were - být (min. konjunktiv)

verb - (subjunctive) to exist, to live, to become

shopping basket - nákupní košík

noun - a container for holding and carrying things you are going to buy

 

nutter - magor, cvok, pako

noun, British English, informal - a crazy person

 

basket case - případ na odpis, země/firma se zhroucenou ekonomikou

noun, informal - (of a country, organization or company) with many economic problems

nutcase - cvok, blázen, magor

noun, informal - a crazy person

abrasive - brusný materiál

noun - a rough material used for polishing something

 

abrasive - hrubý (o člověku), otravný

adjective - (of a person) irritating or offensive

abrasive - brusný, abrazivní, hrubý, drsný

adjective - rough, coarse, capable of being used to polish something or grind something

 

careerist - kariérista

noun - someone whose career is more important than than other things

palm tree - palma

noun - a kind of tropical tree which has large leaves at the top and no branches

 

perfect - zdokonalit, zlepšit

verb - to improve something so that it becomes as good as it can possibly be

 

matchless - nesrovnatelný, jedinečný

adjective, formal - better than everything else

 

unmatched - nesrovnatelný, nepřekonatelný

adjective, formal - better than any other

 

matchbook - zápalky, krabička zápalek

noun, American English - a piece of folded cardboard containing matches

 

matchwood - třísky

noun - very small pieces of wood that are left after something wooden has been destroyed