appoint
appoint - ustanovit, jmenovat, obsadit do funkce
BrE
/ə'pɔɪnt/
AmE
/ə'pɔɪnt/

verb - to assign a function, duty, responsibility etc. to sb

 
empower - posílit, zplnomocnit
BrE
/ɪm'paʊə/
AmE
/ɪm'paʊər/

verb - to give power or authority to something or somebody

 
drift apart - vzdálit se (jeden druhému), vzdalovat se (jeden druhému)
BrE
/ˌdrɪftə'pɑ:t/
AmE
/ˌdrɪftə'pɑ:rt/

verb - to become less close, to stop being close friends

 
plumb - proniknout (do něčeho)
BrE
/'plʌm/
AmE
/'plʌm/

verb, formal - to examine something thoroughly in order to understand it

 
antagonize - znepřátelit (si), naštvat (někoho), poštvat (si někoho) proti sobě
BrE
/æn'tægənaɪz/
AmE
/æn'tægənaɪz/

verb - to make someone angry with you, to irritate someone

 
overreact - reagovat přehnaně, přehnaně reagovat
BrE
/ˌəʊvəri'ækt/
AmE
/ˌoʊvəri'ækt/

verb - to react to something too strongly or too emotionally

 
give away - darovat, rozdat
BrE
/ˌgɪv ə'weɪ/
AmE
/ˌgɪvə'weɪ/

verb - to give to someone as a present, for free

 
comply - dodržet, splnit, vyhovět, dostát
BrE
/kəm'plaɪ/
AmE
/kəm'plaɪ/

verb - to obey an order, to keep the rules etc.

 
lay off - nechat (někoho či něco) být
BrE
/ˌleɪ'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌleɪ'ɑ:f/

verb, informal - to stop annoying someone, to stop doing something annoying

persevere
persevere - vytrvat, vydržet
BrE
/ˌpɜ:sə'vɪə/
AmE
/ˌpɜ:rsə'vɪr/

verb - to keep doing something despite hardships, refusing to stop

 
fertilize - oplodnit
BrE
/'fɜ:tɪlaɪz/
AmE
/'fɜ:rt̬ɪlaɪz/

verb - to inseminate, to cause the fertilization of an egg

 
conscientious - svědomitý, pečlivý
BrE
/ˌkɒnʃi'enʃəs/
AmE
/ˌkɑ:nʃi'enʃəs/

adjective - careful to do everything you are supposed to do

figure out
figure out - přijít na (něco)
BrE
/ˌfɪgə'raʊt/
AmE
/ˌfɪgjə'raʊt/

verb - to find an answer or a solution to something

 
tend - starat se, pečovat
BrE
/'tend/
AmE
/'tend/

verb, formal - to take care of sth, to look after sth

 
straight ahead - stále rovně, pořád rovně, rovnou za nosem
BrE
/streɪt ə'hed/
AmE
/streɪt ə'hed/

adverb - directly, not to the right, not to the left