Showdown (vocabulary)

accursed - prokletý, proklatý, mizerný, zpropadený

adjective - very annoying or irritating

agony - agónie, muka, utrpení

noun - extreme pain or suffering

anticipation - očekávání

noun - expectation of something very good

appointed - stanovený, určený

adjective - fixed or decided on by law, command, etc.

assure - ujistit, ujišťovat

verb - to promise that you will do something

brains - rozum, inteligence

noun - the ability to think, understand etc.

burst - puknout, prasknout

verb - to break because of the pressure inside

election - volby

noun - a formal event in which a candidate for an important post has to be chosen by a number of people

emerge - vynořit se, objevit se

verb - to appear, to come out, to come to the surface

expense - výdaj, náklad

noun - the money you give away for something, the cost of something (in money)

fashion - způsob

noun - a way of doing something

flap - plácat, třepotat, mávat (křídly), třepotat se

verb - to move up and down or from side to side, e.g. in the wind etc.

get rid of - zbavit se (čeho)

verb - to make oneself free from something unpleasant; to throw or give away something you do not want

checkered - kostičkovaný, čtverečkovaný

adjective - patterned with colored squares

insist - trvat (na čem)

verb - to say forcefully that something must be done

launch - spustit (na vodu), vypustit (družici)

verb - to set on water (a boat etc.), to send into space (shuttle, sattelite etc.)

lesser - menší

adjective - smaller in importance, size, etc.

maiden - první

adjective - happening for the very first time

obey - být poslušný, poslechnout, poslouchat (být poslušný)

verb - to do what somebody tells you to do

pace - přecházet, popocházet (nervózně apod.)

verb - to walk nervously or angrily back and forth

perch - bidélko, bidýlko

noun - the place where a bird sits, such as a branch of a tree

poison - jed

noun - a substance that can kill you when you eat or drink it

preen - urovnat se (zobákem), upravit se (zobákem)

verb - (of birds) to clean the feathers with the bill

reason - uvažovat, přemýšlet

verb - to think, form opinions and make decisions

restless - neklidný, nepokojný, netrpělivý, neposedný, roztěkaný

adjective - feeling nervous, impatient or bored, which makes you unable to relax

ruler - vladař, panovník, vládce

noun - a person, such as a king, who has the power over a country, people etc. and uses the power

scarlet - šarlatově červený, šarlatový

adjective - bright red; a kind of bright red colour

subject - poddaný

noun - a person who is loyal to his or her ruler, king, queen etc.

surface - povrch, plocha, hladina

noun - the flat top or outside part of something, e.g. of a table etc; the flat top of a body of water

teem - hemžit se

verb - (of people, animals) to move in large numbers

tentacle - chapadlo

noun - one of the long soft parts of the body of some animals (such as octopuses)

vote - volit, hlasovat

verb - to express your opinion (by raising your hand or on a piece of paper) in a formal situation in which a candidate has to be chosen for a post etc.