tarpauline - plachta (nepromokavá), nepromokavá plachta

noun - a large waterproof sheet used for example to protect something from the rain

 

tinder - podpal, třísky na podpal, troud

noun - material you use to start a fire, especially small pieces of dry wood

pod - lusk, tobolka

noun - a long thin part of some plants with the seeds in it, especially peas, beans etc.

vote - hlas (ve volbě)

noun - the choice you make in an election or a similar situation when people decide something by raising hands etc. for or against something

 

squire - panoš

noun - a young assistant to a knight before becoming a knight himself

 

invigilator - dozor (u písemné zkoušky)

noun - the person who is present at a written exam and whose job is to check that students aren't cheating

 

grope - tápat, tápavě jít, tápat ve tmě, hledat hmatem

verb - to look for something or walk by feeling around with your hands, without being able to see

 

unaccompanied - bez doprovodu, sám, samotný

adjective - not having anyone going together with you

 

sightless - nevidomý, slepý

adjective, formal - blind, not able to see

 

smear - rozmáznout, rozmazat

verb - to rub a substance (oil, paint, dirt) on the surface of something and make it dirty

 

scrutiny - prozkoumání, zkoumání, přezkoumání

noun - a careful examination or inspection of something

 

claimant - stěžovatel, žalobce, navrhovatel

noun - a person who believes he has a right to something and claims this right at a court of law etc.

 

prosecutor - státní zástupce

noun - an official who charges a criminal with a crime on behalf of the state

 

compensation - odškodnění, náhrada, vyrovnání,

noun - something (usually money) you give someone who you have injured or whose thing you've lost etc.

 

plead - prohlašovat (vinu či nevinu u soudu), tvrdit (vinu či nevinu u soudu)

verb, formal - to claim whether you are guilty or not guilty in court