look out
look out - vyhlížet (něco či někoho)
BrE
/ˌlʊk'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌlʊk'aʊt/

verb - to look carefully around you in order to find someone or something in particular

 
pile up - hromadit (se), nahromadit (se), kupit (se), vršit (se)
BrE
/ˌpaɪl'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌpaɪl'ʌp/

verb - (of work etc.) to increase in number so it becomes harder to deal with

 
home - domů, doma
BrE
/'həʊm/
AmE
/'hoʊm/

adverb - in/to the place where people live and to which they are connected emotionally

scrape
scrape - vyškrabat
BrE
/'skreɪp/
AmE
/'skreɪp/

verb - to use a flat hard object to remove something from the surface of something

 
cut some slack - nebýt (na někoho) tak přísný, nebýt (na někoho) tak tvrdý
BrE
/'kʌtsʌm'slæk/
AmE
/'kʌtsʌm'slæk/

verb, informal - not to be so hard on somebody, not to be so strict with someone

 
endorse - propagovat, dělat reklamu (na něco)
BrE
/ɪn'dɔ:s/
AmE
/ɪn'dɔ:rs/

verb - to say publicly that you like or use something in order to promote it

 
intervene - zakročit, zasáhnout (do něčeho)
BrE
/ˌɪntə'vi:n/
AmE
/ˌɪnt̬ər'vi:n/

verb - to become involved in a conflict of two parties in order to settle it

horror
horror - hororový
BrE
/'hɒrə/
AmE
/'hɑ:rər/

adjective - belonging to the genre of movies, books etc. that is supposed to scare people

seize
seize - chopit se (čeho), popadnout, zabrat (silou)
BrE
/'si:z/
AmE
/'si:z/

verb - to take hold of something or to take control of something (esp. by force)

 
whoa - počkej, prr
BrE
/'wəʊ/
AmE
/'woʊ/

interjection, informal - an exclamation you use when you want someone to stop, to wait a minute

 
blow off - nepřijít na rande (s někým), nepřijít na schůzku (s někým)
BrE
/ˌbləʊ'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌbloʊ'ɑ:f/

verb, informal - not to come to a date or meeting which you had arranged with someone

 
allay - utišit, zmírnit, utlumit (např. bolest)
BrE
/ə'leɪ/
AmE
/ə'leɪ/

verb - to lessen something, to make something less intense (such as fear, pain, doubts etc.)

 
contrast - dát do kontrastu
BrE
/kən'træst/
AmE
/kən'træst/

verb - to compare two or more things in order to point out the differences between

beat
beat - klepat (např. koberec)
BrE
/'bi:t/
AmE
/'bi:t/

verb - to hit sth (a carpet etc) repeatedly in order to clean it from dust

 
impotent - nemohoucí
BrE
/'ɪmpətənt/
AmE
/'ɪmpətənt/

adjective - not able to do something, not having the power or strength to do something