Language Log 3

Vocabulary Checklist

Nouns
breadcrumbs (for rizek)
a calf (baby cow)
a (school) canteen
a cooker, a stove
crumble (mixture of flour, butter and sugar)
crutches
dots (a pattern on a shirt etc)
dough (=testo, listove testo = puff pastry)
godfather (-mother, son, daughter, parent, child etc)
head (on a glass of beer = cepice)
horseradish
the lid (of a jar), the top (of a bottle)
(something has more than one) meaning
a mountaineer
natural science(s)
needles (fir trees have these instead of leaves)
a pine (tree) (=borovice), a fir (tree) (=jedle), a spruce (=smrk)
(to have) pins and needles (in your leg)
a potty (nocnik)
raisins
a saying
the stalk (or stem) of a piece of broccoli
a tripod (for your camera)

Verbs
to date someone (US), to go out with someone (UK) (= be boyfriend & girlfriend)
you don't have to... (nemusis)
help yourself!
to go mountaineering, to go climbing
to mix something (in a mixer)
to peel (potatoes, carrots etc)
to put something into the oven (not 'give')
to run out of something
to slice or chop vegetables
(I don't want) to tempt fate

Adjectives, adverbs etc
clear, obvious
discreet
evergreen (trees such as fir; opposite= deciduous)
full fat, semi-skimmed, skimmed (milk)
in hindsight
(you are) right
(a) silent (film/movie)
wholemeal flour

Prepositions
to complain about something

Can you remember the difference between:
-savoury (sweet or savoury), salted (salt has been added to it eg butter) and salty (tastes of salt eg anchovies)?
- dawn/sunrise and dusk/sunset?
- a snail and a slug?
- to get dressed (in the morning) and to dress up (in fancy dress or for a special occasion)?

Things to watch:
- This morning (afternoon, evening, not "today morning....", but tonight)
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