tapestry - tapiserie

noun - a thick cloth that is hung on walls and which has pictures and other designs embroidered on it

teller - pokladní (v bance), bankovní pokladník

noun - a person who works in a bank and whose job is to receive and/or pay out money

peg - kolíček na prádlo

noun - a clip made of wood or plastic that is used for fastening wet clothes to a washing line

poster - plakát

noun - a large picture on a large sheet of paper which is fastened to the wall or a board

paint - barva

noun - a coloured liquid that is put on walls (to give it a colour) or used to make pictures

goblet - pohár, číše

noun - a large cup on a stem made of glass or metal; red wine is usually served in it

wheelie - jízda na zadním kole

noun, informal - a trick in which the front wheel of a bicycle or a motorbike is raised off the ground

yeast - kvasnice, droždí

noun - a kind of fungus that is added to make dough rise or used in making beer or wine

 

obsession - posedlost

noun - the state of being interested in something too much, in a way that is not normal or healthy

 

promotion - proměna (v šachu)

noun - the move in chess in which the pawn is replaced by either a queen, rook, knight or bishop

plasterboard - sádrokarton

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

 

appraise - hodnotit, ohodnotit, zhodnotit

verb - to look at someone in order to say how good they are, how good their performance is etc.

 

quack - šarlatán

noun, informal - a doctor who only pretends to be a doctor or who is very bad at his/her job

 

interim - dočasný, přechodný

adjective - not permanent, done only for a short time (e.g. until something else is done, something else happens etc.)

postcode - poštovní směrovací číslo

noun, British English - a code made up of numbers and/or letters that identifies the place where a letter is sent