jumper cable - startovací kabel

noun, American English - one of the two cables used to connect the battery of one vehicle to the dead battery of another vehicle

 

jump lead - startovací kabel

noun, British English - one of the two cables used to connect the battery of one vehicle to the dead battery of another vehicle

 

bedpost - sloupek u postele

noun - one of the four wooden or metal supports at the corners of a bed (usually an old type of bed)

 

crotch - rozkrok

noun - a part of the body between the tops of the legs, or the part of trousers that cover this area

play up - zlobit, vypovídat poslušnost

verb, British English - (esp. of children) to misbehave; (esp. of machines) to not work properly; (of body parts) to hurt or cause pain

salad - salát

noun - a kind of cold food that is made up of many different kinds of raw vegetables and sometimes mayonnaise etc.

spectrum - spektrum, škála, paleta, rozsah

noun - a continuous range or sequence of something, such as wavelengths of light, or the range of different opinions, activities, or qualities

 

placement - pracovní stáž, praxe

noun, British English - a temporary job, usually as a part of a course, which gives you some experience of a particular kind of work

 

assurance - pojištění

noun, British English - a type of insurance that will pay an amount of money when someone dies or after an agreed period of time

 

foreword - předmluva

noun - a short piece of writing placed before the beginning of a book, usually not written by the author of the book

uniqueness - jedinečnost, výjimečnost, neopakovatelnost

noun - the quality of being one of a kind, special, or unlike anything else

 

calibre - ráže, kalibr (zbraně, střely)

noun - the internal diameter of a gun barrel, or the diameter of a bullet

 

truncation - zkrácení, osekání, zestručnění, useknutí konce

noun, formal - the act of making something shorter by cutting off a part of it

 

ready-made - konfekční (oblečení)

adjective - (of clothes) made in standard sizes, not using measurements of a particular customer

trunks - nohavičkové slipy, upnuté trenýrky, spodky, pánské spodní prádlo

noun - a piece of men's tight underwear covering the upper part of the legs