contraceptive - antikoncepce (prostředek či metoda)

noun - a method or a means of preventing conception (such as a condom, the pill etc.)

 

séance - seance, sezení

noun - a meeting of people who try to communicate with the spirit of a dead person

chives - pažitka, šnytlík

noun - the leaves of a plant with long hollow cylindrical leaves that are used as seasoning

 

so be it - budiž, ať, ať se tak stane

phrase, formal - used to show that you accept the situation and will not try to change it

 

pull strings - zatahat za nitky, kontaktovat vlivné lidi

verb - to use the influence that you have to get something done or to achieve something

 

tuition fees - školné

noun, British English - the money that a student pays to a university or a college for their teaching

 

invigilation - dozor (u zkoušky)

noun - the act of being present at a written exam and checking that students aren't cheating

 

abridge - zkrátit, zestručnit

verb - to make something shorter, especially by crossing out some things and keeping the important parts

helmet - helma, helmice, přilba, přílba

noun - a hard and strong covering for the head, usually made of metal or strong plastic

hedge - živý plot, křoví

noun - bushes that are planted to mark the border of something, e.g. a garden, field etc.

heaven - nebe, nebesa

noun - the place where a god lives or where he takes good people after they die

housewife - žena v domácnosti, hospodyně

noun - a woman who doesn't go to work but takes care of the house and family

burglary - vloupání

noun - the illegal act of coming into somebody's house in order to steal things from it

burrow - nora

noun - a hole in the ground made by a rabbit etc. to live and hide in

broadcast - vysílání

noun - the TV or radio signals that are sent through air; a TV or radio programme