resort - uchýlit se, sáhnout, rozhodnout se

verb - to do something difficult or extreme, because you have no other choice

 

Tom - Tom

noun - a man's name, short for Thomas

 

Sophie - Sophie, Sofie

noun - a woman's name

 

last resort - krajní případ, poslední možnost, východisko z nouze

noun - situation in which everything else fails and you have only one course of action left

 

Georgiana - Jiřina, Georgiana

noun - a woman's name

 

Aylmer - Aylmer

noun - a man's name

 

incomparable - jedinečný, bezkonkurenční

adjective - the best of all, far better than anything or anyone else

 

no spring chicken - žádný mládenec, žádná mladice

noun, informal - not young anymore

 

past one's prime - za zenitem, s nejlepšími roky za sebou

adjective - too old, over the hill

thaw - obleva

noun - a period of warm weather after winter when everything melts

 

blank - slepý náboj (bez střeliva)

noun - a cartridge in a gun that doesn't contain a bullet

 

catch on - chytat se, chápat, pochopit, dojít

verb - to begin to understand

stitch - šít, našít, přišít

verb - to sew two pieces of cloth together, or to decorate or repair something by sewing

 

hircine - kozí

adjective, formal - connected with goats, resembling a goat

 

piscine - rybí

adjective, formal - resembling a fish, connecteed with fish