Santa Claus

afford - dovolit si, moci si dovolit (finančně)

verb - to have enough money in order to buy something or pay for something

beard - vousy, plnovous

noun - the hair that grown on men's face, usually below the mouth and on the cheeks

belly - břicho

noun - the front part of your body between the chest and the legs, it gets bigger if you drink a lot of beer

bishop - biskup

noun - a high priest

describe - popsat

verb - to say what you can see in/at something, to give a picture of something in words

devote - oddat se, obětovat, věnovat, zasvětit

verb - to give all of your time and energy into something

dowry - věno

noun - the amount of money that parents must pay to the man who marries their daughter (in some cultures)

draw - kreslit, rýsovat

verb - to make a picture or a diagram using a pen, pencil etc.

dry - sušit, usušit, vysušit, osušit

verb - to make something not wet or humid

Dutch - holandský

adjective - connected with the Netherlands, from the Netherlands

fat - tlustý

adjective - having to much flesh and being too heavy

generous - štědrý, velkorysý

adjective - willing to give things away, not mean

hang - pověsit, viset, zavěsit

verb - to put something up in a way that the upper part is fixed and the lower part is loose, to be in such a position

chimney - komín

noun - a thing on the roof of a house which lets smoke from a fire come out

inspire - inspirovat

verb - to give somebody new ideas, to make somebody want to do something

jolly - veselý, šťastný

adjective - happy, merry

legend - legenda, báje, pověst

noun - an old popular story about brave people etc., it doesn't have to be true

mantelpiece - římsa nad krbem

noun - a kind of shelf above the fireplace; children hang their Christmas stockings on it

poem - báseň, básnička

noun - a piece of writing written in sound and line patterns

present - dárek

noun - a gift, something that you give or get from somebody for Christmas or birthday etc.

proper - vhodný, správný, řádný, pořádný, ten pravý

adjective - the correct one, the right one, the one suitable for the particular situation

pull - tahat, táhnout, zatáhnout

verb - to move something towards you; to draw something along behind you

reindeer - sob

noun - a large wild deer that lives in cold northern regions

sack - pytel

noun - a large bag used to carry things

settler - osadník, kolonista

noun - a person who comes to live to a place where nobody or not many people lived before

sleigh - saně (tažené koněm), sáně (tažené koněm)

noun - a kind of carriage that is pulled by a horse (or horses) over snow

stocking - punčocha

noun - one of the pair of coverings for the feet and legs, usually worn by women; at Christmas, Santa Claus puts little presents into it

toward - směrem k, k

preposition - to, in the direction of

tradition - tradice

noun - a custom, belief etc. that a group of people have had for a long time

world - svět

noun - everything around us, the planet where we live