soviet - sovět

noun - an elected council in Communist countries, especially in the former USSR

 

five o'clock shadow - strniště (nepatrné)

noun, informal - beard growth visible in the evening on a man's shaved face

 

diving board - skokanský můstek, skokanské prkno

noun - a long board from which you jump into the swimming pool

 

junior high - nižší gymnázium, druhý stupeň základní školy

noun, American English - the school which children attend between elementary school and high school

 

punk - punk (styl hudby)

noun, informal - a music genre popular in the last 1970s and early 1980s

ice skating - (lední) bruslení

noun - the activity or sport of moving on ice wearing ice-skates

 

vine-ripened - zrající na větvičce (keře)

adjective - being allowed to ripen on the vine before it is picked

 

back to square one - zpátky, na začátek, na nulu

phrase, informal - to start again because the way you were doing something failed

 

rent-free - bez placení nájemného

adverb - without rent, not requiring that people pay the rent for it

 

in favour of - pro (co), ve prospěch (čeho)

preposition - in support of someone or something, for the reason of something

 

band - skupina, skupinka

noun - a group of people who have the same interests or ideas

 

spruce up - dát (se) do pucu, hodit (se) do gala, poladit, porovnat

verb, informal - to make someone or something cleaner; to improve the appearance generally

 

take advantage of - využít (čeho), využít něčeho (ve vlastní prospěch)

verb - to use the opportunity, to use something for your own good

 

armful - náruč (čeho), plná náruč (čeho)

noun - the amount of something that can be carried in your arms

 

cupful - hrnek (čeho), šálek (čeho), plný hrnek (čeho), plný šálek (čeho)

noun - the amount of something that can be held in a cup