shimmer - mihotat se, třpytit se, blýskat se
BrE
/'ʃɪmə/
AmE
/'ʃɪmər/

verb - to give off weak light that appears to be moving slightly

 
abide - snést, snášet, vystát
BrE
/ə'baɪd/
AmE
/ə'baɪd/

verb - (with negative CAN'T) to be able to bear or stand something

choke
choke - dusit se, udusit, zadusit
BrE
/'tʃəʊk/
AmE
/'tʃoʊk/

verb - to be unable to breathe because of something blocking your throat

 
copy - opisovat, kopírovat, okopírovat, opsat
BrE
/'kɒpi/
AmE
/'kɑ:pi/

verb - to make something to be exactly the same as something else

object
object - namítat, mít námitku, protestovat, nesouhlasit, ozvat se
BrE
/əb'dʒekt/
AmE
/əb'dʒekt/

verb - to be against something, to say that you are against something

belong
belong - patřit, náležet
BrE
/bɪ'lɒŋ/
AmE
/bɪ'lɔ:ŋ/

verb - to be a part of something, to have a place somewhere

 
watch back - hlídat si záda
BrE
/ˌwɒtʃ'bæk/
AmE
/ˌwɑ:tʃ'bæk/

verb, informal - be careful

do the trick
do the trick - zabrat (fungovat), fungovat, zafungovat
BrE
/ˌdu: ðə'trɪk/
AmE
/ˌdu: ðə'trɪk/

verb, informal - to be effective, to work, to have the desired effect, to solve a problem

 
go down like a lead balloon - ztroskotat jako balón z olova
BrE
/ˌgəʊ 'daʊn laɪk ə ˌled bə'lu:n/
AmE
/ˌgoʊ 'daʊn laɪk ə ˌled bə'lu:n/

verb, British English, informal - not to be accepted well; not to succeed; not to end up well

bring off
bring off - podařit se, dařit se, prosadit, uspět, zmáknout
BrE
/ˌbrɪŋ'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌbrɪŋ'ɑ:f/

verb - to be successful against all expectations; to manage to do something very hard

 
starve - hladovět
BrE
/'stɑ:v/
AmE
/'stɑ:rv/

verb - to be very hungry, to have nothing to eat for a long time

 
resist - odolat, odolávat
BrE
/rɪ'zɪst/
AmE
/rɪ'zɪst/

verb - to be able to stop yourself from doing something you want to do

 
push around - komandovat (někoho)
BrE
/ˌpʊʃ ə'raʊnd/
AmE
/ˌpʊʃ ə'raʊnd/

verb, informal - to be constantly telling someone what to do, what not to do etc.

 
cumber - překážet, bránit (někomu v něčem)
BrE
/'kʌmbə/
AmE
/'kʌmbər/

verb - to hinder, to prevent someone from doing something, to be in the way