pay off - splatit
BrE
/ˌpeɪ'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌpeɪ'ɑ:f/

verb - to pay everything that you owe

sly
sly - mazaný, úskočný, prohnaný, lstivý
BrE
/'slaɪ/
AmE
/'slaɪ/

adjective - very dishonest, wanting to trick people

 
strew - posypat, rozsypat, poházet, roztrousit, pokládat, stlát
BrE
/'stru:/
AmE
/'stru:/

verb - to scatter things on the ground

serve
serve - pykat (trest), odpykávat (trest), sedět (ve vězení)
BrE
/'sɜ:v/
AmE
/'sɜ:rv/

verb - to spend some time in prison

 
singe - sežehnout, spálit (na povrchu)
BrE
/'sɪndʒ/
AmE
/'sɪndʒ/

verb - to burn the surface of something

 
speculate - spekulovat
BrE
/'spekjʊleɪt/
AmE
/'spekjʊleɪt/

verb - to guess about what may happen

 
shine - lesknout se
BrE
/'ʃaɪn/
AmE
/'ʃaɪn/

verb - to be very clean and bright

 
sleep over - přespat (u někoho)
BrE
/ˌsli:p'əʊvə/
AmE
/ˌsli:p'əʊvə/

verb - to stay somewhere for the night

 
short-sighted - krátkozraký
BrE
/'ʃɔ:tˌsaɪtɪd/
AmE
/'ʃɔ:tˌsaɪt̬ɪd/

adjective, British English - not able to see far ahead

shear
shear - ostříhat (vlnu)
BrE
/'ʃɪə/
AmE
/'ʃɪr/

verb - (about sheep) to cut the wool

stoop
stoop - hrbit se, shrbit se, sehnout se, sklánět se
BrE
/'stu:p/
AmE
/'stu:p/

verb - to bend the head and shoulders

sunburn
sunburn - spálit se (na sluníčku)
BrE
/'sʌnbɜ:n/
AmE
/'sʌnbɜ:rn/

verb - to get burned by the sun

 
stretch - rozprostírat se, rozléhat se
BrE
/'stretʃ/
AmE
/'stretʃ/

verb - to cover an area of land

 
switch off - vypnout (vypínačem)
BrE
/ˌswɪtʃ'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌswɪtʃ'ɑ:f/

verb - to turn off (the light etc.)

 
switch on - zapnout (vypínačem)
BrE
/ˌswɪtʃ'ɒn/
AmE
/ˌswɪtʃ'ɑ:n/

verb - to turn on (the light etc.)