take to - zvyknout si

verb - to start doing something habitually, to develop a habit

dust - poprášit, posypat

verb - to cover something with something powdery, e.g. flour or fine sugar

 

beckon - lákat, vábit

verb - to attract someone, to be attractive for someone

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