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

palm tree - palma

noun - a kind of tropical tree which has large leaves at the top and no branches

taste - cítit (chuť), poznat chuť

verb - to detect or recognize a particular flavour

 

above-mentioned - výše zmíněný, výše uvedený

adjective - mentioned higher up in a text

sleepyhead - ospalec

noun, informal - a person who is sleepy

 

gatecrasher - nezvaný host

noun - a person who comes to a party etc. uninvited

 

archetypal - typický ve všech ohledech, archetypální

adjective, formal - very typical, having all the typical qualities of a certain type of person or thing

 

leverage - pákový efekt

noun, technical - the use of a lever and a small amount of force to lift a heavy object

 

snappy - výstižný, svižný, k věci, energický, pohotový, mající spád

adjective - concise and clever, often in an amusing or witty way

 

snappy - úsečný, nevrlý, útočný

adjective - reacting in an angry, bad-tempered way

 

pathos - patos, dojemnost

noun, literary - the quality of something that produces a feeling of sadness or sympathy