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

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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.)

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

 

past simple - minulý prostý čas

noun - a tense that is used for actions that happened at some point in the past or happened regularly in the past, were generally true etc. Verbs usually have the ending -ED and in questions and negatives we usually use DID / DIDN'T

 

extrinsic - vnější, nepodstatný, externí

adjective, formal - not part of the essential nature of something; coming from outside

mellow - jemný, měkký, příjemný, tlumený (světlo, barva apod.)

adjective - (of colour or sound) soft, smooth, and pleasant to the senses

 

key - klíčový, zásadní, stěžejní, hlavní, rozhodující

adjective - very important or essential to the understanding or success of something

 

enforcement - vymáhání (dodržování práva či pravidel), vynucení

noun - the act of making sure that laws and rules are obeyed

under arrest - zatčený, zatčen, ve vazbě

adjective - having been taken by the police and not free to leave

counter - pracovní plocha (např. na kuchyňské lince)

noun, American English - the surface of a kitchen cupboard etc. that you work on