detract - ubírat (na čem), zmenšovat, snižovat

verb - to take away from something, to make something less valuable etc.

 

manage - vyžít, vystačit (s něčím)

verb - to be able to live without having much money, sleep, etc.

 

mislay - založit (něco někam), ztratit (něco někde)

verb - to put something somewhere and be unable to find it again

 

frown upon - neschvalovat, nesouhlasit, být proti

verb - to disapprove of something/somebody, to look disapprovingly at something/somebody

 

frown on - neschvalovat, nesouhlasit, být proti

verb - to disapprove of something/somebody, to look disapprovingly at something/somebody

 

admittance - vpuštění, svolení ke vstupu, povolení vstoupit

noun - the act of allowing someone to enter, a permission to enter

restore - restaurovat, renovovat, opravit, vrátit do původního stavu

verb - to return to its original condition by repairing or renovating it

 

accord - udělit, přidělit, přiznat

verb - to grant, to give someone a certain status, right, authority etc.

 

skirt off - odběhnout (do ústraní), zmizet (do ústraní)

verb - to get away from a place in order to avoid something

 

unscrew - odšroubovat

verb - to turn a screw anti-clockwise in order to release something

 

shimmer - mihotat se, třpytit se, blýskat se

verb - to give off weak light that appears to be moving slightly

 

abide - snést, snášet, vystát

verb - (with negative CAN'T) to be able to bear or stand something

 

mitigate - zmírnit, zklidnit, ulehčit

verb, formal - to ease something, to make something less severe or less serious

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

 

break up - vypadávat (v tel. hovoru), ztrácet spojení (tel.), ztrácet se (při tel. hovoru)

verb - to become difficult to understand because the telephone connection is bad