promotion - proměna (v šachu)

noun - the move in chess in which the pawn is replaced by either a queen, rook, knight or bishop

 

circumcision - obřízka

noun - the act of cutting the foreskin off a boy's or man's penis (esp. for religious or medical reasons)

caravel - karavela

noun - a small ship used by the Spanish and Portuguese at the beginning of 15th century (esp. for exploration)

 

mutual - vzájemný

adjective - shared by two or more parties, done by one party to the other and the other way round

 

element - živel

noun - one of the key things that people believed the world was build of (water, earth, fire and air)

 

polygamy - polygamie

noun - the state of being married to more than one person at the same time (illegal in most societies)

headstand - stoj na hlavě

noun - the act of standing on your head in the vertical position, supported by your hands or your forearms

 

cleft palate - rozštěp patra

noun - a birth defect in which there is a split or opening in the roof of the baby's mouth

dry cleaning - chemické čištění, věci určené do čistírny, věci z čistírny

noun - the process of cleaning clothes with chemicals rather than water, or the clothes that are cleaned this way

passport control - pasová kontrola

noun - the place where your passport is checked when you travel abroad, the situation in which it is checked

 

Sorting Hat - Moudrý klobouk

noun - (Harry Potter) the hat that sorts students into houses at the beginning of their first year at Hogwarts

salt - sůl

noun - a white substance that is used in cooking in order to preserve food or to improve the taste, it is present in the water of the seas and oceans

 

Hufflepuff - Mrzimor

noun - (Harry Potter) one of the four houses at Hogwarts, the one that has a badger in as a symbol, the one that Cedric Diggory and Susan Bones belong to

mouse - myš (k počítači)

noun - a device that is used to control computer programs, you hold it in your hand and move it in the direction you want the cursor on the screen to move

 

musical chairs - škatulata hejbejte se

noun - a game played by children at parties etc. There are chairs (the number of players minus one) and the players are walking or dancing around the chairs. When the music suddenly stops, they have to sit down. The person who doesn't find a chair is out. One chair is taken away and the music continues. This is repeated until there is only one player left