root for
root for - držet palce, fandit, podporovat, přát štěstí
BrE
/'ru:t fɔ:/
AmE
/'ru:t fɔ:r/

verb - to hope that somebody will succeed, to keep your fingers crossed for somebody, to support someone

slow dance
slow dance - tančit ploužák
BrE
/'sləʊˌdɑ:ns/
AmE
/'sloʊˌdæns/

verb - to dance in a slow way, standing close to each other, just swaying to the music

 
petition - zažádat (oficiálně)
BrE
/pə'tɪʃn/
AmE
/pə'tɪʃən/

verb - to make an official request to a law court for some legal action to be taken

answer back
answer back - odmlouvat
BrE
/ˌɑ:nsə 'bæk/
AmE
/ˌænsər 'bæk/

verb - to speak rudely to someone in authority, especially when you are supposed to listen and obey

 
explosive - výbušný (povahou), vznětlivý (povahou)
BrE
/ɪks'pləʊsɪv/
AmE
/ɪks'ploʊsɪv/

adjective - likely to get angry easily, likely to make people angry, likely to create hatred and violence

chat up
chat up - balit, nabalovat (někoho)
BrE
/ˌtʃæt 'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌtʃaæt̬ 'ʌp/

verb, British English, informal - to talk to someone in a way that shows that you are sexually attracted to them

 
splatter - šplouchat, stříkat, cákat, kropit, šplouchnout, stříknout, cáknout
BrE
/'splætə/
AmE
/'splæt̬ər/

verb - (of many drops of liquids) to hit something noisily, to be thrown against something, to splash

 
psych up - psychicky se připravit, vyhecovat, nabudit
BrE
/ˌsaɪk'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌsaɪk'ʌp/

verb - to mentally prepare someone (or yourself) to do something they (or you) don't want to do

 
drop back - zůstávat pozadu, propadnout se dozadu, dostat se do skluzu
BrE
/ˌdrɒp 'bæk/
AmE
/ˌdrɑ:p 'bæk/

verb - to not be able to catch up with other, to move into a position behind others

 
drop behind - zůstávat pozadu, propadnout se dozadu, dostat se do skluzu
BrE
/ˌdrɒp bɪ'haɪnd/
AmE
/ˌdrɑ:p bɪ'haɪnd/

verb - to not be able to catch up with other, to move into a position behind others

 
monkey with - hrát si s, vrtat se v, blbnout s (čím)
BrE
/'mʌŋki ˌwɪð/
AmE
/'mʌŋki ˌwɪð/

verb, American English, informal - to mess with something, to change something esp. without being qualified or allowed to do so

film
film - filmovat, natáčet, nafilmovat, natočit
BrE
/'fɪlm/
AmE
/'fɪlm/

verb - to make a movie, to make a cinema picture, to capture something on a video camera

 
offset - vyrovnat, vyvážit
BrE
/'ɒfset/
AmE
/'ɑ:fset/

verb - to create a balance, to reduce something on one side in order to create a balance

stay
stay - zůstat, přespat, bydlet (dočasně)
BrE
/'steɪ/
AmE
/'steɪ/

verb - to continue to be somewhere; to live somewhere as a guest usually for a short time

 
tend - mít tendenci, mít sklony
BrE
/'tend/
AmE
/'tend/

verb - to usually do something; to be likely to do something or behave in a particular way