rake up - hrabat, pohrabat (hráběmi)

verb - to gather leaves or dried grass with a rake or to move a rake across a surface to make it level

 

understudy - záskok (herecký), náhradník (herecký)

noun - a member of the ensemble who performs their own small role nightly but is trained to take over a leading role if the primary actor is unable to perform

 

alternate - alternace, alternant, pravidelný záskok (herecký)

noun - a performer who plays a specific role on a pre-scheduled basis (e.g., 2 shows out of 8 per week) to relieve the primary actor in physically or vocally demanding productions

padlock - zamknout (na visací zámek), zajistit visacím zámkem

verb - to fasten or secure something using a padlock (a detachable lock with a U-shaped bar)

 

give or take - plus minus, zhruba, přibližně

phrase - approximately

 

more or less - zhruba, přibližně, plus minus

phrase - approximately

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

 

New Year's resolution - novoroční předsevzetí

noun - the decisions people tend to make at the beginning of a new year

 

waver - zaváhat, zakolísat, váhat

verb - to hesitate, show indecision, or be uncertain