pseudonym - pseudonym

noun - the name someone uses instead of his own (esp. writers)

swarm - rojit se

verb - (esp. of flying insects) to move about in large groups

 

principal - ředitel (školy), ředitelka (školy)

noun - the teacher who is in charge of the whole school

loyalty - loajálnost, věrnost

noun - the quality of staying with somebody at all times, faithfulness

 

brigade - brigáda (voj.)

noun - an army unit that forms a part of a division

 

abbey - opatství

noun - a kind of monastery, or a church with a monastery

 

trigonometry - trigonometrie

noun - the type of mathematics that studies triangles and their angles

plumage - peří (ptačí)

noun - the light parts that cover the body of a bird

 

move - táhnout (v šachu)

verb - to change the position of a chesspiece on the chessboard

whipped - šlehaný, našlehaný

adjective - (esp. of cream) beaten until white and thick and fluffy

 

truce - příměří

noun - a period of peace that the fighting parties agree on

 

guesswork - hádání (odpovědi apod.)

noun - the process of trying to guess the answer to something

 

develop - onemocnět (něčím)

verb - to start to show signs of an illness or disease

 

eavesdropping - poslouchání cizím hovorům, poslouchání za dveřmi

noun - the act of to listening to someone else's conversation secretly

 

lanky - samá ruka samá noha, vysoký a hubený, vytáhlý (o postavě)

adjective - tall and thin and a little clumsy because of it