black cab - britský taxík (černý, zakulacený)

noun - a special taxi car typical for London and some other British cities, it is black and rounded and you can hail it in the street

rehabilitation - renovace, rekonstrukce, asanace, obnova, uvedení zpět do dobrého stavu

noun - the process of repairing or improving something, such as a building, structure, or area, to bring it back to its original or a better condition

 

caution - udělit napomenutí, udělit výstrahu

verb, British English, formal - to give a formal warning to somebody (especially one that says that the next time they do something wrong or illegal, they will be punished)

stowage - úložný prostor, přepravní prostor, uskladnění, uložení

noun - a place or space for storage, especially on a ship, aircraft, or vehicle; the action or manner of storing or packing something in a space

tannin - tanin, tříslovina

noun, technical - a naturally occurring compound found in the skins, seeds, and stems of grapes, as well as in other plants, that gives wine astringency and structure

 

if not for - nebýt (čeho), kdyby nebylo (čeho)

phrase - a part of a conditional clause that says that something or someone was the only reason why something else happened or something else is true

 

catch-22 - bezvýchodná situace, začarovaný kruh

phrase - an impossible situation where you cannot do one thing until you do another thing that you cannot do until you have done the first one

handyman - domácí kutil, údržbář, opravář

noun - someone who is good at making and repairing things around the house; someone whose job is to perform minor repairs or maintenance work around houses

 

interest rate - úroková sazba

noun - the amount of interest that a financial company charges you when you borrow money or that you gain when you keep money in an account

 

mock - nanečisto, jen jako

adjective - looking like the real thing while it is only an imitation (usually something that is done for practice, such as an exam, a test etc.)

au-pair - pečovatel(ka) o děti, chůva

noun - a person, usually a woman, from a foreign country who lives with a family and takes care of the children and receives a small wage

train - vlak

noun - a big vehicle that uses railway tracks, it usually has a locomotive in the front and a few carriages, it can carry passengers or goods

tortoise - želva (většinou suchozemská)

noun - an animal with short legs, a hard shell on its back and a head that can hide in the shell, it usually lives on land

tabloid - plátek (noviny), bulvár (noviny), bulvární plátek

noun - a popular kind of newspaper that is printed on smaller sheets of paper, usually in color, the news in it is not usually very serious

 

trailer - upoutávka na film, ukázky z filmu (reklamní)

noun - a kind of advertisement for a film that is made up of short parts of the film put together in an exciting and teasing way