dementia - demence, slabomyslnost

noun, technical - a serious mental condition in which a person gradually loses the ability to think, remember, and behave normally, usually because of disease or old age

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

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

on - na

preposition - a preposition that expresses that something is in contact with the surface of something, attached to something, in contact with something, lying on something etc.

syringe - stříkačka (injekční), injekční stříkačka

noun - a plastic tube (usually with a needle) that is used to suck liquid out of something or push liquid into something (e.g. blood, drugs etc.)