Objective CAE, Workbook, Unit 1, Reading p. 4-5

cleavage - dekolt, dámský výstřih, žlábek mezi prsy, žlábek mezi ňadry

noun - the cleft between a woman's breasts

cluster - shluk, trs, hlouček

noun - a number of things close together, a group of things

cricket - cvrček

noun - a small brown insect that makes very specific sounds, esp. at night

duvet - peřina, přikrývka

noun, British English - a large blanket that you use to cover yourself when you are in bed

emerge - vynořit se, objevit se

verb - to appear, to come out, to come to the surface

foundress - zakladatelka

noun - a woman who founds an institution

four-poster bed - postel s nebesy

noun - a kind of old-fashioned bed with four posts at each corner that support a structure with a curtain

hoop - obruč

noun - a large metal ring

charge - svěřenec

noun - a person or an animal that you are responsible to care about

charitable - charitativní

adjective - connected with charity

in earnest - doopravdy, naplno

adverb - seriously

initial - počáteční, původní

adjective - first, true at the beginning

irreparable - neopravitelný

adjective - not reparable

liver - játra

noun - a part of the body that cleans the blood

maul - potrhat (od zvířete apod.)

verb - to injure by teeth and claws

mealworm - moučný červ

noun - a kind of worm that is usually used to feed pets (especially reptiles)

nestle - uvelebit se, zachumlat se, uhnízdit se

verb - to go into a very comfortable position

nocturnal - odehrávající se v noci; noční (zvíře)

adjective - occurring or happening at night; (of an animal) being most active at night

nurse - ošetřovat, pečovat (o)

verb - to take care of somebody (esp. a sick person)

prior to - před (časově)

preposition - before something

prop up - podepřít

verb - to support something by putting something hard under it

purr - vrnět

verb - (of a cat) to make a low sound that expresses pleasure and content

rate - poměr, podíl, míra

noun - an amount measured in proportion to another amount

recover - zotavit se, uzdravit se

verb - to get over an illness, to get well after an injury

robust - robustní, bytelný, statný

adjective - strong, strongly built

scrapings - odřezky, ořezky, oškrabky

noun - pieces of something that have been scraped off

scuffle - šarvátka, potyčka

noun - a kind of fight, esp. one that is not very violent

snuggle - choulit se, tulit se

verb - to be in a cosy, warm and comfortable position

strive - usilovat (o), snažit se

verb - to try very hard to do something or achieve something

stroke - hladit, pohladit

verb - to touch or rub gently, to move the hand gently over something

stump - pahýl

noun - the part of something that is left when the rest is cut off or broken off etc. (such as a tree, a branch, an arm, a leg, a tooth etc.)

survival - přežití

noun - the act of going on living or existing after a dangerous event or a difficult situation, e.g. a disaster, war etc.

swoop - letět střemhlav dolů, letět přímo dolů, vrhnout se dolů, vrhnout se prudce dolů

verb - to move down swiftly, esp. when a bird attacks its prey

woodworm - červotoč, lýkožrout, kůrovec

noun - a kind of worm that eats wood and makes holes in it