reservoir
reservoir - vodní nádrž, vodní přehrada, zásobárna vody
BrE
/'rezəvwɑ:/
AmE
/'rezərvwɑ:r/

noun - a lake where water is stored before it is supplied to people

sprawl
sprawl - rozvalovat se, být rozvalený, ležet rozplácnutý
BrE
/'sprɔ:l/
AmE
/'sprɔ:l/

verb - to lie, sit, or fall with your arms and legs spread out

 
writhe - kroutit se, svíjet se
BrE
/'raɪð/
AmE
/'raɪð/

verb - to move in a twisting way, as if you were in pain

 
grace - modlitba (děkovná), modlitba (před jídlem)
BrE
/'greɪs/
AmE
/'greɪs/

noun - a prayer in which you give thanks to God before a meal

 
put-on - mystifikace
BrE
/'pʊtˌɒn/
AmE
/'pʊt̬ˌɑ:n/

noun - information that is not true but tries to make people believe it

 
repulse - odpuzovat
BrE
/rɪ'pʌls/
AmE
/rɪ'pʌls/

verb - to keep something or someone away especially by making them feel disgusted

 
flinch - cuknout sebou, škubnout sebou, trhnout sebou, ucuknout, cuknout
BrE
/'flɪntʃ/
AmE
/'flɪntʃ/

verb - to move away reflexively, esp. when you feel sudden pain, fear etc.

 
incredulously - nevěřícně, nechtěje věřit
BrE
/ɪn'kredjʊləsli/
AmE
/ɪn'kredʒələsli/

adverb - in a way that indicates that you are unwilling to believe something

 
lost in thought - ponořený v myšlenkách, zadumaný, zahloubaný, zabraný v myšlenkách
BrE
/ˌlɒst ɪn'θɔ:t/
AmE
/ˌlɑ:st ɪn'θɔ:t/

adjective - absorbed in thought, paying little attention to what is happening around you

preoccupied
preoccupied - ponořený v myšlenkách, zadumaný, zahloubaný, zabraný v myšlenkách
BrE
/pri'ɒkjʊpaɪd/
AmE
/pri'ɑ:kjəpaɪd/

adjective - absorbed in thought, paying little attention to what is happening around you

 
amends - náprava (kompenzace), kompenzace
BrE
/ə'mendz/
AmE
/ə'mendz/

noun - something that you do to compensate for something wrong you have done

 
surmise - dovtípit se, domyslet si, vydedukovat
BrE
/sə'maɪz/
AmE
/sər'maɪz/

verb, formal - to guess that something is true from the information that you have

doodle
doodle - ledabyle čmárat
BrE
/'du:dl/
AmE
/'du:dl/

verb - to draw random pictures or patterns when you're thinking about something else

 
sniff - popotahovat
BrE
/'snɪf/
AmE
/'snɪf/

verb - to inhale noisily esp. when you've been crying or have a cold

 
obedient - poslušný
BrE
/ə'bi:diənt/
AmE
/ə'bi:diənt/

adjective - doing what you are told or what you are expected to do