meringue - sněhová pusinka, ušlehaný sníh

noun - a sweet mixture made from egg whites and sugar that is usually baked; a small cake made from a mixture of egg whites and sugar

pawnshop - zastavárna

noun - a shop where you can borrow money if you leave there a valuable object as a form of security that you will pay it back

on-board computer - palubní počítač

noun - a special electronic tool inside a vehicle that keeps track of things like how the engine is working and how much fuel is being used

Medusa - Medúza (myt.)

noun - a mythological creature that looked like a woman with snakes instead of hair that could turn you into stone if you gazed into her eyes

memory card - paměťová karta

noun - a small, flat flash drive used especially in digital cameras and mobile phones for storing data such as photographs, videos, and other types of files

 

hoard - hromada, zásoba (ukrytá)

noun - a large collection of things, usually food or money, that a person hides so that they can use them later and others don't steal them

stir-fry - jídlo z orestovaného masa a zeleniny

noun - a dish made by stirring and frying small pieces of food quickly in very hot oil while moving them around, usually in a wok pan

 

if not for - nebýt (čeho), kdyby nebylo (čeho)

phrase - a part of a conditional clause that says that something or someone was the only reason why something else happened or something else is true

 

interest rate - úroková sazba

noun - the amount of interest that a financial company charges you when you borrow money or that you gain when you keep money in an account

 

jackknife - sklapovačka

noun - a kind of exercise in which you lie flat and then raise your legs and body towards each other, touching your toes with your fingers

 

V-up - sklapovačka

noun - a kind of exercise in which you lie flat and then raise your legs and body towards each other, touching your toes with your fingers

shooter - střílečka

noun - a video or a computer game that is about shooting things or other characters in the game, usually using the perspective of the person shooting

au-pair - pečovatel(ka) o děti, chůva

noun - a person, usually a woman, from a foreign country who lives with a family and takes care of the children and receives a small wage

 

test-tube baby - dítě ze zkumavky

noun - a baby that develops from an egg that is fertilized outside of a mother's body and then put back in her womb to finish developing

 

commission - komise, rada (komise), výbor

noun - an official group of people who have been given the task to gather information about something, investigate something or control something, especially for the government