sneak peek - ochutnávka (filmu, videohry apod.)

noun, informal - an opportunity to see something, e.g. a film or video game or a part of it, before it is officially released

 

hardcover - kniha v pevné vazbě

noun, American English - a book with a rigid and durable cover made of thick material, often cardboard, that provides protection to the pages within

 

hardback - kniha v pevné vazbě

noun, British English - a book with a rigid and durable cover made of thick material, often cardboard, that provides protection to the pages within

 

platelet - krevní destička

noun - a small cell fragment in the blood that helps with blood clotting, playing a crucial role in stopping bleeding from wounds

glue stick - lepicí tyčinka, lepidlo

noun - a tube-shaped tool that helps spread a substance that is used to stick two pieces of something together (e.g. paper)

vole - hraboš, hryzec

noun - a small mouse-like rodent with a rounded body, short tail, and short legs that lives mainly in fields or woodland

perched - usazený, posazený, sedící

adjective - positioned on a high place or on the edge of something, often in a way that seems temporary or slightly unstable

 

foreclose - zabavit (věc, nemovitost kvůli nesplácení)

verb, technical - (especially of a bank or lender) to take back property because the borrower has failed to make payments on a loan

 

institutionalise - hospitalizovat

verb - to send someone, especially someone who is sick or mentally ill, to stay in a special hospital for a long period

 

outing - odhalení homosexuality

noun - a situation in which it is made public that a person is gay when this information was supposed to be private

 

evacuation - evakuace

noun - the act of moving people from a dangerous area (e.g. in the case of a hurricane, volcano erruption, terrorist attack etc.)

 

ghostwriter - skutečný autor (píšící pro někoho jiného)

noun - a person who writes a book or an article for another person, under whose name it is going to be published

venetian blind - žaluzie

noun - a covering for a window made up of strips of plastic or metal that can be turned to let in light

wing mirror - postranní zrcátko, vnější zrcátko

noun, British English - a mirror fastened to the side of a car that makes it possible for you to see what is behind you

side-view mirror - zpětné zrcátko

noun, American English - a mirror fastened to the side of a car that makes it possible for you to see what is behind you