knot - hlouček, skupinka (lidí)

noun, literary - a small group of people standing close to one another

rub out - vygumovat

verb, British English - to remove something that you have written, using a rubber

 

conceive - vymyslet, zplodit (myšlenku ap.)

verb, formal - to form a plan or an idea in your mind

 

put out - vynést (koš, ap.)

verb - to take something out of your flat and leave it

 

private detective - soukromý detektiv

noun - a detective that you can pay to find out information

 

merit - zasluhovat (si)

verb, formal - to deserve a particular treatment or action (attention, praise, etc.)

 

cut - stříhat (nahrávku)

verb - to prepare a tape by removing some parts of it

negligent - nedbalý, zanedbávající (povinnosti)

adjective - not giving enough attention or care to things or people

 

spell out - objasnit, vysvětlit

verb - to explain something in a simple and very clear way

life-threatening - život ohrožující

adjective - (of a situation or an illness) likely to kill someone

 

attractively - přitažlivě, atraktivně

adverb - in a way that is very pleasant to look at

 

bafflement - nechápání, zmatení

noun - confusion, the state of not being able to understand something

 

fake - zfalšovat, napodobit

verb - to make something look real, especially in a dishonest way

 

carrier - přenašeč, nositel (nemoci)

noun - a person or animal that passes a disease to others

procrastinator - prokrastinátor, kdo prokrastinuje, kdo odkládá věci na později

noun - a person who tends to put things off until later