wing mirror - postranní zrcátko, vnější zrcátko

noun, British English - a mirror fastened to the side of a car that makes it possible for you to see what is behind you

side-view mirror - zpětné zrcátko

noun, American English - a mirror fastened to the side of a car that makes it possible for you to see what is behind you

 

turf - půda, území, svět, rajón

noun - the place where somebody lives or works, especially when they consider it their own, or a subject somebody is good at

 

lead astray - svést na špatnou cestu, uvést v omyl

verb - to make somebody go in the wrong direction or do bad things, to make somebody believe something that is not true

 

thingummy - cosi, něco

noun, informal - used to refer to something or someone when you do not know the name or do not want to mention it

 

subcontract - zadat subdodavateli, nechat si vyrobit

verb - to pay a person or company to do some of the work that you have agreed to do for someone else

poinsettia - vánoční hvězda, poinsetia, pryšec nádherní

noun - a plant with red or white leaves at the top that look like large flowers, it is often associated with Christmas

 

day camp - příměstský tábor

noun - a place where kids go for a day during the summer vacation, usually where they do sports and other recreational activities

alligator pear - avokádo

noun - a tropical fruit shaped like a pear, with green skin, soft green flesh inside and a large seed in the centre

 

throttle - plyn, regulátor pohonu

noun - a device that allows more or less fuel to go into an engine and is used to change the vehicle's speed

leakage - únik, unikání

noun - the act of leaking, when an amount of liquid or gas is escaping from something by a hole or other fault

 

rationalisation - hledání logického vysvětlení

noun, British English - the act of trying to find reasons to justify or explain someone's behavior, opinions, decisions, etc. that are difficult to understand

 

rationalization - hledání logického vysvětlení

noun - the act of trying to find reasons to justify or explain someone's behavior, opinions, decisions, etc. that are difficult to understand

spoon - tulit se k sobě, přitulit se

verb, informal - to lie together with someone with both bodies facing the same direction and knees bent slightly, fitting together like two spoons

 

counterpart - protějšek

noun - a person or a thing that has the same or similar function or position as another one in a different situation