license plate - poznávací značka

noun, American English - the sign with a combination of numbers and letters fastened to the front and back of a car which makes it possible for cars to be identified

 

past perfect - předminulý čas, předminulý čas prostý

noun - a grammatical structure that is used for actions that happened before another action in the past, the structure is HAD + past participle (had done, hadn't seen etc.)

superstition - pověra, pověrčivost

noun - a belief that certain ritual or activity can bring you good or bad luck (e.g. crossing the fingers, seeing a black cat run across the street etc)

 

carbon - uhlík

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 6) an element that is present in all organic compounds, it is also known in the form of diamonds and graphite

crunch - lehsed, leh-sed

noun - an exercise in which you lie down with your knees slightly bent and then lift the upper part of the body to a sitting position and back

sit-up - lehsed, leh-sed

noun - an exercise in which you lie down with your knees slightly bent and then lift the upper part of the body to a sitting position and back

abseiling - slaňování, slanění

noun, British English - the activity of dropping down a steep cliff or rock face using a doubled rope wrapped around the body or a special device attached to a harness

lees - sedlina, usazenina, kal (u vína)

noun, technical - the sediment consisting of dead yeast cells, grape solids, and other particles that settles at the bottom of a wine barrel or bottle during fermentation and aging

 

plasma - plazma (krevní)

noun - the yellowish liquid part of blood in which blood cells are suspended, containing nutrients, hormones, and proteins, and aiding in clotting and transporting substances throughout the body

 

establishment - establishment, vládnoucí elita, mocenské kruhy

noun - the people and institutions that hold power and influence in a society

capital - velké písmeno, kapitálka, verzálka

noun - a letter of the alphabet that is larger than a lowercase letter

 

improvised - improvizovaný

adjective - made using whatever you can find or is available at the moment

 

stub - kontrolní útržek (vstupenky)

noun - the small part of a ticket that is given back to you

 

chapped - popraskaný (rty, kůže)

adjective - (of the skin on hands or lips) rough, dry and often painful

 

gear up - připravit se, vybavit se

verb - to prepare to do something, to get the necessary equipment for it