recover - zotavit se, uzdravit se
BrE
/rɪ'kʌvə/
AmE
/rɪ'kʌvər/

verb - to get over an illness, to get well after an injury

 
make up - namalovat se, nalíčit si (obličej)
BrE
/ˌmeɪk 'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌmeɪk 'ʌp/

verb - to apply make-up to your face or someone else's face

 
mollify - zjemnit (něco), změkčit, zmírnit
BrE
/'mɒləfaɪ/
AmE
/'mɑ:ləfaɪ/

verb - to make something more acceptable (esp. by adding something to it)

 
endure - vydržet, vytrvat
BrE
/ɪn'djʊə/
AmE
/ɪn'dʊr/

verb - to live through something hard or unpleasant, to suffer through something

snap
snap - obořit se (na někoho), ujet nervy
BrE
/'snæp/
AmE
/'snæp/

verb - to react angrily, to say something in a very angry tone

 
fornicate - smilnit, cizoložit
BrE
/'fɔ:nɪkeɪt/
AmE
/'fɔ:rnɪkeɪt/

verb - (disapproving) to have sex with someone you are not married to

 
exempt - zprostit, osvobodit (od povinnosti)
BrE
/ɪg'zempt/
AmE
/ɪg'zempt/

verb - to free someone from something that others are required to do

 
ad-lib - improvizovat
BrE
/ˌæd'lɪb/
AmE
/ˌæd'lɪb/

verb - to improvise, to do something without having prepared it in advance

 
ad lib - improvizovat
BrE
/ˌæd'lɪb/
AmE
/ˌæd'lɪb/

verb - to improvise, to do something without having prepared it in advance

 
kick in - zabrat (o léku), začít působit
BrE
/ˌkɪk'ɪn/
AmE
/ˌkɪk'ɪn/

verb, informal - to start to have an effect (usually about medicine, drugs etc.)

 
prompt - napovídat (herci)
BrE
/'prɒmpt/
AmE
/'prɑ:mpt/

verb - to help an actor on stage to remember his/her line

 
spruce up - dát (se) do pucu, hodit (se) do gala, poladit, porovnat
BrE
/ˌspru:s'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌspru:s'ʌp/

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

 
or something - nebo tak, nebo tak něco, nebo něco takového
BrE
/ɔ: 'sʌmθɪŋ/
AmE
/ɔ:r 'sʌmθɪŋ/

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

take a rain check
take a rain check - přeložit na jindy, odložit na jindy, nechat na jindy
BrE
/ˌteɪk ə 'reɪnˌtʃek/
AmE
/ˌteɪk ə 'reɪnˌtʃek/

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

 
on the house - na účet podniku
BrE
/ɒn ðə 'haʊs/
AmE
/ɑ:n ðə 'haʊs/

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