charity shop - charitativní obchod, bazar

noun - a shop that sells used goods, that are donated by people, to raise money for a charity

 

Twilight - Stmívání

noun - a young adult vampire-romance novel by Stephenie Meyer, which was also made into a successful movie

asparagus - chřest

noun - a long thin vegetable in the form of a stem, it can be either green or white

 

u-turn - obrat, otočka, otočení do protisměru

noun - a turn, usually of a car, made to go back in the direction it has come from

 

chronic - věčný, chronický (problém, onemocnění ap.)

adjective - (of a disease or something bad) lasting for a very long time, difficult to cure or solve

 

grower - pěstitel

noun - a person who grows a particular type of plant, fruit or vegetable in order to sell them

scaffolding - lešení (kolem budovy)

noun - a structure of poles and boards that is put around a building for workers to stand on

dyslexic - dyslektik

noun - a person who has a learning disorder which causes difficulty in reading, writing, spelling, speaking, or listening

clamp - botička na auto

noun, British English - a metal device that is fixed to the wheel of a car that has been parked illegally

contraption - udělátko, vychytávka

noun, informal - a piece of equipment, usually one that is quickly put together for a particular purpose, often improvised

 

zealous - nadšený, horlivý

adjective, formal - spending a lot of time supporting something that they believe in, especially a religious or political ideal

 

lobbyist - lobbista

noun - a person who tries to persuade powerful people that a particular thing should or should not happen

 

subcontractor - subdodavatel

noun - a person or a company that does part of the work given to another person or company

 

twitch - cuknout

verb - to make a sudden, quick movement with a part of your body, that you sometimes cannot control

 

disruption - narušení

noun - the action of stopping something, especially a system or a process, from continuing in the normal way