blow away - odfouknout
BrE
/ˌbləʊ ə'weɪ/
AmE
/ˌbloʊ ə'weɪ/

verb - (of wind) to carry something away

 
play down - zlehčit, bagatelizovat, zlehčovat
BrE
/ˌpleɪ'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌpleɪ'daʊn/

verb - to make something seem less important

 
play along - přistoupit na něco, spolupracovat (na oko)
BrE
/ˌpleɪ ə'lɒŋ/
AmE
/ˌpleɪ ə'lɑ:ŋ/

verb - to pretend that you co-operate

 
buoy - nadnášet (ve vodě)
BrE
/'bɔɪ/
AmE
/'bu:i/

verb - to make something float on water

copycat
copycat - opičit se (po někom), napodobovat (někoho)
BrE
/'kɒpikæt/
AmE
/'kɑ:pikæt/

verb, informal - to copy what somebody else does

 
misapply - špatně aplikovat
BrE
/ˌmɪsə'plaɪ/
AmE
/ˌmɪsə'plaɪ/

verb - to use in a wrong way

 
reapply - znovu přiložit, znovu nanést, znovu použít
BrE
/ˌri:ə'plaɪ/
AmE
/ˌri:ə'plaɪ/

verb - to put on a surface again

 
bum out - zklamat, naštvat, zamrzet
BrE
/ˌbʌm'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌbʌm'aʊt/

verb, informal - to make somebody sad or disappointed

 
knuckle down - máknout (na něčem), zabrat, pustit se do něčeho
BrE
/ˌnʌkl'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌnʌkl'daʊn/

verb, informal - to start working hard on something

 
non-political - nepolitický
BrE
/ˌnɒnpə'lɪtɪkl/
AmE
/ˌnɑ:npə'lɪt̬ɪkl/

adjective - not concerning or connected to politics

 
staff - obsadit personálem, vybavit personálem
BrE
/'stɑ:f/
AmE
/'stæf/

verb - to provide employees for a company

 
depress - deprimovat, skličovat
BrE
/dɪ'pres/
AmE
/dɪ'pres/

verb - to make somebody sad and unhappy

 
baffling - nepochopitelný, matoucí, záhadný
BrE
/'bæflɪŋ/
AmE
/'bæflɪŋ/

adjective - difficult to understand, making you confused

 
cuddly - roztomilý, mazlivý, přítulný
BrE
/'kʌdli/
AmE
/'kʌdli/

adjective - making you want to cuddle it

 
whip out - vytasit, rychle vytáhnout
BrE
/'wɪp aʊt/
AmE
/'wɪp aʊt/

verb - to take something out very quickly