bag of bones - kost a kůže

noun, informal - someone who is very skinny

 

get the message - dojít, docvaknout (někomu něco)

verb, informal - to understand what is meant

excessively - nadměrně, přehnaně, nepřiměřeně, příliš

adverb - to a degree or extent that is more than is reasonable, necessary, or usual

 

icon - ikona, idol

noun - someone famous who is admired by many people and is seen as a symbol

 

tall tale - báchorka, výmysl, přehnaná historka, za vlasy přitažený příběh

noun - a story that is difficult to believe and is very unlikely to have happened

 

diagnosis - analýza, diagnostika (problému)

noun - a statement of what is the problem or why something is not working properly

wimp - slaboch, měkkota, padavka

noun, informal - someone who is not brave or confident, or is afraid to do something difficult

 

heathen - pohanský

adjective - connected with a religion that is different from the one that is widely accepted

jelly - želé

noun, British English - a food that is soft and solid and it shakes when it is moved

box - krabice, bedna, balík, krabička

noun - a container that is made of cardboard, plastic, wood etc., it is usually rectangular

 

underestimate - podcenit, podceňovat, podhodnotit

verb - to think that something is smaller, easier, less important etc. that it really is

 

so - že to tak je, že to je pravda, že ano

pronoun - a word that is used to say that something that was said is true

 

detention - po škole (trest)

noun - a kind of school punishment which means you have to stay at school or go to school when there are no lessons and do some work etc.

 

knot - uzel (jednotka rychlosti - 1,85 km/h)

noun - a unit of measuring the speed, it is is equal to 1.853 km per hour

 

moral - slušný, čestný, korektní (morálně)

adjective - having ideas about what is right and wrong, and trying to do what is right