call centre - telefonické centrum

noun, British English - an office in which a lot of employees work using phones, for example providing information to customers, or taking customers’ orders

 

qualitatively - kvalitativně

adverb - in a way that relates to how good or bad something is, rather than to how much of it there is

 

strut - pyšná chůze, vykračování

noun - an act of walking in a proud way with your head up and chest out, as if you are very important

crater - kráter

noun - a bowl shaped hole in the ground (made by an asteroid, a bomb etc) or at the top of a volcano

 

inertia - setrvačnost

noun, technical - a property of an object by which it continues moving in the same direction or stands still in the same position

quarantine - karanténa

noun - a period of time when a person or an animal that may be carrying a disease is kept away from others

 

reform - polepšit se, napravit

verb - to improve your behavior so that you stop doing things that society does not approve of; to make someone do this

jump rope - švihadlo

noun, American English - a piece of rope held by both ends in your hands that you swing over your head and under your feet

ottoman - taburet, podnožka, polstrované sedátko

noun - a piece of furniture like a box with a cushioned top that you can sit on or rest your feet on

 

slapstick - groteskní humor (založen na fackování, padání či házení předmětů)

noun - a type of humour that involves simple actions, such as throwing things at each other, hitting each other, falling over etc.

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

 

dry run - zkouška nanečisto, nácvik

noun, informal - a complete and detailed practice of something that is done to make sure the real thing will work or run smoothly

 

dummy run - zkouška nanečisto, nácvik

noun, informal - a complete and detailed practice of something that is done to make sure the real thing will work or run smoothly

 

spare rib - vepřové žebro, vepřové žebírko, vepřové žebro ploché (výsek z vepřových žeber)

noun - a pig's rib with some meat on it that has been cut from the lower part of the pig (usually plural)