serum - sérum

noun - a liquid component of blood that remains after blood has clotted, containing various proteins, antibodies, hormones, and other substances

paperhanger - tapetář

noun - someone who decorates walls with wallpaper, usually as a job

brazil - para ořech

noun - a type of curved nut that has a hard shell with three sides

 

figment - výplod, výmysl

noun - something invented or made up, the creation of someone's imagination

 

middlebrow - obyčejný člověk, průměrný člověk, člověk průměrného vkusu

noun - a person of average taste, a person who is not very intellectual

 

lowbrow - jednoduchý člověk, primitiv, přízemní člověk

noun - a simple unsofisticated person, someone not interested in arts etc.

 

now and then - občas, někdy, tu a tam, příležitostně

adverb - sometimes

debris - smetí, zbytky, odpad

noun - leftover pieces of material that are not wanted

 

give or take - plus minus, zhruba, přibližně

phrase - approximately

 

more or less - zhruba, přibližně, plus minus

phrase - approximately

checkmate - dát mat

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

 

life-saving - záchranný, život zachraňující

adjective - done to save lives

 

capture - zajetí, dopadení

noun - the act of making someone prisoner, the state of being prisoner

 

diagonal - úhlopříčka, diagonála

noun - a straight line connecting two nonadjacent corners of a rectangle, a square, etc.

 

file - sloupec (na šachovnici)

noun - a column of squares on a chessboard marked A-H