waste water away from a building