in this day and age - v dnešní době, v současnosti

adverb - nowadays, at the present time, in the modern world

 

the wilds - divočina, divoká příroda

noun - land that has not been civilized

sentence element - větný člen

noun - a part of the sentence, such as subject, verb, object, complement or adverbial

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.

 

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

telling-off - vynadání, vyhubování, kartáč

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

 

sightly - vzhledný, pohledný

adjective, literary - pleasant to look at

 

fictive - imaginární, fiktivní, smyšlený

adjective - imaginary, not real

 

fictitious - fiktivní, smyšlený

adjective - made up, not real

 

fictionalize - zbeletrizovat

verb - to base a book on true events, but change or add some details

 

upholstered - čalouněný

adjective - (of a chair or sofa) covered with soft material and cloth

upholsterer - čalouník, čalounice

noun - a person whose job is to cover chairs and sofas with padding and cloth