ascend - dosáhnout (pozice), dostat se (k moci)

verb, formal - to be appointed to a higher position

 

inflexibility - nepoddajnost

noun - the inability to adapt to any situation

 

woo - dvořit se, namlouvat

verb, dated - to try to make someone love you

 

call up - zavolat někomu, brnknout někomu

verb, American English, informal - to make a telephone call to someone

 

play around - zacházet ledabyle, pohrávat si, blbnout

verb - to act carelessly, to treat something carelessly

get old - přestat být zajímavý, začít být nudný, omrzet se

verb, informal - to stop being interesting, to become boring

 

tie down - svázat, uvázat, omezit, omezovat

verb - to restrict somebody, to limit their freedom

 

bill - účtovat, naúčtovat, fakturovat, vyfakturovat

verb - to send someone a bill to pay

 

crush - potlačit, zlikvidovat, rozdrtit (např. protivníka)

verb - to use severe methods to defeat someone

 

water - napojit, dát pít vodu (např. koně)

verb - to give an animal water to drink

 

pull - stáhnout (přestat používat), zrušit

verb - to stop using something, to cancel something

 

shake a leg - hnout kostrou, hnout sebou

verb, informal - used to tell someone to hurry up

 

by the skin of your teeth - s odřenýma ušima, jen tak tak

adverb, informal - to succeed only just, to barely manage

 

wave - mávat (něčím), máchat (něčím)

verb - to move something from side to side

 

furnish - vybavit, poskytnout, zajistit

verb, formal - to supply or provide something (to somebody)