Joy Williams - Speaking a Dead Language (vocab)

breath - dech

noun - the air that you take inside your body

brick - cihla

noun - a rectangular object (usually light red or brown) that houses are often built of

build - stavět, postavit

verb - to make something, e.g. a house or any kind of structure

crumble - zhroutit se, rozpadat se, rozpadnout se, drolit se, sesypat se

verb - to lose or fall into small pieces, to fall apart

dead - mrtvý, mrtev

adjective - not alive

fade out - pomalu zmizet, pomalu ustat

verb - to gradually disappear

fall - spadnout, upadnout, padnout, padat

verb - to drop to the ground

innocent - nevinný, nevinen

adjective - not guilty, not having done anything bad or wrong

language - jazyk

noun - a system of communication that uses words etc.

lost - ztracený

adjective - not possible to be found, no longer possessed

make sense - dávat smysl

verb - to be comprehensible or logical

meaning - význam, smysl

noun - the idea or sense of something

sound - znít (jako), vypadat

verb - to give an impression

sure - jistý

adjective - certain, knowing something for certain

then - tehdy

adverb - at that time

towards - směrem k

preposition - in the direction of

tower - věž

noun - a tall building or structure, esp. as a part of a castle, church etc.

translation - překlad

noun - an activity of changing written or spoken word into another language, or a piece of text that has been changed from another language

wall - hradba, zeď

noun - a strong upright surface that is built around a castle etc. for protection

wonder - říkat si, uvažovat, zajímat se

verb - to ask yourself questions, to keep thinking about

word - slovo, slovíčko

noun - one of many parts of a sentence that carries a particular meaning