coal - uhlí

noun - black or dark brown material dug out of the earth which is burned to give heat

degree - titul (akademický), akademický titul

noun - a kind of title you get when you graduate from a university, e.g. Ph.D., M.A., etc.

carnival - karneval

noun - an event in which people go out into the streets wearing many diffrent kinds of costumes

mop - vytřít (podlahu), vytírat (podlahu)

verb - to clean the floor by using a long stick with pieces of thick string or cloth

mat - rohožka, rohož

noun - a small piece of material that you put on the floor to wipe your feet etc.

mix - smíchat, promíchat, míchat, smísit, mísit

verb - to put a number of things together in a way that they cannot be separated easily

meat - maso

noun - the food that comes from the flesh of animals, you can buy it at the butcher's

lobby - vstupní hala (hotelu apod.), hala, foyer

noun - a hall inside the entrance of a building (hotel etc.) where people usually meet or wait

 

liberal - liberální (polit.)

adjective - (of politics) trying to ensure more personal and commercial freedom, against radical social and political changes

lottery - loterie

noun - a way of winning money by chance, you need to buy a ticket and be lucky

lane - jízdní pruh

noun - a section of a wide road that is used by cars going in the same direction

lend - půjčit (někomu něco)

verb - to give somebody something for a period of time after which you will want it back

 

starvation - hladovění, hladomor

noun - a situation in poor countries in which people don't have enough food and die of hunger

splinter - tříska, úlomek, odštěpek, střepina

noun - a long, sharp and very thin piece of wood, glass or metal that has broken off

 

spark - jiskřit

verb - to produce small pieces of burning material; to produce light when electricity passes across a space