have second thoughts - rozmýšlet si, váhat, mít pochybnosti

verb - start to doubt something, to think about it again

 

now that - teď když

conjunction - used when you want to explain a new situation

 

eruption - erupce, výbuch (např. o sopce)

noun - (of a volcano) an explosion that sends rocks into the air

melancholy - melancholie, smutek

noun - a feeling of sadness

 

abortion - interrupce (přerušení těhotenství)

noun - a medical operation to end pregnancy, usually at an early stage

corduroy - manšetr (materiál)

noun - a thick cotton cloth with lines on it that is used for making clothes, usually trousers

 

seizure - zabavení, zadržení, exekuce

noun - the act of taking usually illegal goods from a person or company

 

informer - udavač, konfident, donašeč

noun - a person who secretly gives information to the police or other authority

 

parquet - parkety

noun - small pieces of wood fixed together in a pattern that cover the floor of a room

 

silicone - silikon (křemičitý polymer)

noun - a chemical containing silicon

 

gloat - mít škodolibou radost, usmívat se (vítězoslavně či škodolibě)

verb - to show that you are happy about your success or about someone else's failure

fly - letět (letadlem), létat (letadlem)

verb - to travel by plane

spoon - tulit se k sobě, přitulit se

verb, informal - to lie together with someone with both bodies facing the same direction and knees bent slightly, fitting together like two spoons

 

momentous - významný, velký (významem), zásadní

adjective - extremely important

 

momentarily - za moment, hned, ihned

adverb, American English - in a very short time; very soon