laddie - klouček

noun, informal - a nice informal word for a boy (used mainly in Scotland and in the north of England)

gramps - děda

noun, informal - an informal word for a grandfather

 

diminutive - zdrobnělina

noun - a word that shows that something or someone is small

 

afford - poskytovat, poskytnout, nabízet, nabídnout

verb, formal - to provide something

 

put all your eggs in one basket - vsadit vše na jednu kartu, vsadit vše na jednoho koně

verb - to rely completely on one course of action, not giving yourself more possibilities

mulberry - moruše

noun - a dark soft fruit that grows on a small tree, or the tree that gives this fruit

 

gaudiness - křiklavost, extravagantnost, okázalost

noun - the state of being extravagant, using bright colours, standing out from the rest etc.

 

gaudily - křiklavě, extravagantně, okázale

adverb - in an extravagant way, especially using bright colours etc.

 

gaudy - univerzitní banket, univerzitní slavnost, univerzitní událost

noun, British English - a type of feast or banquet held at some British universities

spoor - stopa

noun - the track or scent left by a wild animal, the tracks left by a criminal

 

court of law - soud

noun - the process in which a judge or judges decide matters in civil or criminal cases

courthouse - budova soudu, soud, soudní dvůr, soudní budova

noun, American English - a place where a judge and a jury decides about legal cases

 

trustee - správce majetku, opatrovník

noun - a person or an organization that has legal control of money or property in a trust for someone

 

trust - svěřenectví, správa majetku

noun - an arrangement by which an organization or someone has legal control of someone else's money or property, usually until they reach a particular age

 

burdensome - těžký, tíživý, zatěžující

adjective, formal - causing difficulty