drumstick - palička na buben

noun - a stick that is used to hit a drum

white cane - slepecká hůl

noun - a long thin white stick that is used by blind people

paintbrush - štětec (malířský)

noun - an instrument made of a handle and stiff hairs used for painting

 

representative - charakteristický, typický, reprezentativní

adjective - typical of a particular group of things or people

cone off - uzavřít část silnice pomocí kuželů

verb, British English - to close a part of the road using traffic cones

 

conical - kuželovitý

adjective - cone-shaped

faint - malátný, cítící se na omdlení

adjective - feeling very weak, likely to lose consciousness

 

faint-hearted - nesmělý, bojácný, zbabělý, bázlivý

adjective - not brave or confident, afraid of failing

 

the Privy Council - královská rada

noun - the group of advisers to the British monarch

outhouse - latrína, kadibudka

noun, American English - an outdoor toilet

privy - latrína, kadibudka

noun, dated - an outdoor toilet

privy - zasvěcený (do čeho)

adjective, formal - allowed to know something that other aren't allowed to know

 

pathos - patos, dojemnost

noun, literary - the quality of something that produces a feeling of sadness or sympathy

 

except - kromě toho že, až na to že, jenže

conjunction - apart from the fact that

 

whereabouts - kde asi, kde zhruba

adverb - the word we use to ask about the general location of something