checkmate - dát mat

verb - to put the opponent's king in a position from which there is no escape

 

life-saving - záchranný, život zachraňující

adjective - done to save lives

 

capture - zajetí, dopadení

noun - the act of making someone prisoner, the state of being prisoner

 

diagonal - úhlopříčka, diagonála

noun - a straight line connecting two nonadjacent corners of a rectangle, a square, etc.

 

file - sloupec (na šachovnici)

noun - a column of squares on a chessboard marked A-H

 

rank - řada (na šachovnici)

noun - a line of squares on the chessboard marked 1-8

 

priceless - směšný, k popukání

adjective - extremely funny

point out - ukázat, ukazovat (na něco)

verb - to use your finger etc. to show where something is

 

mar - zničit, zkazit, pokazit, poničit

verb - to damage or ruin something

 

serum - sérum

noun - a liquid component of blood that remains after blood has clotted, containing various proteins, antibodies, hormones, and other substances

paperhanger - tapetář

noun - someone who decorates walls with wallpaper, usually as a job

brazil - para ořech

noun - a type of curved nut that has a hard shell with three sides

 

one of these days - jednou, jednoho dne

adverb - at some point in the future

boast - honosit se, pyšnit se, moci se pochlubit

verb - to be proud of something impressive that you have

act up - zlobit, vypovídat poslušnost

verb - if a child misbehaves, or a machine doesn't work properly