quiche - quiche (slaný koláč)

noun - a pie without a top, usually filled with a mixture of eggs, cheese and other ingredients

pompom - bambule, střapec

noun - a small soft ball that is used to decorate clothing

landlady - paní domácí, domácí, bytná

noun - a woman who rents a room or flat to other people

 

grimace - ušklíbnout se, udělat obličej

verb - to make a facial expression that shows you don't like something

 

beam - usmívat se

verb - to smile

hypocritical - pokrytecký

adjective - expressing certain beliefs that one doesn't actually have

Velcro - suchý zip

noun - (trademark) a material for fastening clothes consisting of two parts with two different surfaces which stick together when you press them

hourglass - přesýpací hodiny

noun - a glass container in which sand moves from the top part to the bottom part measuring time

 

unwilling - neochotný

adjective - not wanting to do something, refusing to do something

 

better half - drahá polovička, lepší polovička, protějšek

noun, informal - your wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend or someone you have a relationship with

 

other half - drahá polovička, lepší polovička, protějšek

noun, informal - your wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend or someone you have a relationship with

significant other - drahá polovička, protějšek, partner

noun - your wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend or someone you have a relationship with

 

Tokyo - Tokyo

noun - the largest city in Japan, the capital of Japan

 

Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro

noun - the second largest city in Brazil

 

Sydney - Sydney

noun - the largest and the most populous city in Australia