Nearly Headless Nick - Skoro bezhlavý Nick

noun - (Harry Potter) the ghost of the Gryffindor house

noon - poledne

noun - twelve o'clock in the middle of the day

 

measurement - měření

noun - the taking of the size, length, weight etc.

 

major - hlavní, největší, závažný

adjective - more important than others of the same kind

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

key - tónina

noun - the scale or group of pitches that forms the basis of a composition, typically centered around a particular tonic note

 

sponge bath - mytí houbou, mytí žínkou

noun - a way of cleaning your body using a damp sponge or washcloth instead of getting into a bathtub or shower

 

hush money - peníze za mlčení, peníze za mlčenlivost (úplatek)

noun - a sum of money paid, typically in secret, to buy someone's silence or prevent disclosure of sensitive or damaging information

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

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