Jack the Ripper - vocabulary

anatomy - anatomie

noun - a detailed study of the structure of the human body (or animals etc.)

appeal - lákadlo, přitažlivost

noun - attraction, something that interests you or stimulates you

apron - zástěra

noun - a piece of clothing that you wear over your other clothes to prevent them from getting dirty, esp. when cooking

artery - tepna

noun - one of the tubes through which blood flows from the heart into other parts of the body

captivate - upoutat, uchvátit

verb - to make someone feel very interested in something, to attract

case - případ

noun - an example of something, a situation solved by the police, a detective or a court

century - století

noun - a period of one hundred years

conclusion - závěr

noun - the end of something, the opinion formed after having gone through everything

conclusive - průkazný, definitivní

adjective - giving proof, giving a definitive answer to a question etc.

evidence - důkazy, důkaz

noun - the object or objects that give a reason to believe something

fake - falešný, imitovaný

adjective - made to look like something or somebody

gossip - drbna

noun - a person who likes to spread information about other people's private lives and their behaviour, which doesn't always have to be true

grip - sevřít, uchopit, stisknout

verb - to hold something firmly in your hand

infamous - neslavný, neblaze proslulý, nechvalně známý

adjective - ill-famed, having a bad reputation

influence - vliv, dopad

noun - an effect, a result

initially - původně

adverb - at first, at the beginning

kidney - ledvina

noun - one of the two organs in your body that separate waste liquid from the blood

manhunt - pátrání (po člověku), hon (na člověka)

noun - an organized search for a person (esp. by the police etc.)

murderer - vrah

noun - a person who killed somebody deliberately

mutilate - znetvořit, zohavit

verb - to damage or injure severely

portray - znázornit, zobrazit, zachytit

verb - to represent something (e.g. in a picture, music etc.)

remove - odstranit, odejmout, odebrat, vyjmout

verb - to take away from something; to take off; to get rid of

research - výzkum

noun - learning or studying about something in order to discover new information or develop new things

reward - odměna

noun - something that you get because of something good you have done

rip - roztrhnout, rozervat, trhat, rvát

verb - to tear quickly or suddenly

serial killer - sériový vrah

noun - a murderer who kills several people, one after the other

slit - rozříznout, proříznout

verb - to make a long narrow cut with a knife etc.

strangle - škrtit, uškrtit, udusit

verb - to squeeze someone's neck to prevent breathing

surgeon - chirurg

noun - a doctor who performs operations

suspect - podezřelý (člověk)

noun - a person who is thought to have committed a crime

suspicion - podezření

noun - a feeling that something bad happened or that something is true, without knowing it for sure

throat - hrdlo, krk (hrdlo)

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

victim - oběť

noun - a person who is hurt or killed in an accident etc; a person against whom a crime has been committed