die away - utichnout, doznít, slábnout, ustat
BrE
/'daɪ əˌweɪ/
AmE
/'daɪ əˌweɪ/

verb - (about sounds, feelings, etc.) to gradually subside or decrease in strength

 
gunshot - výstřel, střelba
BrE
/'gʌnʃɒt/
AmE
/'gʌnʃɑ:t/

noun - the noise of a gun shooting; the act of shooting from a gun

 
farming - zemědělství, farmaření, hospodaření, chov
BrE
/'fɑ:mɪŋ/
AmE
/'fɑ:rmɪŋ/

noun - the activity of raising farm animals and producing crops

 
go down like a lead balloon - ztroskotat jako balón z olova
BrE
/ˌgəʊ 'daʊn laɪk ə ˌled bə'lu:n/
AmE
/ˌgoʊ 'daʊn laɪk ə ˌled bə'lu:n/

verb, British English, informal - not to be accepted well; not to succeed; not to end up well

snug as a bug in a rug
snug as a bug in a rug - jako v bavlnce, pohodlně zachumlaný, zasyslený (někde)
BrE
/'snʌg æz ə 'bʌg ɪn ə ˌrʌg/
AmE
/'snʌg æz ə 'bʌg ɪn ə ˌrʌg/

adjective, informal - (feeling) very comfortable and relaxed

 
busy as a bee - pilný jako včelka, zaměstnaný, zaneprázdněný
BrE
/'bɪzi æz ə ˌbi:/
AmE
/'bɪzi æz ə ˌbi:/

adjective - doing a lot of things and having no time to spare

 
lead the way - vést (někoho někam), ukázat cestu
BrE
/'li:d ðə ˌweɪ/
AmE
/'li:d ðə ˌweɪ/

verb - to accompany someone by going first and showing them the right direction

 
clean as a whistle - čistý jako ze škatulky
BrE
/ˌkli:n əz ə 'wɪsl/
AmE
/ˌkli:n əz ə 'wɪsl/

adjective, informal - remarkably clean

 
as old as the hills - starý jako Metuzalém, starý jako lidstvo samo
BrE
/æz ˌəʊld æz ðə 'hɪlz/
AmE
/æz ˌoʊld æz ðə 'hɪlz/

phrase - extremely old

 
happy as a clam - šťastný jako blecha
BrE
/ˌhæpi æz ə 'klæm/
AmE
/ˌhæpi æz ə 'klæm/

adjective, American English - very happy, thrilled

 
disco - disko
BrE
/'dɪskəʊ/
AmE
/'dɪskoʊ/

noun - a music genre popular mainly in 1960s and 1970s

 
dodo - dodo
BrE
/'dəʊdəʊ/
AmE
/'doʊdoʊ/

noun - an extinct bird that had a long beak, long feathers, and could not fly

 
as dead as the dodo - vymřelý, zaniklý, pasé
BrE
/æz ˌded æz ðə 'dəʊdəʊ/
AmE
/æz ˌded æz ðə 'doʊdoʊ/

phrase, informal - no longer existing; no longer favoured

pair
pair - spárovat, udělat dvojici
BrE
/'peə/
AmE
/'peər/

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

 
lazybones - lenoch, povaleč
BrE
/'leɪzibəʊnz/
AmE
/'leɪzɪboʊnz/

noun - someone who does not want to do anything except sitting or lying