payoff - odstupné

noun - a payment made to someone by their employer to persuade them to leave their job

 

butter up - podlézat, přehnaně lichotit, mazat med kolem huby

verb, informal - to say nice things to someone because you want them to do something for you

 

dispatch - expedovat, odeslat

verb - to send something to somebody or to a place (esp. something that has been ordered)

 

despatch - expedovat, odeslat

verb - to send something to somebody or to a place (esp. something that has been ordered)

beckon - kynout (komu), pokynout (komu), kývnout, mávnout

verb - to give somebody a signal with your hand to follow you or come to you

reconstruct - opravit, obnovit, přebudovat, přestavět, rekonstruovat

verb - to build up again, to build again, to restore something that was damaged or destroyed

 

probably - pravděpodobně, asi, nejspíše

adverb - used to say that something is likely to happen, it is almost sure to happen

 

jinx - zakřiknout (něco)

verb, informal - to bring bad luck to something, to spoil something good by talking about it beforehand

 

feign - předstírat, fingovat

verb - to pretend to have a certain feeling or to be affected by a certain state

 

cajole - přemlouvat, přemluvit

verb - to sweet-talk somebody into doing something, to use flattery to make somebody do something

 

go bankrupt - zkrachovat

verb - (of a company) to lose all the money, to become insolvent, unable to pay debts

 

pull strings - zatahat za nitky, kontaktovat vlivné lidi

verb - to use the influence that you have to get something done or to achieve something

 

retaliate - provést protiúder, oplatit

verb - to do something harmful to someone just because they have done something harmful to you

 

drive - hnát, pohánět, nutit, tlačit, zatlačit

verb - to make somebody or something move, to push someone somewhere, to make somebody do something

 

edit - editovat, upravit, sestříhat (např. film)

verb - to make changes to texts, films, data etc. to prepare them for publication or release