hit-and-run - který ujel z místa nehody, kdy viník ujel z místa nehody
BrE
/ˌhɪtən'rʌn/
AmE
/ˌhɪtən'rʌn/

adjective - connected with a car accident in which the person hurt someone and then drove away

 
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

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

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

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

 
ask around - poptat se
BrE
/ˌɑ:sk ə'raʊnd/
AmE
/ˌæsk ə'raʊnd/

verb - to try to get some information by asking several people

 
rise - zvýšení platu
BrE
/'raɪz/
AmE
/'raɪz/

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

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

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

 
the moon on a stick - něco nemožného, modré z nebe
BrE
/ðə'mu:n ənə 'stɪk/
AmE
/ðə'mu:n ənə 'stɪk/

noun - something impossible, something that you cannot get or give someone

 
the moon - něco nemožného, modré z nebe
BrE
/ðə'mu:n/
AmE
/ðə'mu:n/

noun - something impossible, something that you cannot get or give someone

 
take down - sundat, dát dolů (z police, ze stěny)
BrE
/ˌteɪk'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌteɪk'daʊn/

verb - to reach up and get something from a high place

income
income - příjem
BrE
/'ɪnkʌm/
AmE
/'ɪŋkʌm/

noun - the money you get regularly, e.g. for your work etc.

useful
useful - užitečný
BrE
/'ju:sfl/
AmE
/'ju:sfl/

adjective - helpful, serving you to do or get what you want

 
break into - proniknout do, prorazit do, prosadit se v
BrE
/'breɪk ɪntʊ/
AmE
/'breɪk ɪntʊ/

verb - to enter a place that is difficult to get into