Faded paper Figures - North by North (vocabulary)

begonia - begónie

noun - a plant with pretty colorful flowers grown either indoors or in gardens,

calm - klidný, tichý

adjective - quiet and peaceful

clay - hrnčířská hlína, jíl

noun - earth that is used for making pots, bricks etc.

coast - odpočívat (nepracovat), povalovat se jen tak (nepracovat)

verb - to spend time doing nothing

continent - světadíl, kontinent

noun - a large mass of land on the planet, usually surrounded by seas and oceans, e.g Europe, Asia etc.

decay - rozklad, zkáza

noun - becoming bad and rotten

dreamer - snílek

noun - a person who lives in the world of fantasy and dreams

engine - motor

noun - a machine that makes something move, the inner part of a car etc. that makes it move

island - ostrov

noun - a piece of land in the middle of a sea, ocean, lake etc.

ocean - oceán

noun - a very large area of water, much bigger than a sea

orchid - orchidej

noun - a plant with bright colourful and unusually shaped flowers

plant - zasadit, sázet, osázet

verb - to put a plant or a seed in the ground so that it can grow

pneumonia - zápal plic

noun - a serious illness of the lungs caused by viruses or bacteria

repair - oprava

noun - mending or fixing something broken

sail - plout, plavit se, plachtit

verb - to travel on a boat driven by wind; to travel on water

settle down - usadit se

verb - to get a job, buy a house, get married, have children, get a dog etc.

shadow - stín (člověka apod.)

noun - a dark shape that is made by an object or person etc. when it blocks out light

shallow - mělký, nehluboký

adjective - not deep

skies - nebe, nebesa

noun - the air above a particular place

thaw - tát, roztát, nechat roztát

verb - to heat something frozen so that it becomes liquid or soft again, or to change from frozen to liquid and soft

wind - vítr

noun - moving air