Book Flashcards

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patchwork

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mozaika

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booby trap

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nastrazena vybusnina

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trap

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past chytat do pasti

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plight

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nesnaz,vazna situace,brynda. prisahat,slibit

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5
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strive

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usilovat

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tarnish

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pospinit

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7
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bloody feud

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krevni msta

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sanctury

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svatostanek,azyl

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plead

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zadat,priznat

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treachery

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proradnost,zrada

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thrust the arm through the hole

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prostrcit ruku dirou

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crease

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pomackani,puk pomackat,udelat puky

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grim

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chmurny,pochmurny

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anxiety

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obava,uzkost

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hover

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vznaset se, vahat

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sassy

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drzy

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17
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breed

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typ,chov,rod

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18
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whiz-kid

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karierista

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19
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swagger

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naparovani, vykracovat si

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20
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audacity

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smelost,troufalost

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21
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make up for

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dohanet

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22
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offspring

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potomci,potomstvo

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jet-lagged

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trpici pasmovou nemoci

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pitfall

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lecka

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ignominious history
potupna historie
26
isthmus
uzina
27
treaty
smlouva,dohoda
28
dispossessed
vydedeny
29
haven
utociste,utulek
30
compassion
soucit,soustrast
31
enunciate
formulovat
32
assert
prosazovat
33
bisect
protinat, pretnout
34
divinely bestowed
bozsky udeleny
35
bond
vazba,zavazat se
36
mishap
nestesti, nehoda
37
stab
bodnout,pichnout bodnuti
38
alien
mimozemstan,vetrelec
39
cope
zvladnout,zvladat
40
allegiance
vernost, loajalita
41
tranquility
ticho,klid
42
shack
chatrc,bouda
43
distended bellies
otekla,nafoukla bricha
44
racial hatred
rasova nenavist
45
fender
naraznik
46
tend
opatrovat
47
pat on the rump
poplacat na zadek
48
roamer
tulak
49
commotion
zmatek,kraval,vytrznost
50
twist the wrist
kroutit zapesti
51
bouncer
vyhazovac,hromotluk
52
feeble groan
chabe zastenani
53
code of conduct
kodex chovani
54
ruthless thugs
bezohledni lupici
55
cronies
stari pratele
56
despise
opovrhovat
57
shackle
spoutat,pripoutat
58
flaw
vada,kaz,defekt
59
swashbuckler
chvastoun,vejtaha
60
martyr
mucednik
61
my bidding
na moji zadost,z meho popudu
62
legitimatize
legalizovat
63
magnitude
dulezitost,vyznam
64
assuage
zmirnit, ulevit
65
credentials
atest, certifikat, vysvedceni
66
perceive
pochopit,vnimat
67
in absentia
v nepritomnosti
68
spearhead
prukopnik
69
jockey
klamat,svindlovat,zokej
70
evolve
odvodit,vypracovat
71
levied embargo
uvalene embargo
72
ponder
uvazovat,premitat
73
entrench
zakopat, utvrdit
74
sequester
odloucit,zabavit
75
jet set
smetanka
76
siege
oblehat, oblehani
77
seize
obsadit,prepadnout
78
array
seskupit,usporadat seskupeni
79
cog wheel
ozubene kolo
80
globe-trotter
svetobeznik
81
praise
pochvala,chvalit
82
desalinization plant
odsolovaci zarizeni
83
rule of thumb
odhad od oka
84
thumbs
palce
85
sewage
odpadni vody
86
adverse reaction
neprizniva reakce
87
spawn
plodit,zplodit
88
ostensibly
zdanlive,udajne
89
hushed voice
tlumeny hlas
90
tongue-in-cheek
zertovne
91
cheek
lic,tvar
92
to be privy
byt zasveceny
93
infidel
pohan
94
huge leap
velky skok
95
envoy
posel,vyslanec
96
purgatory
ocistec
97
ludicrouse
smesny,nesmyslny
98
proclivity
sklon,nachylnost
99
lump price
pausalni cena
100
pimping
kuplirstvi
101
infiditelity
nevera
102
grow bolder
osmelovat se
103
hooker
prostitutka,lehka holka
104
big relief
velke ulehceni/uleva
105
confide
duverovat,sverit nekomu co
106
surrogate mother
nahradni matka
107
chagrin
mrzutost
108
crutches
berle
109
potomci,potomstvo
offspring
110
vydedeny
dispossessed
111
utociste
haven
112
bankroll
financovat
113
spear
kopi,ostep
114
ironside
silak
115
renowned
renomovany,slavny
116
subdue
podrobit,potlacovat
117
pulpit
kazatelna,tribuna,podium
118
indignation
poboureni,rozhorceni
119
scratch out
vyskrtnout
120
bold
chrabry,strmy
121
diatribe
invektiva,vypad
122
concede
pripustit, priznat
123
heaven
nebesa
124
screwball
cvok, misuge
125
I was flabbergasted
byl jsem ohromen
126
casualty
obet
127
astonish
prekvapit,udivit
128
accomplish
vykonat,uskutecnit
129
hermit
poustevnik
130
inflammation, redness, rumor
zanet
131
undercurrent
podtext
132
resenťment
odpor,zlost
133
subversive radical
rozvratny radikal
134
designated restaurant
urcena/jmenovana restaurace
135
usher
uvest,uvadec
136
dazzle
trpit,oslnit
137
radiance
zare,jas
138
chandelier
lustr
139
intricate
spletity,komplikovany
140
cordial
vlidny,privetivy
141
ulterior motives
postranni motivy
142
befriend
spratelit se
143
I was infatuated with sites I visited
Byl jsem poblazneny z mist, co jsem navstivil
144
fertile plains
urodne planiny
145
lush forest
bujny les
146
he smiled condescendingly
blahosklone se usmival
147
greed
chamtivost,nenasytnost
148
geek
poutovy kejklir
149
resume
shrnout,zacit znovu
150
God willing
da-li buh
151
loot
drancovat,rabovat,plenit
152
waver
otaleni, vahat, kolisat