tap - zaťukání, zaklepání

noun - the action of hitting something lightly, usually with your fingers or feet

toothpick - párátko

noun - a small, thin stick used for removing food from between the teeth

 

cremate - zpopelnit, spálit, pohřbít žehem

verb - to burn the body of a dead person until only ashes remain

serendipity - štěstí, náhoda, šťastná náhoda, nečekané štěstí

noun, formal - the occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way

 

dysgraphia - dysgrafie

noun, technical - impairment of the ability to write, as a result of brain dysfunction

 

tit for tat - oko za oko, zub za zub, odveta, oplátka, jak ty mně, tak já tobě

noun, informal - doing something to someone because they did the same thing to you

 

antinuclear - protijaderný, protiatomový

adjective - opposed to the use or development of nuclear weapons or nuclear energy

 

node - uzlina (lymfatická), nodus, uzel (nervový)

noun, technical - a small, bean-shaped structure that is part of the lymphatic system

 

Nessie - Lochneská příšera, Lochneska

noun - a monster that supposedly lives in the Scottish lake called Loch Ness

capital - velké písmeno, kapitálka, verzálka

noun - a letter of the alphabet that is larger than a lowercase letter

 

quell - potlačit, udusit, zastavit, uklidnit, zkrotit

verb, formal - to put an end to something, typically by the use of force

 

herald - posel, předzvěst, znamení

noun, formal - a sign or symbol that signals the approach or beginning of something

censorship - cenzura

noun - the suppression or restriction of information, speech, or media by an authority

 

dew point - rosný bod

noun, technical - the temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and dew forms

 

relapse - mít recidivu, znovu onemocnět, znovu propadnout (neřesti), vrátit se (do deprese, ke špatnému chování apod.)

verb, technical - to become ill again or experience the return of a negative state