house plant - pokojová rostlina

noun - a plant that grows indoors, used as decoration

au-pair - pečovatel(ka) o děti, chůva

noun - a person, usually a woman, from a foreign country who lives with a family and takes care of the children and receives a small wage

 

disappearance - zmizení

noun - the act of becoming invisible, the act of ceasing to exist

 

someone - někdo (významný či důležitý)

pronoun - an important person

 

tutor - doučovat

verb - to teach one student (or a small group), esp. in the student's home

 

take - navštěvovat, chodit na (dělat)

verb - to participate in something (esp. regularly)

 

junior high - nižší gymnázium, druhý stupeň základní školy

noun, American English - the school which children attend between elementary school and high school

pollinate - opýlit, opylovat

verb - to transfer pollen from one plant to another and fertilize it

 

sell off - rozprodat, prodat

verb - to sell something for a low price in order to get rid of it

 

state-owned - státní, státem vlastněný

adjective - not private, owned by the government

 

represent - reprezentovat, zastupovat, zastoupit

verb - to speak officially for someone, to act on someone's behalf

 

thing - záležitost, věc (abstraktní)

noun - a concept or a quality

 

magma - magma

noun - incredibly hot liquid material that is below the earth's surface

 

in the first place - v prvé řadě, především, vůbec

phrase - to begin with, a phrase used to refer to something that should have been said at the beginning

 

duration - trvání, délka, doba (čeho)

noun - the length of time that something lasts