once - kdysi, jednou (kdysi)
BrE
/'wʌns/
AmE
/'wʌns/

adverb - sometime in the past

 
yore - minulost (zast.)
BrE
/'jɔ:/
AmE
/'jɔ:r/

noun, dated - the past (old-fashioned)

 
complicated - složitý, komplikovaný
BrE
/'kɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/
AmE
/'kɑ:mplɪkeɪt̬ɪd/

adjective - not simple, not easy to understand

plain
plain - strohý, jednoduchý, prostý
BrE
/'pleɪn/
AmE
/'pleɪn/

adjective - without anything added, not decorated, simple

 
potted - stručný (o knize apod.)
BrE
/'pɒtɪd/
AmE
/'pɑ:t̬ɪd/

adjective - written in a short, simple form

 
pass - uplynout, minout, propásnout, nechat minout
BrE
/'pɑ:s/
AmE
/'pæs/

verb - to go past and disappear, to let something go past and disappear

 
no-brainer - nad čím se nemusí přemýšlet, jasná věc, snadná otázka
BrE
/ˌnəʊ'breɪnə/
AmE
/ˌnoʊ'breɪnər/

noun, informal - a simple question to answer, a simple decision to take, something you don't need to think about

 
yesterday - včerejšek, včerejší den
BrE
/'jestədeɪ/
AmE
/'jestərdeɪ/

noun - referring to the recent past

history
history - historie, dějepis
BrE
/'hɪstri/
AmE
/'hɪstəri/

noun - the study of the past

 
bygone - dávný
BrE
/'baɪgɒn/
AmE
/'baɪgɑ:n/

adjective, dated - long gone, in the past

 
rudimentary - základní, jednoduchý, primitivní, nejzákladnější
BrE
/ˌru:də'mentri/
AmE
/ˌru:də'mentri/

adjective - basic or simple; not fully developed or advanced

 
artlessly - bezelstně, upřímně
BrE
/'ɑ:tləsli/
AmE
/'ɑ:rtləsli/

adjective, formal - in a way that is honest and simple

 
childlike - dětský, dětsky prostý
BrE
/'tʃaɪldˌlaɪk/
AmE
/'tʃaɪldˌlaɪk/

adjective - similar to a child's simple way of thinking

 
recall - vybavit si, vybavovat si
BrE
/rɪ'kɔ:l/
AmE
/rɪ'kɔ:l/

verb - to remember something from the past

old-fashioned
old-fashioned - staromódní
BrE
/ˌəʊld'fæʃnd/
AmE
/ˌoʊld'fæʃnd/

adjective - dressing like people dressed in the past, having ideas like people had in the past etc.