sew up - zajistit si (dohodu, kontrakt, vítězství apod.)
BrE
/ˌsəʊ'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌsoʊ'ʌp/

verb, informal - to manage to arrange a business agreement or plan

 
poll - dotazovat se, ptát se na názor
BrE
/'pəʊl/
AmE
/'poʊl/

verb - to ask people questions to find out public opinion

 
warrant - zaručit (se), garantovat
BrE
/'wɒrənt/
AmE
/'wɑ:rənt/

verb - to state that something is true, to provide guarantees

 
familiarize - seznámit, obeznámit se
BrE
/fə'mɪliəraɪz/
AmE
/fə'mɪliəraɪz/

verb - to learn about something and start to understand it

 
dictate - diktovat, nadiktovat
BrE
/dɪk'teɪt/
AmE
/'dɪkteɪt/

verb - to say something for someone else to write down

woo
woo - lákat, vábit, přilákat, přivábit
BrE
/'wu:/
AmE
/'wu:/

verb - to try to attract someone, especially customers, voters etc.

 
manoeuvre - manévrovat
BrE
/mə'nu:və/
AmE
/mə'nu:vər/

verb, British English - to move and try to control and direct something

 
peel off - odloupnout, odlupovat, odloupnout se, odlupovat se
BrE
/ˌpil'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌpil'ɑ:f/

verb - to remove a covering from something, to come off

 
make out - vystavit (např. šek)
BrE
/ˌmeɪk'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌmeɪk'aʊt/

verb - to create a document, to fill in a form

lather
lather - napěnit, zpěnit, namydlit, vytvořit mýdlovou pěnu
BrE
/'lɑ:ðə/
AmE
/'læðər/

verb - to cover something with lather or to produce lather

 
unwilling - neochotný
BrE
/ʌn'wɪlɪŋ/
AmE
/ʌn'wɪlɪŋ/

adjective - not wanting to do something, refusing to do something

 
scrub - zrušit
BrE
/'skrʌb/
AmE
/'skrʌb/

verb, informal - to cancel something that you had planned to do

upend
upend - obrátit (vzhůru nohama), otočit (vzhůru nohama), obrátit se (vzhůru nohama)
BrE
/ˌʌp'end/
AmE
/ˌʌp'end/

verb - to turn something upside down, to turn upside down

 
wobble - váhat, zaváhat
BrE
/'wɒbl/
AmE
/'wɑ:bl/

verb - to hesitate or to become less sure about something

 
bite the bullet - zatnout zuby
BrE
/ˌbaɪt ðə'bʊlɪt/
AmE
/ˌbaɪt ðə'bʊlɪt/

verb, informal - to decide to do something even if it's unpleasant