repel - odpuzovat

verb - to keep something or someone away, to make someone or something move away

 

molt - pelichat, línat

verb - to shed feathers or fur esp. for new feathers or fur to grow

 

moult - pelichat, línat

verb - to shed feathers or fur esp. for new feathers or fur to grow

shed - pelichat, línat

verb - to lose feathers or fur esp. for new feathers or fur to grow

 

rate - ohodnotit, oznámkovat

verb - to grade something, to decide what the value or quality of something is

 

zigzag - klikatit se

verb - to move with a lot of sharp turns to the right and left

 

engross - fascinovat, zaujmout

verb - to make somebody extremely interested in something or pay good attention to something

 

suffuse - zalít, zaplavit, prodchnout

verb, literary - (of light, feeling etc.) to spread through something, to cover something or someone

 

pull - udělat, učinit (ve spec. frázích)

verb - to make; to move a part of your body in a particular direction

 

bark up the wrong tree - plakat nad špatným hrobem, být mimo mísu, mýlit se

verb, informal - to have the wrong idea about how to get a result you want

 

come with the territory - zákonitě patřit k (něčemu), být přirozenou součástí (čeho)

verb - to be considered to be a part of a job or a task

 

pluck up courage - sebrat odvahu

verb - to force yourself to do something even though you are afraid of it

 

slippery as an eel - kluzký jako úhoř

phrase - very cunning, difficult to catch and to get the information that you want

 

guess what - Hádej co je nového!, Že neuhodneš co je nového?, A hádej co

phrase, informal - a phrase we use when we want to say something surprising to someone

 

gain on - dohánět (koho)

verb - in a competition, to get closer to somebody who is ahead of you