sew up - zajistit si (dohodu, kontrakt, vítězství apod.)

verb, informal - to manage to arrange a business agreement or plan

 

dictate - diktovat, nadiktovat

verb - to say something for someone else to write down

woo - lákat, vábit, přilákat, přivábit

verb - to try to attract someone, especially customers, voters etc.

 

scrub - zrušit

verb, informal - to cancel something that you had planned to do

lather - napěnit, zpěnit, namydlit, vytvořit mýdlovou pěnu

verb - to cover something with lather or to produce lather

 

fabricate - vykonstruovat, vymyslet

verb - to invent false information in order to deceive people

 

forgo - vzdát se, zříct se, vynechat

verb, formal - to decide not to have or do something enjoyable

 

rally - sjednotit se (pro společný cíl)

verb - to bring people together to support someone or something

 

come around - nechat se přesvědčit, změnit názor, přistoupit

verb - to let someone convince you to agree with them

 

come round - nechat se přesvědčit, změnit názor, přistoupit

verb, British English - to let someone convince you to agree with them

 

banish - vyhostit, vyhnat

verb - to order someone to leave, especially from their country

 

pluck - trhat si, vytrhávat si (obočí)

verb - to pull something quickly in order to remove it

have second thoughts - rozmýšlet si, váhat, mít pochybnosti

verb - start to doubt something, to think about it again

 

blister - způsobovat puchýře, zpuchýřovatět

verb - to form blisters or to make something form blisters

 

poll - dotazovat se, ptát se na názor

verb - to ask people questions to find out public opinion