call the police - zavolat policii

verb - to use a telephone to make sure that police officers come

 

jump the gun - unáhlit se, ukvapit se

verb, informal - to react too fast; to start doing something too soon

walk the dog - jít se psem, jít se psem na procházku, venčit psa, vyvenčit psa

verb - to take the dog for a walk

 

answer the door - jít otevřít

verb - to open the door when someone has knocked or rung the doorbell

 

hog the limelight - strhávat pozornost na sebe

verb, British English - to draw all the attention to oneself

 

reinvent the wheel - znovu objevovat Ameriku, objevit dávno objevené

verb - to discover or create something that was discovered or created already

answer the phone - zvednout telefon

verb - to pick up the receiver when the phone is ringing

 

over my dead body - jen přes (mou) mrtvolu

adverb, informal - a phrase that says that we are strictly against something, we don't allow it

USA - Spojené Státy Americké

noun - a federation of 50 states, the capital is Washington DC

 

round-the-world - okolo světa, kolem světa

adjective - going around the whole planet

 

US - Spojené státy, USA

noun - (abbreviation) United States (of America)

 

on-the-spot - na místě

adjective - happening directly at the place at the time

hilly - kopcovitý

adjective - having many hills

 

overly - přehnaně

adverb - excessively, too much