petition - zažádat (oficiálně)

verb - to make an official request to a law court for some legal action to be taken

 

lair - doupě, brloh, pelech

noun - a home of a wild animal, or a place where you can hide or be alone

 

impersonate - napodobovat, vydávat se (za někoho)

verb - to pretend to be someone else in order to deceive people or to make people laugh

charcoal - dřevěné uhlí

noun - a hard, black substance obtained by burning wood without much air, can be used as fuel

snowed up - zasněžený, zapadaný sněhem, odříznutý od světa (sněhem)

adjective, British English - to be blocked with snow, to have it impossible to leave a place because of snow

skip - kontejner na velkoobjemový odpad

noun, British English - a large container where you put large things, like bricks and wood, to be thrown away

 

baste - přistehovat, narychlo sešít

verb - to sew pieces of clothes together with long loose stitches, usually to be properly finished later

 

endanger - vystavit nebezpečí, ohrozit

verb - to put someone or something in a situation where they might be harmed, damaged or destroyed

 

doubter - skeptik, pochybovač

noun - a person who has got doubts about something or does not believe something to be true

falcon - sokol

noun - a bird that eats little animals, it can be trained by people to hunt with them

designer - návrhář

noun - a person whose job is to make drawings or plans showing how sth will be made

 

tend - mít tendenci, mít sklony

verb - to usually do something; to be likely to do something or behave in a particular way

stick insect - pakobylka

noun - an insect with a very thin long body that can be easily mistaken for a stick

 

court of appeal - odvolací soud

noun - a court where you can make a formal request for a legal decision to be changed

 

mutter - mumlat, bručet

verb - to say something angrily in a way that it can be heard but not understood easily