tights - punčocháče, punčochové kalhoty (dámské)

noun, British English - a piece of women's clothing, it is thin and tight and covers the waist, legs and feet

saviour - spasitel

noun - a person/god who saves people from death or sin; in Christian religion it is the Christ

 

lamprey - mihule

noun - a kind of fish with round mouth (with no jaw) that sucks the blood of other fish

bat - netopýr

noun - a small animal that looks like a mouse, it can fly and it hunts in the night

blackboard - tabule

noun - a dark board used in a school, the teacher writes on it with a piece of chalk

avalanche - lavina

noun - a lot of snow that comes down the side of a mountain and is dangerous for people

applaud - tleskat

verb - to award a performer etc. by clapping your hands to show that you have liked the performance

apartment - byt

noun, American English - the rooms that you use to live in, usually in a large building where many people live

 

meet - přijít naproti (někomu), sejít se (s)

verb - to pick up somebody at a station, to come and wait for someone at the station etc.

match - zápalka, sirka

noun - a small wooden thing with a special substance at the end, it is used to make fire

 

leave me alone - nech mě napokoji, nech mě být

verb - the phrase you say to someone if you want them to go away and stop bothering you

traffic jam - zácpa (dopravní), dopravní zácpa

noun - a situation in which there are so many cars in the street that they cannot move forward

tonsillitis - angína

noun - an illness in which you have a very sore throat and the tonsils become swollen and white

scrape - škrabat, škrábat, oškrabat, drápat, drásat

verb - to rub with a hard object, esp. in a way that it leaves marks on the surface

sugar - cukr

noun - the sweet white substance that people put in their tea or coffee etc. to make it sweeter