payoff - odstupné
BrE
/'peɪ ɒf/
AmE
/'peɪ ɔ:f/

noun - a payment made to someone by their employer to persuade them to leave their job

 
put towards - přidat na (něco), přispět (na něco)
BrE
/ˌpʊt tʊ'wɔ:dz/
AmE
/ˌpʊt'tɔ:rdz/

verb - to add an amount of money to the amount you need to pay for something

beckon
beckon - kynout (komu), pokynout (komu), kývnout, mávnout
BrE
/'bekən/
AmE
/'bekən/

verb - to give somebody a signal with your hand to follow you or come to you

 
achieve - dosáhnout (čeho)
BrE
/ə'tʃi:v/
AmE
/ə'tʃi:v/

verb - to gain a success, to be successful in completing something, usually thanks to hard work

 
direct - směrovat, ukázat cestu, poslat směrem
BrE
/də'rekt/
AmE
/də'rekt/

verb - to show the way, to tell somebody the way, to send something in the direction

 
order - uspořádat, setřídit
BrE
/'ɔ:də/
AmE
/'ɔ:rdər/

verb - to put something together according to some rules, to make something neat, clean or tidy

tame
tame - zkrotit, krotit, ochočit, podrobit si
BrE
/'teɪm/
AmE
/'teɪm/

verb - to make an animal not dangerous or wild anymore; to make sth easy to control

reconstruct
reconstruct - opravit, obnovit, přebudovat, přestavět, rekonstruovat
BrE
/ˌri:kən'strʌkt/
AmE
/ˌri:kən'strʌkt/

verb - to build up again, to build again, to restore something that was damaged or destroyed

 
probably - pravděpodobně, asi, nejspíše
BrE
/'prɒbəbli/
AmE
/'prɑ:bəbli/

adverb - used to say that something is likely to happen, it is almost sure to happen

hit on
hit on - balit (někoho)
BrE
/'hɪtˌɒn/
AmE
/'hɪt̬ˌɑ:n/

verb, American English, informal - to approach somebody and talk to them in order to initiate romantic (or sexual) relationship

 
dispatch - expedovat, odeslat
BrE
/dɪs'pætʃ/
AmE
/dɪs'pætʃ/

verb - to send something to somebody or to a place (esp. something that has been ordered)

 
despatch - expedovat, odeslat
BrE
/dɪs'pætʃ/
AmE
/dɪs'pætʃ/

verb - to send something to somebody or to a place (esp. something that has been ordered)

 
jinx - zakřiknout (něco)
BrE
/'dʒɪŋks/
AmE
/'dʒɪŋks/

verb, informal - to bring bad luck to something, to spoil something good by talking about it beforehand

 
feign - předstírat, fingovat
BrE
/'feɪn/
AmE
/'feɪn/

verb - to pretend to have a certain feeling or to be affected by a certain state

 
cajole - přemlouvat, přemluvit
BrE
/kə'dʒəʊl/
AmE
/kə'dʒoʊl/

verb - to sweet-talk somebody into doing something, to use flattery to make somebody do something