perennial - věčný, neustálý, trvalý

adjective - existing for a long time

make it - stihnout dorazit

verb - to be able to get somewhere

 

striper - mořčák pruhovaný

noun, informal - the striped bass

 

candy striper - dobrovolník v nemocnici, dobrovolnice v nemocnici

noun, American English, informal - a volunteer worker in a hospital (usually a young female)

 

voluntarily - dobrovolně

adverb - because you want to do it and not because you have to

 

carrion - mršina

noun - the decaying flesh of dead animals

upended - vzhůru nohama, obrácený na záda

adjective - turned upside down

upend - obrátit (vzhůru nohama), otočit (vzhůru nohama), obrátit se (vzhůru nohama)

verb - to turn something upside down, to turn upside down

 

draconian - drakonický, velmi přísný

adjective - very strict (esp. in connection with laws)

 

f-word - sprosté slovo

noun - used instead of the swear word 'fuck'

 

scared shitless - podělaný strachy

phrase, informal - to be completely terrified

 

elm - jilm

noun - a large tree with broad leaves which it loses in winter

 

A Nightmare on Elm Street - Noční můra z Elm Street

phrase - an American horror film, the story is about Freddy Krueger who is attacking Nancy and her friends in their dreams

 

let's say - řekněme, že (fráze pro uvození hypotetické myšlenky)

phrase - used to introduce a possible example of something

 

homegrown - domácí, doma vypěstovaný

adjective - grown in your garden, orchard