participle - příčestí

noun - a non-finite verb form used with other verbs or sometimes as an adjective: e.g. drinking, drunk

 

participle - příčestí, participium

noun - a non-finite verb form used with other verbs or sometimes as an adjective: e.g. drinking, drunk

 

past simple - minulý prostý čas

noun - a tense that is used for actions that happened at some point in the past or happened regularly in the past, were generally true etc. Verbs usually have the ending -ED and in questions and negatives we usually use DID / DIDN'T

 

know better - moc dobře vědět, být si vědom (že)

verb - to know something because you have had experience with it

 

devastated - zdrcený, zlomený

adjective - crushed, feeling miserable

 

take a rain check - přeložit na jindy, odložit na jindy, nechat na jindy

verb, informal - not to do something but offer/promise to do it later

 

the Midlands - střední Anglie

noun - an area in central England

 

riser - podstupnice (u schodu)

noun, technical - a vertical board between two stairs

 

early riser - ranní ptáče

noun - a person who gets up early in the morning

 

or so - kolem, tak, asi, přibližně

phrase, informal - or approximately that much/many

 

assign - přidělit (např. hodnotu, rys)

verb - to say that something has a particular value or feature

 

three-hour-long - tříhodinový

adjective - being three hours long

 

from cover to cover - úplně celé, od začátku až do konce

adverb - from the beginning to the end of a magazine, book, etc.

 

from scratch - od začátku, od nuly, ze základních surovin, bez přípravy

adverb - from the beginning, without using anything that was prepared before

 

give birth - porodit

verb - to have a baby