Californian - kalifornský

adjective - coming from or connected with California

 

baobab - baobab

noun - a tree with a short, thick trunk, native to Africa or Australia, able to live for thousands of years

geyser - gejzír

noun - a hot spring which sends boiling water and steam high into the air like a fountain

mundane - všední, obyčejný, každodenní, běžný

adjective - ordinary, not exciting at all, connected with everyday life

as if - to zrovna, to určitě

interjection, informal - a phrase we use as an exclamation to say that we think something is nott possible, something will never happen

 

horizontal - vodorovný

adjective - flat and level, parallel to the ground

supplies - potřeby, výbava

noun - things that you can use for a particular purpose (e.g. at school, in the office etc.)

blow your nose - vysmrkat se, smrkat

verb - to clear your nose by blowing strongly into a tissue or something similar

 

over my dead body - jen přes (mou) mrtvolu

adverb, informal - a phrase that says that we are strictly against something, we don't allow it

 

die out - vymřít, vyhynout

verb - to become extinct, to stop existing

 

Lazarus - Lazarus

noun - a person in the Bible who was raised from the dead by Jesus

 

mamba - mamba

noun - a very dangerous African snake

upright piano - pianino

noun - a large musical instrument that is played by pressing black and white keys, the strings are in arranged vertically in a wooden case

 

sketch - náčrtek, skica

noun - a quick drawing without much detail

 

dodgy - pofidérní, pochybný

adjective, British English - not to be trusted, probably not safe or honest