mortgage - zatížit hypotékou, zastavit (např. dům)

verb - to give a legal right to someone, often a bank, to own your property if you don't repay the money you borrowed from them

bookmaker - osoba či společnost přijímající sázky

noun - a person or organization that accepts and manages bets on various events, especially sports events, and determines the odds and payouts for those bets

horse chestnut - kaštan, nejedlý kaštan, koňský kaštan, jírovec maďal

noun - a large tree with white and pink flowers that produces shiny brown nuts that grow inside cases; or the nut of such a tree

 

drainpipe - okapová roura, dešťový svod

noun - a pipe that carries rainwater away from the roof of a building, or a pipe that carries dirty waste water away from a building

traffic light - světlo na semaforu

noun - one of the three lights - red, yellow or green - that tell you whether you have to stop your car or whether you can go

chess - šachy

noun - a game for two people played on a black and white board, each player has 16 playing pieces and must capture the opponent's king

cough - kašel

noun - the act of pushing air out of your throat suddenly, with a rough noise, usually as a result of a cold or another illness

hitch-hike - stopovat (jet stopem), jet stopem

verb - to stand by the road, lift up your thumb and wait for a driver to give you a lift; to travel in this manner

hitchhike - stopovat (jet stopem), jet stopem

verb - to stand by the road, lift up your thumb and wait for a driver to give you a lift; to travel in this manner

balcony - balkón

noun - a platform built on the upstairs outer wall of a house with a rail around it, you can get there from an upstairs room

 

Buddhism - budhizmus

noun - an eastern religion that follows the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, a philosophy in which people try to purify their mind, avoid all evil etc.

seal - tuleň, lachtan

noun - a grey animal living in and near the sea and eating fish, it hasn't got legs, only two short flat arms and a tail

glove - rukavice (j.č.)

noun - one of the two pieces of clothing that cover your hands when it is cold or when you want to protect them from something

metal - kovový

adjective - made of the hard material that is used for making parts of cars or other machines, or smaller things like knives and spoons etc.

disabled - postižený

adjective - not having some physical or mental abilities that people normally have; not able to use a part of the body properly (e.g. legs etc.)