britain's red phone boxes Flashcards
monograph
a formal piece of writing or a short book on a particular subject
(monografia)
kiosk
old-fashioned word for a phone box
listed
(of building) important because of its history or design; cannot be changed without permission from the government
(chranene pamiatky)
(uvedený, zaradený na zoznam)
aesthetic
relating to beauty, especially in art and design
(estetický)
decommissioned
taken out of service and no longer in use
(vyradené z prevádzky)
monetize
earn money from something
( raziť mince)
embedded
made a fixed and important part of something else
(zabudovane, vstavane)
(uložený, vložený)
indispensable
difficult or impossible to exist without or to do something without
(nevyhnutný, nepostrádateľný)
adjacent
next to or near something else
(priľahlý, susediaci)
quirky
slightly strange
(zvláštny)
refurbished
improved and restored by cleaning and painting
(zrekonštruovaný)
redolent of
reminding you of something
take something upon yourself
to do something that needs to be done even though no one has asked one to do it.
keep something afloat
they have just enough money to pay their debts and continue operating.
keep your head above water
avoid succumbing to difficulties, typically debt.