My life in the USA

19 How my exchange year started terms

airport
noun
a complex of runways and buildings for the take-off, landing, and maintenance of civil aircraft, with facilities for passengers
Example: One option would be to improve road services to and from the AIRPORT.
sk: LETISKO
Washington Dulles International Airport
cafeteria
noun
cafeteria (n.) 1839, "cafe," American English, from Mexican Spanish cafeteria "coffee store," from café "coffee" (see coffee) + Spanish -tería "place where something is done" (usually business).
Example: CAFETERIA Style Fringe Benefits (Flexible benefits): This strategy is now very popular all over the world, for it maximizes the value of limited monetary amount of fringe benefits and gives the employees some controls over their own rewards.
sk: bufet
A place where students/employees can get food but first they have to pay for it
celebration
noun
the action of celebrating an important day or event. "the birth of his son was a cause for celebration"
Example: Harvest time there is a cause for great CELEBRATION and there are various practices that have to be carried out.
sk: oslava
Christmas
noun
the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on 25 December in the Western Church. "I have such happy childhood memories of decorating the house for Christmas"
Example: At the farm the soil is fairly acidic, this is ideal for good CHRISTMAS tree growth.
sk: Vianoce
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dinner
noun
the main meal of the day, taken either around midday or in the evening.
Example: The questionnaire covered all main areas, and was divided into departments with questions about the time it took to check-in, how friendly the receptionist was, or about the food, service and the prices practised, asking them to rate how well they were served in each meal (breakfast, lunch and DINNER), and in each restaurant.
sk: večera
dress up
noun
dress in smart or formal clothes. "just wear whatever's comfortable—you don't need to dress up"
Example: This is despite criticism from the media that authors of such research, to maintain their "mystique", deliberately "DRESS UP" a simple idea to make it appear more complex than it really is.
sk: Obliecť sa
family
noun
a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit. "the family lived in a large house with a lot of land"
Example: Lupins are a member of the pulse FAMILY (see Table 1), and produce a fruit, the legume, in the form of a pod.
sk: rodina
Lion family
formal
noun
done in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important occasion. "a formal dinner party"
Example: Farmers' and FORMAL Experimentation Farmers have been experimenting since the early ages of domestic agriculture.
sk: formálne
friend
noun
a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations. "she's a friend of mine"
Example: In this case, the right of making a claim was restricted to Mrs Donoghue's FRIEND (buyer) only. But, her FRIEND did not suffer much.
sk: priateľ
Halloween
noun
the night of 31 October, the eve of All Saints' Day, often celebrated by children dressing up in frightening masks and costumes. Halloween is thought to be associated with the Celtic festival Samhain, when ghosts and spirits were believed to be abroad.
Example: On Halloween we go Trick or Treating.
sk: Halloween
Home
noun
the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household. "the floods forced many people to flee their homes"
Example: Secondly it suggests that either female's were involved in this potentially very risky strategy, or perhaps benefited from the sharing of animal resources within a social group at some form of 'HOME-base' (Bunn 2001).
sk: Domov
morning
noun
the period of time between midnight and noon, especially from sunrise to noon. "I've got a meeting this morning"
Example: Georgia nurseries use irrigation practices suggested in Southern Nursery Association best management practices, including collection of runoff water (48%), cyclic irrigation (44%), watering in the MORNING (92%), and grass strips between the production beds and drainage areas (60%).
sk: ráno
parents
noun
a person's father or mother. "the parents of the bride"
Example: The births make a statement about the person or PARENTS and differ them from the majority who go through the 'normal' birthing procedure.
sk: rodičia
party
noun
a social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment. "an engagement party"
Example: Conversely the CGT, until recently, maintained direct links with the PCF and it's 'ideological position has remained closely wedded to the Communist PARTY' (Financial Times 1999).
sk: párty
school
noun
an institution for educating children. "Ryder's children did not go to school at all
Example: Dr Nikala Lane, lecturer Warwick Business SCHOOL, 2004 Figure 8: MARKET FORECAST - SEGMENT SIZES AND GROWTH RATES Therefore marginal and cautious increases in production volume for the SUSI and SUKA products in the next few periods seem sensible.
sk: škola
sister
noun
a woman or girl in relation to other daughters and sons of her parents. "I had nine brothers and sisters
Example: I am persuaded to think Byron's own incestuous relationship with his SISTER, and the guilt associated, influenced this pivotal moment of the prose.
sk: sestra
students
noun
a person who is studying at a university or other place of higher education. "a student of sociology"
Example: The proportions of membership by areas of work, excluding STUDENTS (BES&IEEM, 2001).
sk: študenti
teacher
noun
a person who teaches, especially in a school. "a history teacher"
Example: References Calow P. (1998) Encyclopaedia of Ecology and Environmental Management Blackwell Press pp. 709-711 Dobzhansky T. (1973) The American Biology TEACHER 35, 125-129 Krane E.D., Raymer L.M (2003) Fundamental Concepts of Bioinformatics Person Education Inc., Li W., Graur D.
sk: učiteľ
Thanksgiving
noun
the expression of gratitude, especially to God. "he offered prayers in thanksgiving for his safe arrival"
Example: Ortiz de Montellano directly refutes Harners thesis, stating, 'the greatest amount of cannibalism.....coincided with times of harvest, not with periods of scarcity, and is better explained as a THANKSGIVING
sk: Deň vďakyvzdania
The first Thanksgiving