stocking - punčocha

noun - one of the pair of coverings for the feet and legs, usually worn by women; at Christmas, Santa Claus puts little presents into it

 

yearbook - školní ročenka (am.), ročenka (školní)

noun - a publication of the final-year students of high school or college that includes photographs of the students, information about their school activities etc.

 

duh - to je přece jasné, no jasně

interjection, American English, informal - an exclamation you use when something is obvious, for example when the other person asks you a question and the answer is obviously YES

 

wharf - nábřeží (kotviště)

noun - a structure built on the shore of a lake or on the bank of a river for ships to load or unload their cargo

press-up - klik

noun, British English - a physical exercise in which you lie down in the horizontal position and lift and lower your body using the muscles on your arms

push-up - klik

noun, American English - a physical exercise in which you lie down in the horizontal position and lift and lower your body using the muscles on your arms

 

right - je to tak (tázací dovětek), mám pravdu (tázací dovětek)

phrase - a word we use as a question tag (a short question at the end of a statement to check that the statement is correct)

cookie-cutter - jednolitý, jednotvárný, nenápaditý (stejný jako ostatní)

adjective, American English - used to describe things of the same type which all look almost the same and rather boring, showing lack of imagination and not much character

 

loophole - skulina, mezera (v zákonu)

noun - a small mistake in the way a law or a contract has been written that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something

 

dialect - nářečí, dialekt

noun - a variety of a language used by a particular group of people, the variety may differ from the main language in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation

 

flying doctor - létající doktor

noun - a doctor who has to fly to his patients because they live in a very distant parts of the country, esp. in the Australian outback

 

commission - komise, rada (komise), výbor

noun - an official group of people who have been given the task to gather information about something, investigate something or control something, especially for the government

 

gerund - gerundium

noun - the form of a verb that can be used instead of a noun, in English it has the ending -ING (swimming, being, knowing, having etc.)

hang - pověsit, viset, zavěsit

verb - to put something up in a way that the upper part is fixed and the lower part is loose, to be in such a position

Cinderella - Popelka

noun - the main character in the fairy tale about a young girl who lives with her mother in law and two evil step sisters and has to work for them untill a fairy godmother helps her get to the Prince's dance where the prince notices her and they get married and they live happily ever after