spruce up - dát (se) do pucu, hodit (se) do gala, poladit, porovnat

verb, informal - to make someone or something cleaner; to improve the appearance generally

 

or something - nebo tak, nebo tak něco, nebo něco takového

phrase, informal - used to indicate that you are referring to something really similar

 

alarm - znepokojit, vyplašit, vylekat, polekat, vzbudit obavy

verb - to warn someone of possible danger, to make someone feel worried

 

stoke - rozpálit (oheň), přiložit (na oheň)

verb - to make a fire burn more by adding fuel to it

 

disregard - pohrdání, nevšímání si, ignorování (něčeho)

noun - to act of paying no attention to something or ignoring something

 

abide - snést, snášet, vystát

verb - (with negative CAN'T) to be able to bear or stand something

 

mitigate - zmírnit, zklidnit, ulehčit

verb, formal - to ease something, to make something less severe or less serious

 

acquaint - seznámit (se), obeznámit (se), informovat

verb - to make someone familiar with something, to become familiar with something

 

adapt - přizpůsobit, přizpůsobit se

verb - to change (something or oneself) to work better in new conditions

 

downsize - zredukovat, snížit (stavy ve společnosti)

verb - to reduce the number of employees in order to reduce costs

 

crane - natáhnout, natahovat (krk)

verb - to stretch your neck, especially if you're trying to see something

 

leak - prosáknout, uniknout (např. informace), vyzradit

verb - (of something secret) to become known, to give away secret information

 

boss around - poroučet, komandovat, sekýrovat (koho)

verb, informal - to keep telling someone what to do, in an irritating way

 

go jump in the lake - jít se vycpat, jít se bodnout

verb, informal - used to tell someone to go away in a rude way

take a rain check - přeložit na jindy, odložit na jindy, nechat na jindy

verb, informal - not to do something but offer/promise to do it later