lair - doupě, brloh, pelech

noun - a home of a wild animal, or a place where you can hide or be alone

 

swordfish - mečoun

noun - a large sea fish with a long pointed upper jaw

touching - dojemný, dojímavý

adjective - making you feel emotional or sad

touched - dojatý

adjective - happy and grateful for something kind or nice someone has done

 

rushed - uspěchaný

adjective - done too quickly

 

skim - sesbírat, odstranit (z povrchu kapaliny)

verb - to remove something from the surface of a liquid

backwards and forwards - tam a zpátky, sem a tam

phrase - moving in one direction, then in the opposite direction, usually more times

 

everything but the kitchen sink - co vás jen napadne, skoro úplně všechno, vše možné i nemožné, cokoliv tě napadne

phrase, informal - too many things, more than is necessary (used humorously)

 

famous last words - aby ses nedivil

phrase - a phrase used as a warning to somebody who is being too confident about something

 

specifically - konkrétně, specificky

adverb - in particular, connected with one particular thing

 

squeaky - pisklavý, vrzavý, skřípavý

adjective - making very high noises, similar to the ones mice make

 

jell - rýsovat se, konkretizovat se

verb - to become definite or concrete

 

gel - konkretizovat se, rýsovat se

verb, British English - to become definite or more concrete

 

gel - gelovat

verb - to put gel in your hair

double standard - dvojí metr, nestejný přístup

noun - treating a person or a group of people differently than another in the same situation