counterfeit - padělat, zfalšovat

verb, formal - to make a copy of something in order to deceive people

 

narrow-minded - úzkoprsý, omezený

adjective - unwilling to listen to ideas that are different from your own

pair - spárovat, udělat dvojici

verb - to join two people or things together to make a pair

 

contest - soutěžit, usilovat o vítězství, soupeřit (o něco)

verb - to take part in a contest and try to win it

ladle - nalít (naběračkou)

verb - to put liquid from one place to another using a ladle

scale - odstranit šupiny

verb - to remove the scales (from a fish etc.), to lose scales

answer - odpovědět

verb - to reply, to say something when somebody asks you a question

 

tread water - šlapat vodu, stagnovat

verb - to stay in the same spot, not to make any progress

 

fire away - do toho, prosím, jen mluv

verb, informal - used to tell someone to show them that they may speak

take a rain check - přeložit na jindy, odložit na jindy, nechat na jindy

verb, informal - not to do something but offer/promise to do it later

 

spruce up - dát (se) do pucu, hodit (se) do gala, poladit, porovnat

verb, informal - to make someone or something cleaner; to improve the appearance generally

 

or something - nebo tak, nebo tak něco, nebo něco takového

phrase, informal - used to indicate that you are referring to something really similar

 

on the house - na účet podniku

phrase - to have something given to you for free by a business

 

adapt - přizpůsobit, přizpůsobit se

verb - to change (something or oneself) to work better in new conditions

 

leak - prosáknout, uniknout (např. informace), vyzradit

verb - (of something secret) to become known, to give away secret information