live off - být živen, nechat se živit
BrE
/'lɪv 'ɒf/
AmE
/'lɪv 'ɑ:f/

verb - to get the money or food you need to live from someone or something

 
hold back - držet se zpátky
BrE
/ˌhəʊld'bæk/
AmE
/ˌhoʊld'bæk/

verb - to stop yourself from doing something, to not try as hard as you could

 
rooftop - střecha
BrE
/'ru:fˌtɒp/
AmE
/'ru:fˌtɑ:p/

noun - the top of a building that protects it from rain and wind and snow

 
hygienic - hygienický
BrE
/haɪ'dʒi:nɪk/
AmE
/haɪ'dʒenɪk/

adjective - sanitary, clean and free from things that could cause infection or other health problems

sanitary
sanitary - hygienický
BrE
/'sænətri/
AmE
/'sænəteri/

adjective - hygienic, clean and free from things that could cause infection or other health problems

 
disable - porouchat, vyřadit, zablokovat
BrE
/dɪs'eɪbl/
AmE
/dɪs'eɪbl/

verb - to prevent something from functioning properly, to damage something so it cannot be used

tenant
tenant - nájemník, nájemce
BrE
/'tenənt/
AmE
/'tenənt/

noun - someone who rents a place (apartment, house etc.) from the person who owns it

trolleybus
trolleybus - trolejbus
BrE
/'trɒlibʌs/
AmE
/'trɑ:libʌs/

noun, British English - an electric bus that takes its power from an overhead wire through a trolley

 
break the mould - vyjet ze zajetých kolejí
BrE
/ˌbreɪk ðə 'məʊld/
AmE
/ˌbreɪk ðə 'moʊld/

verb - to do completely different things than what people expect from you or the situation

 
cut off - odříznout (se), izolovat (se)
BrE
/ˌkʌt'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌkʌt̬'ɑ:f/

verb - to prevent someone or something from leaving a place or communicating with other people

 
put two and two together - dát si dvě a dvě dohromady
BrE
/pʊt ˌtu: ən ˌtu: tə'geðə/
AmE
/pʊt ˌtu: ən ˌtu: tə'geðər/

verb - to work out the truth about a situation from what you see, hear, etc.

prick out
prick out - pikýrovat, přesadit (rostliny)
BrE
/'prɪk aʊt/
AmE
/'prɪk aʊt/

verb - to put a young plant in soil after you have grown it from seed

 
quintuplet - paterče
BrE
/kwɪn'tju:plət/
AmE
/kwɪn'tʌplət/

noun - one of the five children born from the same mother at the same time

pickpocketing
pickpocketing - kapesní krádež
BrE
/'pɪkpɒkɪtɪŋ/
AmE
/'pɪkpɑ:kət̬ɪŋ/

noun - the act of stealing something from someone's pocket, bag etc. when they're not looking

 
the Middle Ages - středověk
BrE
/ðə ˌmɪdl 'eɪdʒɪz/
AmE
/ðə ˌmɪdl 'eɪdʒɪz/

noun - a period in the history that lasted from the 5th to the 15th century