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

jury - porota (u soudu)

noun - a group of people (chosen from the public) in a court who help to decide whether a person is guilty of a crime or not

 

pledge - nováček (vstupující do spolku)

noun, American English, informal - a person who wants to join a fraternity or a sorority but has yet to be officially accepted (often after passing some tests, trials etc.)

peasant - rolník

noun - a poor person, usually one that has a very low social status, who works on a small piece of land (grows crops or keeps animals)

forklift operator - řidič vysokozdvižného vozíku

noun - a person whose job is to drive and control a special vehicle with a special device at the front that allows it to lift heavy objects

Chinese whispers - tichá pošta (dětská hra)

noun - a game in which a message is whispered from one person to the next in a line, usually becoming increasingly distorted as it is passed along

dummy - figurína, panák, krejčovská panna

noun - a large model of a person or a part of the body that is used to show clothes on in a shop or to make clothes

 

Purgatory - očistec

noun - the place where, according to some religions, the spirit of a dead person is sent to suffer for their sins before they can go to heaven

 

enviously - závistivě, nepřejícně

adverb - in a way that shows that you want to be in the same situation as someone else or you wish you had what another person has

 

ultimatum - ultimátum

noun - a warning to a person or a group of people that if they don't do what you tell them, you will do something to punish them

voter - volič

noun - a person who has the right to express their opinion in a formal situation in which a candidate has to be chosen for a post etc.

 

chaperone - garde, gardedáma, doprovod do společnosti (dohlížející na někoho)

noun - a person in the past, usually an older or responsible one, who accompanies and looks after someone, especially a young woman or group, to ensure proper behaviour

adjuster - odhadce, likvidátor škod (u pojištění)

noun - a person who works in an insurance company and whose job is to decide how much money someone should receive after something bad has happened to them

 

corner - zahnat do kouta, zahnat do úzkých

verb - to get a person or animal into a place or situation from which it is difficult to escape for them, or which is very uncomfortable for them

interview - dělat rozhovor, dělat pohovor

verb - to meet a person and ask him/her a lot of questions in order to find out whether they are suitable for a job, or other information