snowed in
snowed in - zasněžený, zapadaný sněhem, odříznutý od světa (sněhem)
BrE
/ˌsnəʊd'ɪn/
AmE
/ˌsnoʊd'ɪn/

verb, American English - to be blocked with snow, to be unable to leave a place because of snow

 
dispatch - expedovat, odeslat
BrE
/dɪs'pætʃ/
AmE
/dɪs'pætʃ/

verb - to send something to somebody or to a place (esp. something that has been ordered)

 
despatch - expedovat, odeslat
BrE
/dɪs'pætʃ/
AmE
/dɪs'pætʃ/

verb - to send something to somebody or to a place (esp. something that has been ordered)

 
direct - směrovat, ukázat cestu, poslat směrem
BrE
/də'rekt/
AmE
/də'rekt/

verb - to show the way, to tell somebody the way, to send something in the direction

 
order - uspořádat, setřídit
BrE
/'ɔ:də/
AmE
/'ɔ:rdər/

verb - to put something together according to some rules, to make something neat, clean or tidy

reconstruct
reconstruct - opravit, obnovit, přebudovat, přestavět, rekonstruovat
BrE
/ˌri:kən'strʌkt/
AmE
/ˌri:kən'strʌkt/

verb - to build up again, to build again, to restore something that was damaged or destroyed

tame
tame - zkrotit, krotit, ochočit, podrobit si
BrE
/'teɪm/
AmE
/'teɪm/

verb - to make an animal not dangerous or wild anymore; to make sth easy to control

 
jinx - zakřiknout (něco)
BrE
/'dʒɪŋks/
AmE
/'dʒɪŋks/

verb, informal - to bring bad luck to something, to spoil something good by talking about it beforehand

 
feign - předstírat, fingovat
BrE
/'feɪn/
AmE
/'feɪn/

verb - to pretend to have a certain feeling or to be affected by a certain state

 
go bankrupt - zkrachovat
BrE
/ˌgəʊ'bæŋkrʌpt/
AmE
/ˌgoʊ'bæŋkrʌpt/

verb - (of a company) to lose all the money, to become insolvent, unable to pay debts

hit on
hit on - balit (někoho)
BrE
/'hɪtˌɒn/
AmE
/'hɪt̬ˌɑ:n/

verb, American English, informal - to approach somebody and talk to them in order to initiate romantic (or sexual) relationship

 
cajole - přemlouvat, přemluvit
BrE
/kə'dʒəʊl/
AmE
/kə'dʒoʊl/

verb - to sweet-talk somebody into doing something, to use flattery to make somebody do something

 
drive - hnát, pohánět, nutit, tlačit, zatlačit
BrE
/'draɪv/
AmE
/'draɪv/

verb - to make somebody or something move, to push someone somewhere, to make somebody do something

 
edit - editovat, upravit, sestříhat (např. film)
BrE
/'edɪt/
AmE
/'edɪt/

verb - to make changes to texts, films, data etc. to prepare them for publication or release

 
pull strings - zatahat za nitky, kontaktovat vlivné lidi
BrE
/ˌpʊl 'strɪŋz/
AmE
/ˌpʊl 'strɪŋz/

verb - to use the influence that you have to get something done or to achieve something