callipers - posuvné měřítko, průměrka

noun, technical - a tool made of two metal parts that is used for measuring the width, distance or diameter of various objects

breakdown lane - odstavný pruh

noun, American English - the lane at the side of a motorway or highway where vehicles can stop in case of breakdown or emergency

 

murkiness - zakalenost, temnota, šerost, nejasnost, nepřehlednost

noun - the quality of being dark, gloomy, or hard to see through; the quality of being unclear or difficult to understand

 

remand - vazba, vyšetřovací vazba, uvalení vazby, ponechání ve vazbě

noun, British English, technical - the act of sending a person who is accused of a crime back into custody while waiting for their trial

 

oddness - podivnost, zvláštnost, výstřednost, neobvyklost, odlišnost

noun - the quality of being strange or unusual; the state of being odd or different from what is expected or normal

 

Middle-earth - Středozem

noun - the fictional continent and setting for much of J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

 

gargoyle - chrlič (na střeše)

noun - a stone figure of a person or an animal which carries rain water from the roof of an old building

 

word search - osmisměrka

noun - a type of a puzzle in which you are supposed to find the letters of given words in a grid

 

leech - pijavice, parazit, příživník (člověk)

noun - somebody who takes advantage of other people for a long period of time by taking their food, money or profit

staple - svorka, skobka (do sešívačky)

noun - a piece of thin wire that you push into sheets of paper using a special tool to hold them together

G-string - tanga

noun - a type of underwear usually worn by women that only has a very narrow strip of cloth at the back

 

veneer - dýha (na nábytku)

noun - a thin layer of wood or plastic that is clued to a piece of furniture to make it look better

balance - zůstatek (účtu), dlužná částka

noun - the amount of money left in your account, the amount of many that you owe on your credit card etc.

 

moulding - římsa, lišta

noun - a piece of wood, stone, plastic, etc. along the top of a wall or round a door, usually for decoration

 

ration - dávat na příděl

verb - to limit the amount of something that someone is allowed to have, usually because there is not enough of it