placebo - placebo

noun - a substance given to a patient instead of the real medicine

dorm - kolej (vysokoškolská)

noun, informal - (short) a building (on the campus) where college students can live

 

minor - druhý hlavní předmět (na univerzitě), vedlejší studijní obor (na univerzitě)

noun - the second main subject or field you study at a university

 

sorority - univerzitní spolek (pro ženy), vysokoškolský spolek (pro ženy)

noun - an organisation for female university students in the US or Canada

 

fraternity - univerzitní spolek (pro muže), vysokoškolský spolek (pro muže)

noun - an organisation for male university students in the US or Canada

 

assumption - předpoklad, domněnka

noun - the belief that something is true without having or needing proof

chirp - štěbetání, švitoření, cvrlikání

noun - the sharp high-pitched sounds made by small birds or insects

 

downstream - po proudu, dolů po proudu

adverb - in the direction in which water in a river etc. flows

 

downstream - po proudu, dolů po proudu

adverb - in the direction in which water in a river etc. flows

 

figure of speech - slovní obrat, řečnický obrat

noun - a word or phrase that does not have the literal meaning

 

so - aby

conjunction - in order to do something, with the purpose of doing something

 

golden chain - zlatý déšť

noun - the ornamental hanging yellow flowers of a laburnum tree or shrub

 

disparage - shazovat, znevažovat, snižovat

verb - to express the opinion that something is bad, weak, inferior etc.

 

reach - dosah

noun - the distance within which you can touch something or go somewhere

 

wallow - libovat si, užívat si

verb - to enjoy something (like a pig enjoys rolling in the mud)