poll - dotazovat se, ptát se na názor

verb - to ask people questions to find out public opinion

 

warrant - zaručit (se), garantovat

verb - to state that something is true, to provide guarantees

 

sew up - zajistit si (dohodu, kontrakt, vítězství apod.)

verb, informal - to manage to arrange a business agreement or plan

 

reach for the moon - mířit vysoko, klást si velké cíle

verb - to try to achieve something very ambitious or difficult

 

shoot for the moon - mířit vysoko, klást si velké cíle

verb - to try to achieve something very ambitious or difficult

 

vet - lustrovat, prověřit, prověřovat, zkontrolovat, kontrolovat

verb - to check something carefully, to check someone's past carefully

 

fabricate - vykonstruovat, vymyslet

verb - to invent false information in order to deceive people

 

allocate - přidělit, alokovat

verb - to give something to someone for a particular purpose

 

assert - dožadovat se (nároku, práva, ap.)

verb, formal - to insist that you have the right to something

 

hamper - překážet, bránit

verb - to make it difficult for someone to do something

 

banish - vyhostit, vyhnat

verb - to order someone to leave, especially from their country

 

come around - nechat se přesvědčit, změnit názor, přistoupit

verb - to let someone convince you to agree with them

 

come round - nechat se přesvědčit, změnit názor, přistoupit

verb, British English - to let someone convince you to agree with them

have second thoughts - rozmýšlet si, váhat, mít pochybnosti

verb - start to doubt something, to think about it again

 

scrub - zrušit

verb, informal - to cancel something that you had planned to do