sentence element - větný člen

noun - a part of the sentence, such as subject, verb, object, complement or adverbial

modal verb - modální sloveso, způsobové sloveso

noun - a verb like 'can', 'must' etc.

modal - modální sloveso, způsobové sloveso

noun - a verb like 'can', 'must' etc.

telling-off - vynadání, vyhubování, kartáč

noun, British English, informal - the act of speaking angrily to somebody who has done something bad or wrong

 

sightly - vzhledný, pohledný

adjective, literary - pleasant to look at

 

in unison - najednou, současně, jednohlasně

adverb - simultaneously, at the same time, at the same pitch, in perfect agreement

 

unison - shoda, souhra

noun - perfect agreement, concord, the same pitch, the same moment

 

Narcissus - Narkissos, Narcis (z řecké mytologie)

noun - a very handsome young man from Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection in water

narcissistic - narcistický

adjective - convinced of your importance, admiring yourself very much

narcissism - narcismus, narcisismus

noun - the habit of admiring yourself very much without thinking about other people's feelings

narcissist - narcista, narcis (člověk)

noun - a person who is convinced of his or her importance and always wants people to pay attention to him or her

narcissus - narcis

noun - a yellow, white, pink or orange spring flower

 

grease sb's palm - podmáznout, podplatit

verb, informal - to give someone money so they so something dishonest

 

have sb in the palm of your hand - mít někoho v hrsti (ovládat někoho)

verb - to have complete control or strong influence over somebody

 

read sb's palm - věštit z ruky

verb - to look at someone's palm and tell them what they are like and what their future will bring