tread water - šlapat vodu, stagnovat

verb - to stay in the same spot, not to make any progress

 

sensitivity - citlivost

noun - the ability to understand and respond to people's feelings, needs, emotions

even out - srovnat, vyhladit, vyrovnat (nerovnosti), srovnat se, uhladit se

verb - to make something flat and level; to become flat and level

stop - zabránit, zamezit (někomu či něčemu v)

verb - make impossible for something to happen or someone to do something

 

break up - vypadávat (v tel. hovoru), ztrácet spojení (tel.), ztrácet se (při tel. hovoru)

verb - to become difficult to understand because the telephone connection is bad

 

touch - schopnost, um, cit (pro co), kouzlo

noun - to have an ability to do something in a particular way

 

leak - prosáknout, uniknout (např. informace), vyzradit

verb - (of something secret) to become known, to give away secret information

 

flunk out - vyletět (ze školy), být propuštěn (ze školy)

verb, American English, informal - to have to leave school because you have failed your exams

do exercise - cvičit, zacvičit si

verb - to do physical activity in order to become healthier and stronger

 

talk some sense into - promluvit (komu) do duše, domluvit (komu)

verb - to persuade someone to think about something in a reasonable way

 

have no clue - nemít ponětí, nemít páru (o čem)

verb, informal - to have no idea; to do not know something at all

 

base - základ umocňování (mat.)

noun - the number that is going to be raised to a power

coarsen - zdrsnit, zdrsnět, učinit hrubým, drsným (povrch a pod.)

verb - to become coarse, rough, thick; to make something coarse, rough, thick

flatten - narovnat, uhladit, zploštit, narovnat se, zploštit se

verb - to make something flat or flatter; to become flat or flatter

 

detract - ubírat (na čem), zmenšovat, snižovat

verb - to take away from something, to make something less valuable etc.