widen
widen - rozšířit, rozšířit se
BrE
/'waɪdn/
AmE
/'waɪdn/

verb - to make sth wider, to become wider

lengthen
lengthen - prodloužit, prodloužit se
BrE
/'leŋθən/
AmE
/'leŋθən/

verb - to make sth longer, to become longer

 
dissuade - odradit
BrE
/dɪ'sweɪd/
AmE
/dɪ'sweɪd/

verb - to persuade someone not to do something

 
restrain - omezovat, kontrolovat, bránit
BrE
/rɪ'streɪn/
AmE
/rɪ'streɪn/

verb - to control, to limit or prevent something

 
owing - dlužící
BrE
/'əʊɪŋ/
AmE
/'oʊɪŋ/

adjective - having to pay some money to somebody

 
hog the limelight - strhávat pozornost na sebe
BrE
/ˌhɒg ðə'laɪmlaɪt/
AmE
/ˌhɑ:g ðə'laɪmlaɪt/

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

 
terminate - dokončit, ukončit
BrE
/'tɜ:mɪneɪt/
AmE
/'tɜ:rməneɪt/

verb, formal - to end or to make something end

 
mack out - cpát se, žrát
BrE
/ˌmæk'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌmæk'aʊt/

verb, informal - to eat too much, to over-eat

pig out
pig out - cpát se, žrát
BrE
/ˌpɪg'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌpɪg'aʊt/

verb, informal - to eat too much, to over-eat

 
amend - pozměnit (právní dokument)
BrE
/ə'mend/
AmE
/ə'mend/

verb, formal - to make changes to a legal document

show off
show off - předvádět se, vytahovat se, machrovat
BrE
/ˌʃəʊ'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌʃoʊ'ɑ:f/

verb - to do something just to impress someone

quicken
quicken - zrychlit, zrychlit se
BrE
/'kwɪkən/
AmE
/'kwɪkən/

verb - to make sth quicker, to become quicker

 
clarify - vyjasnit, objasnit
BrE
/'klærəfaɪ/
AmE
/'klærəfaɪ/

verb - to make something clear, to explain something

 
enlarge - zvětšit, zvětšit se, zvětšovat, zvětšovat se, rozšířit
BrE
/ɪn'lɑ:dʒ/
AmE
/ɪn'lɑ:rdʒ/

verb - to make something bigger, to become bigger

 
thirst - žíznit, mít žízeň
BrE
/'θɜ:st/
AmE
/'θɜ:rst/

verb, dated - to feel a need to drink something