Riddles 2

beast - zvíře (hlavně nebezpečné), šelma

noun, formal - an animal, especially one that is considered dangerous or unusual

bite - kousnout, kousat, hlodat

verb - to cut or hurt by using the teeth

breath - dech

noun - the air that you take inside your body

broom - smeták, koště

noun - an instrument used for sweeping the floor

clink - cinkat

verb - to make a high sound typical of glass or metal

devour - sežrat, strávit, pohltit, pozřít

verb - to eat something greedily; to destroy something completely

dew - rosa

noun - the drops of water that form on the ground in the night and early morning

diamond - diamant, démant

noun - a very hard and very valuable jewel

egg - vejce

noun - an oval white thing that comes from hens, people eat it boiled or fried etc.

emerald - smaragd, smaragdová barva

noun - a green precious stone or jewel, a bright green colour

flutter - poletovat, třepetat křídly

verb - to move back and forth, form side to side, or up and down (in the air), to fly in this manner

gnaw - hlodat, hryzat, užírat

verb - to bite at something repeatedly

grind - mlít, namlít, umlít, rozdrtit, rozemlít

verb - to break things into very small particles, usually in a special instrument

grow - růst, vyrůst

verb - to get bigger, larger or older

hide - schovat, ukrýt, skrýt, schovat se

verb - to put something in a place where it cannot be found or seen

hinge - pant, závěs dveří

noun - a joint (usually metal) that makes it possible for a door, window etc. to be opened and closed

iron - železo

noun - (the chemical element of atomic number 26) a hard strong metal used in industry, steel is made from it

lid - víko, dekl, poklop

noun - the top of a container that you can take off

lungs - plíce (pl.)

noun - the breathing organs in your body

maid - služka, služebná, pokojská

noun - a female servant, a person whose job is to clean and tidy up hotel rooms

mail - brnění, kroužková zbroj

noun - armour made from many small metal rings

meal - prášek, mouka, moučka

noun - powder made by crushing something (esp. seeds, grains etc)

mighty - mocný

adjective - very powerful

mutter - mumlat, bručet

verb - to say something angrily in a way that it can be heard but not understood easily

roar - řvaní, řev

noun - a deep loud sound like that of a lion

root - kořen

noun - the part of a plant which is under the ground and through which it gets nutrients from the soil

ruin - zkazit, pokazit, zničit, poničit

verb - to damage something, to make something lose its value, function, beauty etc.

slay - zabít, porazit (zabít), zamordovat, zavraždit

verb, literary - to kill, to murder

steel - ocel

noun - a hard strong metal made from iron mixed with carbon, it is used for making knives etc.

throat - hrdlo, krk (hrdlo)

noun - the front part of the neck, especially the tube in it; the back part of your mouth

treasure - poklad

noun - an amount of valuable things, such as gold, silver, diamonds etc.

wing - křídlo

noun - one of the two parts that birds use for flying, one of similar part on an aircraft that enables it to fly

yet - a přeci, přitom

adverb - in spite of that