swab - čistící tampón

noun - a small piece of material (usually cotton wool) used to clean a wound

 

anthropomorphize - personifikovat

verb - to treat things or animals as if they were people (esp. in books)

 

move over - posunout se, udělat místo

verb - to make room for somebody (on a couch etc) by changing your position

bed and breakfast - nocleh se snídaní (druh ubytování)

noun - the providing of a room to stay in with breakfast in the morning

 

thresh - mlátit obilí

verb - to separate grains from their husks using a special tool or a machine

 

hoax - obalamutit, vystřelit si (z někoho)

verb - to trick or deceive someone by making them believe something unpleasant is true

 

competitiveness - soutěživost

noun - the fact that you are trying to be better, faster etc. than others

 

adjustment - úprava, přizpůsobení

noun - a small change made to improve something, a change in a person's behaviour

 

competitively - závodně, soutěživě

adverb - in a way that you try to be better, faster, etc. than others

sugar lump - kostka cukru, hrudka cukru

noun - a small cube of sugar that is used to sweeten tea or coffee

sugar cube - kostka cukru

noun - a small cube of sugar that is used to sweeten tea or coffee

line - vystlat, potáhnout, obložit (vnitřek)

verb - to cover the inside of something with a thin layer of another material

 

catch somebody red-handed - chytit přímo při činu

verb - to catch somebody when they are committing a crime or doing something wrong

 

a skeleton in the cupboard - kostlivec ve skříni (tajemství)

noun, British English - an embarrassing or shocking secret that you don't want anyone to know about

 

a skeleton in the closet - kostlivec ve skříni (tajemství)

noun - an embarrassing or shocking secret that you don't want anyone to know about