totem pole - totem

noun - a wooden pole with carved images and symbols, usually build in the center of a Native-American village

 

Samhain - svátek Samhain

noun - an old Gaelic festival celebrating the end of summer, Halloween is said to have evolved from this holiday

 

crackhead - feťák

noun, informal - a slang word for somebody who takes drugs (crack) or acts as if under the influence of drugs

tool shed - kůlna

noun - a small wooden building (usually in the garden) where people usually put different things such as tools etc.

 

launch - spuštění (na vodu), vypuštění (družice)

noun - the act of setting something on water (a boat etc.) or sending something into space (shuttle, sattelite etc.)

 

uh-oh - a sakra, a jéje

interjection - the sound we make when we realize we have done something wrong and there's going to be trouble

pike - kopí

noun - a long pole with a sharp blade attached to its end, used as a weapon in the past

trebuchet - trebuchet (obléhací zbraň)

noun - a siege machine (used esp. in the Middle Ages) that could throw heavy objects and destroy walls etc.

pave - dláždit, vydláždit

verb - to make the surface of a path or a road hard by putting stones or bricks on it

crochet - háčkování

noun - a way of making clothes or decorations by using a special needle with a hook at the end

postcode - poštovní směrovací číslo

noun, British English - a code made up of numbers and/or letters that identifies the place where a letter is sent

 

mace - palcát

noun - a stick with a heavy head with sharp spikes on it, used in the past as a weapon

 

adulteration - pančování (např. nápoje), ředění, šizení

noun - the act of mixing something (esp. food and drink) with a different substance to make it less pure

art nouveau - secese (umělecký styl)

noun - an artistic style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries characterized by decorative, flowing lines and natural forms

coroner - koroner, soudní lékař, úřední ohledávač mrtvol

noun - an official who investigates deaths, especially those happening under unusual or suspicious circumstances, and determines the cause of death