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

 

incomparable - jedinečný, bezkonkurenční

adjective - the best of all, far better than anything or anyone else

 

bass - okounek, mořčák

noun - one of many kinds of fish (the order perciformes)

 

tenor - tenor

noun - a man's singing voice between baritone and alto

 

alto - alt (hud.)

noun - a singing voice between soprano and tenor

 

vitality - vitalita, vitálnost, životní síla

noun - strength and energy

bask - slunit se, vyhřívat se (na slunci)

verb - to relax in a warm, sunny place

 

if not for - nebýt (čeho), kdyby nebylo (čeho)

phrase - a part of a conditional clause that says that something or someone was the only reason why something else happened or something else is true

 

but for - kdyby nebylo (něčeho), nebýt (čeho)

preposition - a phrase we can use instead of 'if it weren't for' or 'if it hadn't been for'

 

on one's own - na vlastních nohách, na vlastní pěst, sám

adverb - alone, without help

 

discriminate - rozlišovat

verb - to distinguish between things, to tell the difference between things

 

turn over a new leaf - obrátit list (přeneseně)

verb - to start living or acting in a better way