work-study program

Be at a loss what to do

come up missing(disappear into thin air)

to be very dilapidated

a good sword never get dull

no risk at all

read extensively

walk as if flying(walk very quickly)

bookman

Hundred times hundred Czech

to have a niche in the temple of fame

be out of touch(break off)

Powerful and intransigent

Keep one's mouth shut

do the same thing without previous arrangement

a lot of guests

be the same outside and inside

not perceptive

Lose one's country and lose one's family

make nothing of hardships