telegraph - telegraf

noun - an old-fashioned way of sending messages

telegraph pole - telegrafní sloup, telefonní sloup

noun, British English - a tall wooden pole that carries telephone and telegraph wires

 

high-heeled - na vysokých podpatcích, s vysokými podpatky

adjective - (of shoes) having high heels

polyester - polyester (materiál)

noun - artificial cloth that is often used to make clothes

walking stick - vycházková hůl

noun - a stick that you carry with you when walking and use as a support

 

brother - bratr (člen bratrstva)

noun - a member of a brotherhood

criterion - kritérium

noun - a standard you use to judge or decide something

 

stretch - úsek země, pás země

noun - an area of land

stretch - protažení, protažení se

noun - the act of straightening your body or a part of your body e.g. as an excercise etc.

drumstick - drůbeží stehýnko

noun - the lower part of the leg of a chicken, turkey or other poultry that is cooked and eaten

drumstick - palička na buben

noun - a stick that is used to hit a drum

white cane - slepecká hůl

noun - a long thin white stick that is used by blind people

paintbrush - štětec (malířský)

noun - an instrument made of a handle and stiff hairs used for painting

 

representative - charakteristický, typický, reprezentativní

adjective - typical of a particular group of things or people

cone off - uzavřít část silnice pomocí kuželů

verb, British English - to close a part of the road using traffic cones