modal verb - modální sloveso, způsobové sloveso

noun - a verb like 'can', 'must' etc.

modal - modální sloveso, způsobové sloveso

noun - a verb like 'can', 'must' etc.

telling-off - vynadání, vyhubování, kartáč

noun, British English, informal - the act of speaking angrily to somebody who has done something bad or wrong

 

cushion - tlumit, ztlumit, zmírnit, chránit vycpávkou

verb - to make the effect of a fall or hit softer or less painful

 

cushion - zmírňující opatření, ochrana (hlavně finanční)

noun - something that protects someone from being affected by something bad or unpleasant

 

cushion - vycpávka, ochrana, ztlumení, polštář

noun - something that protects one object from hitting another object

 

unwillingly - neochotně, nerad, nedobrovolně

adverb - without wanting to do something

 

sightly - vzhledný, pohledný

adjective, literary - pleasant to look at

 

previous to - před (čím)

preposition - before (something)

 

previously - dříve, předtím

adverb - at an earlier time

ventriloquist - břichomluvec

noun - an entertainer who can speak without moving his or her lips

dummy - figurína, panák, krejčovská panna

noun - a large model of a person or a part of the body that is used to show clothes on in a shop or to make clothes

 

homesickness - stesk po domově

noun - the feeling of sadness because you are far from your home and your family

 

aristocratic - aristokratický, šlechtický

adjective - being of the highest social class

 

stretch - natáhnout, sáhnout (pro)

verb - to straighten your hands in order to reach for something or someone