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turnpike - dálnice, placená dálnice

noun, American English - a toll road, typically a major highway or expressway, where drivers must pay a fee at toll booths

 

expressway - dálnice, rychlostní silnice, víceproudá silnice

noun, American English - a high-speed road designed for fast traffic, typically with limited access points and separate lanes for opposing directions

 

honoree - laureát, držitel ocenění, oceněná osoba

noun - a person who receives an award or honour

 

every now and again - občas, čas od času, sem tam

adverb - sometimes, occasionally

 

splurge - rozhazování peněz, vyhazování peněz (za něco)

noun, informal - the act of spending a lot of money on something expensive, or something that you do not need

 

splurge - utratit hodně peněz, vyhodit spoustu peněz, rozhazovat peníze

verb, informal - to spend a lot of money on something that is expensive, or something that you do not need

 

spirit level - vodováha

noun - a tool with a glass tube filled liquid with a bubble of air inside that is used to check whether a surface is flat

 

level - vodováha

noun - a tool with a glass tube filled liquid with a bubble of air inside that is used to check whether a surface is flat

 

boozer - putyka, knajpa, hospoda

noun, British English, informal - a pub

 

boozer - ochlasta, ožrala

noun, informal - someone who drinks a lot of alcohol

 

booze - chlastat, nasávat

verb, informal - to drink alcohol, especially a lot of it

 

beaker - kádinka (chemická)

noun - a glass container with straight sides and usually a lip used in chemistry for measuring liquids

 

beaker - kalíšek, kelímek (z plastu)

noun, British English - a simple drinking cup without a handle that is made of durable plastic

 

reading - údaj (na měřícím přístroji), hodnota (na měřícím přístroji), měřená hodnota

noun - the number or amount shown on a measuring instrument

 

parking meter - parkovací automat, parkovací hodiny

noun - a machine in which you put money for parking