coltsfoot - podběl

noun - a plant with yellow flowers that appears in early spring, it is used to make cough medicine

fin - ploutev

noun - a part of a fish body that is used to swim and move around in the water

echo - echo, ozvěna

noun - a sound that is reflected off flat surfaces, e.g. off the wall of a rock, cliff, etc.

wig - paruka, příčes

noun - a covering that you can wear on your head, it is made of real or false hair

wallet - peněženka

noun - a small thing in which you carry your money, it is usually made of leather or plastic

vest - tílko, nátělník

noun, British English - a piece of clothing that is worn on the top part of the body under other clothes

 

civilize - civilizovat, zcivilizovat

verb - to teach or educate somebody to behave the way you think is better, more polite, more reasonable

 

division - dělení (mat.)

noun - an arithmetic operation in which you find out how many times a number is in another number

carpenter - tesař

noun - a person whose job it is to build things out of wood, e.g. wooden houses, roofs etc.

cassette - kazeta

noun - a small case with a tape in it that is used for playing and recording music etc.

overtake - předjíždět, předjet

verb - to go past a car that is going in the same direction but at a lower speed

negative - negativ

noun - a piece of film that is used to make photographs from, the colours are inverted in it

 

confirmed - potvrzený, oficiální

adjective - used to describe someone who has had a particular habit or belief that is unlikely to change

 

go figure - kdo by to byl řekl, koho by to napadlo, proč asi (ironicky)

phrase, American English, informal - said to mean that you do not want to explain something because you think it is obvious

lifeboat - záchranný člun

noun - a small boat that is sent out to save people who are in danger in the water