semi - tahač s návěsem, kamion

noun, American English - a short truck with a long trailer

 

my foot - to zrovna

phrase, informal - a phrase we use when we think that what has just been said is not true at all

 

perennial - věčný, neustálý, trvalý

adjective - existing for a long time

make it - stihnout dorazit

verb - to be able to get somewhere

 

striper - mořčák pruhovaný

noun, informal - the striped bass

 

candy striper - dobrovolník v nemocnici, dobrovolnice v nemocnici

noun, American English, informal - a volunteer worker in a hospital (usually a young female)

 

voluntarily - dobrovolně

adverb - because you want to do it and not because you have to

 

carrion - mršina

noun - the decaying flesh of dead animals

 

banister - zábradlí

noun - a structure on the side of stairs that you can hold onto when you walk up and down the stairs

 

stairway - schody, schodiště

noun - a set of stairs

 

rusty - pozapomenutý, zašlý

adjective - not as good as it used to be, because you have not used it a long time

 

horizon - obzor, přehled, rozhled, znalost

noun - the limit of someone's ideas, interests, desires and knowledge

 

out of - mimo, z (např. dosahu)

preposition - from a position near something to a position distant from it

 

burn to a crisp - shořet na uhel, spálit na uhel

verb - to be completely burnt

 

morality - mravnost, morálka

noun - a set of standards for good and bad behavior