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swim ring - plavací kruh, plavací kolo, nafukovací kolo

noun - an inflatable rubber ring that you put around your waist to help you swim

 

lifesaver - záchranný kruh

noun, American English - a kind of ring that floats in water and is used to save someone who is drowning

 

bauble - laciná ozdoba, cetka, tretka

noun - a piece of cheap jewellery

 

roll up - stočit, srolovat

verb - to make something into the shape of a tube

 

unroll - rozbalit, rozbalit se, rozvinout, rozvinout se

verb - to open or unwind something that has been rolled up so that it becomes flat

 

Christmas cracker - vánoční petarda, vánoční rachejtle

noun - a festive paper tube with a surprise inside, pulled open with a snap during Christmas celebrations

 

tassel - střapec (např. na koberci, na závěsu)

noun - a hanging bunch of threads attached to something, it is often used for decoration

 

fryer - fritéza, fritovací hrnec

noun - a kitchen appliance in which you cook food in a lot of oil

 

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