what time is it - kolik je hodin

phrase - the question we ask when we need to know the time

 

polar - polární

adjective - relating to the North and South Poles or the nearby areas

 

a storm in a teacup - bouře ve sklenici vody (povyk pro nic)

noun, British English - a situation that seems to be serious when it actually isn't

 

disappearance - zmizení

noun - the act of becoming invisible, the act of ceasing to exist

 

find - shledat (u soudu)

verb - to make a decision about someone's guilt or innocence in court

 

sit around - posedávat, vysedávat (nečinně)

verb, informal - to do spend time in a lazy way, not doing anything

 

reinvent the wheel - znovu objevovat Ameriku, objevit dávno objevené

verb - to discover or create something that was discovered or created already

 

mailing - zásilka, oznámení

noun - a message, a letter etc. that is sent to many people

 

allegorical - alegorický, obrazný, symbolický

adjective - using characters and events to represent moral, religious or political ideas

 

in the wash - v prádle, (už prány) v pračce

adverb - being washed, has just been washed or waiting to be washed

 

put - dostat (do nějaké situace či stavu)

verb - to cause a particular state or condition of something or somebody

 

come out of the closet - přihlásit se ke své homosexuální orientaci

verb - to openly admit that you are gay after keeping it secret

 

microchip - implantovat mikročip, očipovat

verb - to put a microchip somewhere as a way of identifying it

little - málo

adverb - not very much, to a small degree, in an insignificant manner

 

forthcoming - nadcházející, blížící se

adjective - something that has been planned and is going to happen soon