stay away - držet se stranou, nemíchat se do něčeho

verb - not to go near someone or something, not to meddle in something, not to be involved in something

compete - soupeřit, konkurovat

verb - to try to be more successful than someone else who is trying to do the same as you

 

wish - přát (někomu něco)

verb - to tell somebody that you want something good to happen to them, esp. at their birthday party etc.

torture - mučit

verb - to cause someone great pain esp. in order to make them give you information or to punish them

release - vydat (film, album)

verb - to have a film, music album etc. become available to the public (to be seen or bought etc.)

 

put off - odradit, znechutit

verb - to discourage; to persuade somebody to stop doing something because it is not a very good idea etc.

 

counterbalance - vyrovnat, vyvážit

verb - to create a balance, to reduce or add something on one side in order to create a balance

 

in the first place - v prvé řadě, především, vůbec

phrase - to begin with, a phrase used to refer to something that should have been said at the beginning

 

expose - vystavit (čemu), nechat pod vlivem, vystavit působení

verb - to make it possible for someone to experience something; to make it likely that something will influence someone