patter - ťukat, bubnovat (např. prsty)

verb - to hit something lightly and repeatedly

 

against - o, u

preposition - leaning on something, hitting something

 

pull off - svléknout, zout, svléct

verb, informal - to take off a piece of clothes

 

eyepatch - klapka na oko, páska přes oko, okluzor

noun - a piece of material that you wear over one eye

 

strabismus - šilhavost, šilhání

noun, technical - a condition of the eye muscles which causes your eyes to look in a slightly different direction

squint - šilhavost, šilhání, strabismus

noun - a condition of the eye muscles which causes your eyes to look in a slightly different direction

 

cross-eyed - šilhavý, šihlající

adjective - having one or both eyes looking towards the nose

squint - šilhat

verb, British English - to have one eye looking in a slightly different direction than the other

withered - zvadlý, uschlý (např. rostlina)

adjective - dried up and dead

wither - chřadnout, vadnout, uvadat, zvadnout, usychat, uschnout

verb - (of plants) to become drier and start dying

 

tighten - zpřísnit, zostřit, přitvrdit (např. pravidla)

verb - to make something more strict

 

tighten - napnout (se), zatnout (se), sevřít (se)

verb - to become stiff, not relaxed (e.g. a muscle)

 

crate - ukládat do beden, uložit do bedny (např. zboží)

verb - to pack something in a crate

 

cordial - likér

noun, American English - a thick, sweet alcoholic drink

stiletto - bota na jehlovém podpatku, jehlový podpatek

noun - a woman's shoe with a very high thin heel, or the heel itself