crow
crow - kokrhat, zakokrhat
BrE
/'krəʊ/
AmE
/'kroʊ/

verb - to cry like a rooster, (of a rooster) to make a high, harsh sound

 
sober up - vystřízlivět
BrE
/'səʊbə'rʌp/
AmE
/'soʊbər'ʌp/

verb - to become sober after you've drunk a lot of alcohol; to make somebody sober

 
blow off - nepřijít na rande (s někým), nepřijít na schůzku (s někým)
BrE
/ˌbləʊ'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌbloʊ'ɑ:f/

verb, informal - not to come to a date or meeting which you had arranged with someone

beat
beat - klepat (např. koberec)
BrE
/'bi:t/
AmE
/'bi:t/

verb - to hit sth (a carpet etc) repeatedly in order to clean it from dust

 
elope - utéct s někým (a vzít se)
BrE
/ɪ'ləʊp/
AmE
/ɪ'loʊp/

verb - to run away with someone in order to get married (secretly, without permission etc.)

 
cut some slack - nebýt (na někoho) tak přísný, nebýt (na někoho) tak tvrdý
BrE
/'kʌtsʌm'slæk/
AmE
/'kʌtsʌm'slæk/

verb, informal - not to be so hard on somebody, not to be so strict with someone

 
endorse - propagovat, dělat reklamu (na něco)
BrE
/ɪn'dɔ:s/
AmE
/ɪn'dɔ:rs/

verb - to say publicly that you like or use something in order to promote it

look out
look out - vyhlížet (něco či někoho)
BrE
/ˌlʊk'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌlʊk'aʊt/

verb - to look carefully around you in order to find someone or something in particular

 
urge - nutkání
BrE
/'ɜ:dʒ/
AmE
/'ɜ:rdʒ/

noun - an impulse to do something, a strong feeling that you have to do something

seize
seize - chopit se (čeho), popadnout, zabrat (silou)
BrE
/'si:z/
AmE
/'si:z/

verb - to take hold of something or to take control of something (esp. by force)

 
whoa - počkej, prr
BrE
/'wəʊ/
AmE
/'woʊ/

interjection, informal - an exclamation you use when you want someone to stop, to wait a minute

 
intervene - zakročit, zasáhnout (do něčeho)
BrE
/ˌɪntə'vi:n/
AmE
/ˌɪnt̬ər'vi:n/

verb - to become involved in a conflict of two parties in order to settle it

horror
horror - hororový
BrE
/'hɒrə/
AmE
/'hɑ:rər/

adjective - belonging to the genre of movies, books etc. that is supposed to scare people

 
frisk - prohledat (člověka), prošacovat
BrE
/'frɪsk/
AmE
/'frɪsk/

verb - to search someone quickly to check whether they are not hiding weapons, drugs etc.

waste
waste - promarnit, plýtvat, vyplýtvat, marnit
BrE
/'weɪst/
AmE
/'weɪst/

verb - to use too much of something or to use something in a wrong way