In the City

architecture - architektura

noun - the style in which a building or house is built

avenue - třída (ulice), ulice (široká), bulvár (ulice)

noun - a wide street

bank ^*1 - banka

noun - a building where you can put or take out money, take a loan etc.

bar ^*2 - hospoda

noun, American English - a place where you can have a drink, a pub

beach ^*3 - pláž

noun - the place at the seaside with sand, where you can lie, sunbathe, play etc.

boulevard - třída (ulice), bulvár (ulice)

noun - a wide street with trees on both sides

bridge ^*4 - most, lávka

noun - a structure that leads over a river, valley etc., usually made of metal, stone or wood

building ^*5 - budova, stavba

noun - a stucture with walls and a roof

bus stop ^*6 - autobusová zastávka, zastávka

noun - a place where you can take a bus, usually without a roof, in a street

cab ^*7 - taxi, taxík

noun, American English - a taxi

car park ^*8 - parkoviště

noun, British English - a place where you can park a car

cinema ^*9 - kino

noun, British English - a building where you go to see a film

college ^*10 - vysoká škola

noun - the kind of school where you can study after secondary school or high school

department store - obchodní dům

noun - a large shop (usually with many floors) where you can buy almost anything

escalator - eskalátor, jezdící schody

noun - a kind of lift that looks like a moving staircase, it is used e.g. in shopping centres, subways etc.

factory ^*11 - továrna, závod (výrobní)

noun - a large building where things are produced

hospital ^*12 - nemocnice

noun - a place where people go when they are very ill or when they are injured

hotel ^*13 - hotel

noun - a building with many rooms for guests where you can stay over night

house ^*14 - dům, domek

noun - a building in which people live, usually one family

church ^*15 - kostel

noun - a building where religious people (Christians) go to pray etc.

landmark - orientační bod, památka

noun - a building or something that can be easily recognized and which can help you to realize where you are

lane - jízdní pruh

noun - a section of a wide road that is used by cars going in the same direction

law court - budova soudu, soud, soudní dvůr

noun - a place where a judge and a jury decides about legal cases

level crossing - železniční přejezd

noun - a place where a railway crosses a road

library ^*16 - knihovna (budova nebo místnost)

noun - a building or a room where you can read a book or borrow it

mosque - mešita

noun - a kind of church for Muslims

museum ^*17 - muzeum

noun - a building where you can see various exhibitions, e.g. historical items, stuffed animals, technical things etc.

office ^*18 - kancelář

noun - a place where people work, usually jobs connected with working with computers, documents etc.

park ^*19 - park

noun - an open green area in a town or city where people can go to relax, sit down, have a picnic etc.

parliament - parlament

noun - a group of people who make laws in a country

pedestrian crossing - přechod pro chodce

noun - a place where people can walk across a road, it is usually marked by white stripes on the surface of the road

petrol station ^*20 - benzínová stanice, benzínová pumpa

noun, British English - the place where you can buy fuel for your car

post office ^*21 - pošta (budova)

noun - a building where you can post letters, parcels etc.

prison ^*22 - vězení, věznice

noun - a place where criminals are locked up

pub ^*23 - hospoda, hostinec

noun - a place where you can have a drink

public transport - veřejná doprava, hromadná doprava

noun, British English - the system of trains, buses etc. that people can use, esp. in a city

quay - nábřeží, přístaviště

noun - a long platform along the bank of a river etc. (usually built of stone) that boats can be tied to and passengers or goods can get on and off

restaurant ^*24 - restaurace

noun - a place where you can have a meal

road ^*25 - silnice, cesta

noun - the surface specially made for cars and lorries etc. to travel on, it is usually black with white lines

shop ^*26 - obchod

noun, British English - a place where you can buy some things

shopping mall - nákupní centrum, nákupní středisko

noun - a large building with many shops inside

school ^*27 - škola

noun - the building where children and young people go in order to study, the institution that provides education

sight - památka (pamětihodnost), pamětihodnost

noun - a place visited by tourists which is worth seeing

sightseeing - prohlížení památek, chození po památkách

noun - an activity often done by tourists in which they go from one place to another and they look at buildings, statues, churches etc.

skyscraper - mrakodrap, výšková budova

noun - a very tall building with many floors (usually more than 40 or 50), usually built in large cities

square ^*28 - náměstí

noun - a large open space among buildings, several streets usually meet here

stadium - stadion, sportovní stadion

noun - a large building where sports like football, athletics, hockey etc. are done

station ^*29 - stanice, železniční stanice, nádraží

noun - a place where you can take a train

street ^*30 - ulice

noun - a road in a town with houses and buildings on both sides

subway ^*31 - metro, podzemní dráha

noun, American English - a kind of train that travels in tunnels under a city and stops at regular intervals for people to get in or out

tower - věž

noun - a tall building or structure, esp. as a part of a castle, church etc.

town hall ^*32 - radnice

noun - the important offices of the town, the place where the mayor works

traffic ^*33 - provoz (např. ve městě), dopravní ruch, doprava (provoz)

noun - the cars that are in the streets at a time

traffic lights ^*34 - semafory, semafor

noun - the system that directs the traffic at a place where two streets meet, it has three lights, green, yellow (amber) and red

tram ^*35 - tramvaj

noun, British English - a kind of train for people that travels through a city and stops at regular intervals to let people in or out

university ^*36 - univerzita

noun - a kind of higher school where you study for a degree, e.g. to be a doctor etc.