eliminate - eliminovat, vymýtit, odstranit, vyřadit
BrE
/ɪ'lɪmɪneɪt/
AmE
/ɪ'lɪmɪneɪt/

verb - to remove, to get rid of, to kill off

 
receive - získat, dostat, obdržet
BrE
/rɪ'si:v/
AmE
/rɪ'si:v/

verb - to get, usually without having to pay for it

 
shrug off - setřást, shodit
BrE
/ʃrʌg'ɒf/
AmE
/ʃrʌg'ɑ:f/

verb - to get rid of something which you don't want

 
old habits die hard - zvyk je železná košile
BrE
/ˌəʊld'hæbɪtsˌdaɪ'hɑ:d/
AmE
/ˌoʊld'hæbɪtsˌdaɪ'hɑ:rd/

phrase - it's difficult to get rid of an existing habit

 
shake off - setřást, shodit
BrE
/ʃeɪk'ɒf/
AmE
/ʃeɪk'ɑ:f/

verb - to get rid of something which you don't want

 
take out - zřídit, uzavřít, vzít (si)
BrE
/ˌteɪk 'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌteɪk 'aʊt/

verb - to get something (esp. a loan, mortgage, insurance etc.)

 
slaughter - porážka, poražení (dobytka)
BrE
/'slɔ:tə/
AmE
/'slɔ:t̬ər/

noun - the act of killing animals to get their meat

 
collect - vyzvednout
BrE
/kə'lekt/
AmE
/kə'lekt/

verb, British English - to get something or somebody from a particular place

pay raise
pay raise - zvýšení platu
BrE
/'peɪˌreɪz/
AmE
/'peɪˌreɪz/

noun, American English - an increase in the money you get for your work

 
scam - podvést, vylákat podvodem
BrE
/'skæm/
AmE
/'skæm/

verb, informal - to deceive someone in order to get money from them

 
Dutch courage - opilecká kuráž
BrE
/ˌdʌtʃ 'kʌrɪdʒ/
AmE
/ˌdʌtʃ 'kɜ:rɪdʒ/

noun, British English, informal - the false confidence that you get when you are drunk

 
allotment - dávka, příděl
BrE
/ə'lɒtmənt/
AmE
/ə'lɑ:tmənt/

noun, formal - an amount of something that someone is allowed to get

thin ice
thin ice - tenký led
BrE
/ˌθɪn 'aɪs/
AmE
/ˌθɪn 'aɪs/

noun - situace which is risky or may get you in trouble

pay rise
pay rise - zvýšení platu
BrE
/'peɪˌraɪz/
AmE
/'peɪˌraɪz/

noun, British English - an increase in the money you get for your work

 
go after - jít za (něčím), jít po (někom)
BrE
/ˌgəʊ'ɑ:ftə/
AmE
/'ˌgoʊˌæftər/

verb - to try to get something, to try to catch someone