gladiator - gladiátor

noun - a warrior in ancient Rome who fought in the Colosseum to entertain the public and the Emperor

pawn - pěšec (v šachu), pěšák (v šachu), pinčl (v šachu)

noun - the most numerous and the least powerful chesspiece, it only moves forward and captures to the side

excavation - vykopávka, vykopání, vykopávání

noun - the act of digging a hole in the ground; a hole in the ground made by digging

 

laryngitis - laryngitida, zánět hrtanu

noun - a painful swelling of the area at the top of the throat, making it difficult to speak

 

headlong - po hlavě, hlavou napřed, střemhlav

adverb - jumping or falling in a way that the head is lower than the rest of the body

big bang - velký třesk

noun - the theory of the beginning of the Universe that says that everything started by a great explosion

jaundice - žloutenka

noun - a medical condition in which the skin and the whites of the eyes become yellow because of an increase of bilirubin in the blood

 

retina - sítnice (oka)

noun - a layer of tissue at the back of the eye that receives light and sends pictures of what the eye sees to the brain

 

oesophagus - jícen

noun - a muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach, allowing food and liquids to pass from the mouth to the stomach for digestion

 

Stephen King - Stephen King

noun - a popular American novelist, the master of horror, the author of bestsellers such as It, Carrie, The Shawshenk Redemption, The Green Mile and others

 

passive - trpný rod, pasivum

noun - the grammatical structure we use when the logical subject of the sentence is used as the grammatical subject, the structure is BE + past participle (be done, be finished, be stolen etc.)

 

passive voice - trpný rod, pasivum

noun - the grammatical structure we use when the logical subject of the sentence is used as the grammatical subject, the structure is BE + past participle (be done, be finished, be stolen etc.)

Jordan - Jordánsko

noun - a country in Western Asia, situated on the east bank of the Jordan River, bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, Saudi Arabia to the south and southeast, and Israel and Palestine to the west

Syria - Sýrie

noun - a country in Western Asia, located on the eastern Mediterranean coast, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Lebanon and Israel to the southwest

 

congress - kongres

noun - the group of people who make laws in some countries, especially the United States, where it consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives