rubbish truck - popelářský vůz, popelářské auto

noun, British English - a large vehicle that is used by dustmen to collect rubbish from outside houses

garbage truck - popelářský vůz, popelářské auto

noun, American English - a large vehicle that is used by dustmen to collect rubbish from outside houses

bin lorry - popelářský vůz, popelářské auto

noun, British English - a large vehicle that is used by dustmen to collect rubbish from outside houses

dustcart - popelářský vůz, popelářské auto

noun, British English - a large vehicle that is used by dustmen to collect rubbish from outside houses

 

cotton bud - vatová tyčinka, vatička do uší

noun - a stick with cotton at each end that is usually used to clean ears

polyhouse - fóliovník

noun - a frame covered with polythene that is used to protect plants in bad weather

swimming ring - plavací kruh, plavací kolo, nafukovací kolo

noun - an inflatable rubber ring that you put around your waist to help you swim

swim ring - plavací kruh, plavací kolo, nafukovací kolo

noun - an inflatable rubber ring that you put around your waist to help you swim

tassel - střapec (např. na koberci, na závěsu)

noun - a hanging bunch of threads attached to something, it is often used for decoration

checkmate - dát mat

verb - to put the opponent's king in a position from which there is no escape

telling-off - vynadání, vyhubování, kartáč

noun, British English, informal - the act of speaking angrily to somebody who has done something bad or wrong

 

adoption - adopce, osvojení

noun - the act of taking a child to take care of them as your own

 

wake up and smell the coffee - probrat se, podívat se pravdě do očí

verb, informal - used to tell someone they should recognize the reality of a situation, usually unpleasant

 

gore - nabodnout (na roh), zranit (např. rohem)

verb - (e.g. of a bull) to injure someone with a horn or with a tusk

 

trip up - podrazit nohy, nastavit nohu

verb - to make someone fall or almost fall by putting your foot in their way