cloak - plášť

noun - a loose piece of clothing that has no sleeves, you fasten it around the neck (it was used in the past)

 

vicious cycle - začarovaný cyklus

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

 

vicious spiral - začarovaná spirála

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem makes the first one even worse

 

vicious circle - začarovaný kruh

noun - a situation in which solving one problem leads to another and solving the other problem leads back to the first one

vane - korouhev

noun - a kind of device consisting of a thin flat piece of metal etc. that turns in the direction of the wind

 

spare rib - vepřové žebro, vepřové žebírko, vepřové žebro ploché (výsek z vepřových žeber)

noun - a pig's rib with some meat on it that has been cut from the lower part of the pig (usually plural)

crater - kráter

noun - a bowl shaped hole in the ground (made by an asteroid, a bomb etc) or at the top of a volcano

gargle - kloktadlo

noun - a liquid medicine that you use to rinse the back of the mouth and throat and then you spit it out

Aquarius - vodnář (znamení zvěrokruhu)

noun - the eleventh sign of the Zodiac (water carrier) or a person born under this sign (between January 20th and February 18th)

 

pass something around - dát kolovat

verb, British English - to give a bunch of things to one person who takes one and gives the bunch to the next person etc.

 

area code - místní předvolba (tel.), předvolba (tel.)

noun - the number you dial before the actual phone number if you want to contact somebody in a different area or region

 

head-on - čelní, přímý, přední (např. o nehodě)

adjective - happening in a way that the front of something (e.g. a car) hits the front of something else (e.g. another car)

wrestling - zápasy, zápasení

noun - a fighting sport in which the opponents try to get hold of each other and throw each other on the ground

slaughter - masakr, hromadné zabíjení, krveprolití

noun - the violent killing of a large number of people

 

consensus - shoda, souhlas, konsenzus

noun - a general agreement among the members of a group