mortar - malta

noun - a substance (made from a mixture of sand, cement and water) that is used when building a house etc. to join bricks, stones etc.

deep knee bend - dřep

noun - a physical exercise in which you start in a standing position, then bend your knees to lower your body down and then up again

squat - dřep

noun - a physical exercise in which you start in a standing position, then bend your knees to lower your body down and then up again

 

Lilo - nafukovací matrace

noun, British English - (trademark) a plastic or rubber mattress that is filled with air and is used as a bed when camping or for floating on water

cone - kornout

noun - a container that has a pointed bottom and round sides, often made of paper, plastic, or sometimes edible biscuit (to eat ice cream from)

 

corner shop - večerka (obchod)

noun, British English - a place where you can buy food, newspapers, toiletries etc., usually located in a residential part of a town and has long opening hours

convenience store - večerka (obchod)

noun - a place where you can buy food, newspapers, toiletries etc., usually located in a residential part of a town and has long opening hours

go Dutch - zaplatit každý za své, platit každý zvlášť

verb - (in a restaurant) to pay only for things you've had (if there are more people, everyone pays for his/her food and drink separately)

 

pulley - kladka

noun - a simple device consisting of a wheel on an axle, you put a rope around the wheel and use it to lift loads etc.

 

Stephen King - Stephen King

noun - a popular American novelist, the master of horror, the author of bestsellers such as It, Carrie, The Shawshenk Redemption, The Green Mile and others

Scotch egg - skotské vejce, pštrosí vejce (pokrm)

noun - a hard-boiled or soft-boiled egg that is encased in sausage meat, coated in breadcrumbs, and then deep-fried or baked, usually eaten cold

 

totalitarian - totalitní

adjective - describing a political system in which the government has total control over every part of people’s lives and does not allow any opposition or freedom

 

congress - kongres

noun - the group of people who make laws in some countries, especially the United States, where it consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives

 

dementia - demence, slabomyslnost

noun, technical - a serious mental condition in which a person gradually loses the ability to think, remember, and behave normally, usually because of disease or old age

lichen - lišejník

noun - a slow-growing organism that arises from a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium, often found on rocks, trees, or soil