Tom - Tom

noun - a man's name, short for Thomas

 

Sophie - Sophie, Sofie

noun - a woman's name

 

last resort - krajní případ, poslední možnost, východisko z nouze

noun - situation in which everything else fails and you have only one course of action left

 

Georgiana - Jiřina, Georgiana

noun - a woman's name

 

Aylmer - Aylmer

noun - a man's name

 

catch on - chytat se, chápat, pochopit, dojít

verb - to begin to understand

 

survey - dělat anketu, veřejný průzkum

verb - to make an observation by asking a lot of people the same question or questions

 

contest - soutěžit, usilovat o vítězství, soupeřit (o něco)

verb - to take part in a contest and try to win it

 

conflict - být v rozporu

verb - to be in conflict

 

discount - zlevnit, snížit cenu

verb - to reduce the price of something

poor thing - chudáček, chudinka

noun - someone who we feel sorry for

 

detach - oddělit, izolovat, vytvořit odstup

verb - to move one thing further from another, to separate something from a group

detached - samostatně stojící

adjective - not joined to anything else, standing on its own, isolated from other things

 

detached - objektivní, nezaujatý

adjective - objective, impartial, not biased

detached - odtažitý, lhostejný

adjective - not showing feelings or emotions