[UA] Other names for Unknown Armies?

[thanatos at interaccess.com]

I think one of the problems we're having is that we're unaware of the various idioms prevalent in Czech, and whether or not the stuff we come up with is euphonious in Czech.  I can't say I came up with better ideas, but I did check out a pretty spiffy Czech / English dictionary, and came up with these, as well as various interpretations.

skryty = covert
skryty = close
skryty = deep
skryty = inner
skryty = hidden
skryty = latent
skryty = secret
skryty = retired
skryty = recondite
skryty = snug
skryty = ulterior
skryty = lurking
skryty boj = infighting
skryty soubor = hidden file
skryty znak = hidden character

neviditelny = hidden
neviditelny = invisible
neviditelny = unseen
neviditelny (bas., zert.) = viewless

tajny = clandestine
tajny = close
tajny = dark
tajny = esoteric
tajny = furtive
tajny = hole-and-corner
tajny = hidden
tajny = huggermugger
tajny = keyhole
tajny = inward
tajny = occult
tajny = privy
tajny = retired
tajny = recondite
tajny = secret
tajny = stealthy
tajny = sneaking
tajny = surreptitious
tajny = classified
tajny = bluebeard
tajny = backstair
tajny = ex-directory
tajny = nabber
tajny (detektiv, slang.) = tec
tajny (muz v civilu,obcanskem odevu = plain clothes man
tajny (o spisech) = off-the-record
tajny (policista, lid., USA) = G-man (Government man)
tajny (udelany pod rukou) = underhand
tajny fond = grouch-bag
tajny homosexual = closet queen
tajny rada = privy counsellor
tajny rada = chamber counsel

zahadny = darksome
zahadny = eerie
zahadny = eery
zahadny = enigmatic
zahadny = mysterious
zahadny = occult
zahadny = puzzling
zahadny = uncanny
zahadny = baffing
zahadny (nevysvetlitelny) = unaccountable
zahadny clovek (pren.) = dark horse
zahadny proces (pren.) = chemistry







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