moralist - moralista

noun - a person who has strong ideas about what is morally right and not, especially one who tries to teach other people how they should behave

 

if not for - nebýt (čeho), kdyby nebylo (čeho)

phrase - a part of a conditional clause that says that something or someone was the only reason why something else happened or something else is true

 

test-tube baby - dítě ze zkumavky

noun - a baby that develops from an egg that is fertilized outside of a mother's body and then put back in her womb to finish developing

sewing machine - šicí stroj

noun - a machine that is used for joining two pieces of cloth together with a thread, or for making clothes by using a needle and thread

 

chaser - střelec

noun - the players of Quidditch whose job is to try to get the Quaffle through one of the hoops on the opponent's side of the pitch

 

to - než, před (namísto)

preposition - a preposition we use when we want to say we prefer one thing rather than something else, that something is better than something else etc.

lion - lev

noun - a large animal from Africa or Asia, it looks like a big cat and eats other animals, people say it is the King of animals

reptile - plaz

noun - one of the group of cold-blooded animals which come out of eggs and whose body is covered with scales (e.g. a crocodile, snake, etc.)

hostage - rukojmí

noun - a civillian who is taken prisoner by a criminal who threatens to kill him/her if the government etc. does not do what he wants

syringe - stříkačka (injekční), injekční stříkačka

noun - a plastic tube (usually with a needle) that is used to suck liquid out of something or push liquid into something (e.g. blood, drugs etc.)

Nevada - Nevada

noun - a state in the west of the USA known for its deserts, the capital of gambling - Las Vegas (although the real capital is Carson City)

 

nickel - nikl

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 28) a silvery-white metal similar to iron, it is used in many different alloys and in galvanizing iron

 

chlorine - chlor

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 17), a toxic yellow gas, it is used e.g. to purify water, as a disinfectant in swimming pools etc.

 

take the high road - povznést se nad věc, být nad věcí, být lepší (než on/ona...)

phrase - not to join in a fight, argument, not to behave the way others do, to ignore idiocy, to do what you think is morally right

on - na

preposition - a preposition that expresses that something is in contact with the surface of something, attached to something, in contact with something, lying on something etc.