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

 

mossy - mechovitý, obrostlý mechem

adjective - covered with moss

 

counsel - právní zástupce

noun - a lawyer who represents you in court

 

blow away - oddělat, odprásknout, sejmout (zastřelit)

verb, informal - to kill someone by shooting them

 

saddle with - hodit na krk (něco nepříjemného)

verb - to give someone an unpleasant responsibility or a difficult job that they do not want

 

saddle up - osedlat

verb - to put a seat (usually a leather one) on the back of a horse

 

saddle - hřbet (maso k jídlu)

noun - a piece of meat from the back of an animal, e.g. a lamb or a hare

saddle - sedátko, sedlo (motorky, kola)

noun - a seat on a bicycle or a motorcycle

 

gargoyle - chrlič (na střeše)

noun - a stone figure of a person or an animal which carries rain water from the roof of an old building

 

turn tail - vzít nohy na ramena, vzít do zaječích

verb - to run away from a dangerous situation

 

with tail between legs - jako zpráskaný pes

adverb - with shame

 

chase tails - nehnout se z místa, točit se v kruzích

verb - not to accomplish anything in spite of working hard

 

on someone's tail - za zadkem

adverb - directly behind somebody