penguin - tučňák

noun - a sea bird with a black and white body, it cannot fly and lives in the Antarctic

overtake - předjíždět, předjet

verb - to go past a car that is going in the same direction but at a lower speed

 

short story - povídka

noun - a piece of writing that is usually shorter than 10 000 words, much shorter than a novel

story - povídka

noun - a piece of writing that is usually shorter than 10 000 words, much shorter than a novel

settler - osadník, kolonista

noun - a person who comes to live to a place where nobody or not many people lived before

scrape - škrabat, škrábat, oškrabat, drápat, drásat

verb - to rub with a hard object, esp. in a way that it leaves marks on the surface

spoil - rozmazlit, rozmazlovat

verb - to have a bad effect on a child by doing too many good things for him/her

switch - vypínač

noun - a thing usually fastened to a wall which is used for turning the light on and off

 

support - fandit, být fanouškem (týmu), podporovat (sport. tým)

verb - to be a fan of a sports team, go to their matches and cheer for them etc.

sorry - promiň, promiňte

interjection - a word you use to ask a person to forgive you something bad that you have done

sleep - spánek

noun - a way of resting your body in a kind of unconscious state, usually at night in bed

 

signal - signál

noun - a sound, gesture, action etc. that is meant to give a message to somebody, warn, command etc.

pipe - dýmka, fajfka

noun - a small tube with a small bowl for tobbaco at one end, it is used for smoking

 

pin - přišpendlit, připíchnout

verb - to fasten something with a long thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end

 

pile - dát na hromadu, naskládat, kupit, hromadit

verb - to put a number of things on top of one another; to put things on a heap