ashore - na břehu, na břeh
BrE
/ə'ʃɔ:/
AmE
/ə'ʃɔ:r/

adverb - on / to the shore

 
over - na návštěvu, na návštěvě
BrE
/'əʊvə/
AmE
/'oʊvər/

adverb - visiting, to/at somebody's place

 
onstage - na jevišti, na pódiu
BrE
/ˌɒn'steɪdʒ/
AmE
/ˌɑ:n'steɪdʒ/

adverb - on the stage, visible by the audience

 
en route - na cestě, na trase
BrE
/ˌɑ:n'ru:t/
AmE
/ˌɑ:n'ru:t/

adverb - on the way to a place

aground
aground - na mělčině, na zemi
BrE
/ə'graʊnd/
AmE
/ə'graʊnd/

adverb - (of ships) on the ground or in shallow water and therefore unable to move

aground
aground - na mělčině, na zemi
BrE
/ə'graʊnd/
AmE
/ə'graʊnd/

adjective - (of a ship etc.) in shallow water or on the ground

 
not say boo to a goose - být velmi ostýchavý, být velmi plachý, být velmi stydlivý
BrE
/nɒt seɪ ˌbu: tʊə'gu:s/
AmE
/nɑ:t seɪ ˌbu: tʊə'gu:s/

verb - to be very shy and quiet

 
come to a full stop - úplně zastavit
BrE
/ˌkʌm tʊ əˌfʊl'stɒp/
AmE
/ˌkʌm tʊ əˌfʊl'stɑ:p/

verb - to stop completely

 
go to a better place - jít do nebe, odejít (zemřít), odejít na lepší místo, odejít na onen svět
BrE
/ˌgəʊ tʊ ə ˌbetə'pleɪs/
AmE
/ˌgoʊ tʊ ə ˌbet̬ər'pleɪs/

verb - a way of saying 'to die'

knock on wood
knock on wood - abych to nezakřikl, musím to zaklepat
BrE
/ˌnɒk ɒn'wʊd/
AmE
/ˌnɑ:k ɑ:n'wʊd/

phrase, American English - said to avoid bad luck in the future

touch wood
touch wood - abych to nezakřikl, musím to zaklepat
BrE
/ˌtʌtʃ 'wʊd/
AmE
/ˌtʌtʃ 'wʊd/

phrase, British English - said to avoid bad luck in the future

 
to make a long story short - abych to zkrátil, abych to nenatahoval
BrE
/təˌmeɪk ə'lɒŋˌstɔ:ri'ʃɔ:t/
AmE
/təˌmeɪk ə'lɑ:ŋˌstɔ:ri'ʃɔ:rt/

adverb, American English - used when you want to say something only briefly

 
whatever - to je fuk, to je jedno
BrE
/wɒt'evə/
AmE
/wɑ:t̬'evər/

phrase - a word you say when you don't care about something, when something doesn't matter to you

 
hang in there - držet se, vydržet to, nevzdávat to
BrE
/'hæŋɪnˌðeə/
AmE
/'hæŋɪnˌðer/

verb, informal - to be patient in an unpleasant situation, to hold on, not to give up

 
call it a day - zabalit to, pro dnešek to zabalit
BrE
/ˌkɔ:lɪtə'deɪ/
AmE
/ˌkɔ:lɪtə'deɪ/

verb, informal - to decide to stop working (especially for the day)