a skeleton in the cupboard - kostlivec ve skříni (tajemství)

noun, British English - an embarrassing or shocking secret that you don't want anyone to know about

 

a skeleton in the closet - kostlivec ve skříni (tajemství)

noun - an embarrassing or shocking secret that you don't want anyone to know about

 

eggshell - pololesklá barva

noun - a type of paint that is slightly glossy

 

menu - nabídka, výběr možností, menu

noun - the list of the items to choose from, especially in a computer application or on a website

 

24/7 - nonstop

adverb, informal - all the time; twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week

have cold feet - mít strach, nemít odvahu, dostat strach

verb - to suddenly feel scared or frightened to do something you planned to do

understand - chápat, rozumět

verb - to realize something, to see how something works, why somebody does something etc.

 

dry-stone wall - suchá zeď, nasucho stavěná zeď (bez malty)

noun, British English - a stone wall built without mortar

 

dry wall - suchá zeď, nasucho stavěná zeď (bez malty)

noun, American English, technical - a stone wall built without mortar

dry wall - sádrokarton

noun, American English - a kind of material used to build interior walls and ceilings, it is made of plaster and paper

 

lead astray - svést na špatnou cestu, uvést v omyl

verb - to make somebody go in the wrong direction or do bad things, to make somebody believe something that is not true

 

go astray - ztratit se, sejít z cesty, pokazit se

verb - to lose the right direction, to get lost or stolen, to go wrong

 

chain - uvázat na řetěz

verb - to tie or fasten something using a long line of metal rings connected to each other

 

usurious - lichvářský

adjective, formal - loaned with very high rates of interest

 

usury - lichva

noun, dated - the practice of lending money at very high rates of interest