tenacious - odhodlaný, vytrvalý
BrE
/tə'neɪʃəs/
AmE
/tə'neɪʃəs/

adjective - determined to go on, not to stop

 
evade - vyhýbat se, vyhnout se, obcházet (vyhýbat se), obejít (vyhnout se)
BrE
/ɪ'veɪd/
AmE
/ɪ'veɪd/

verb - to manage to avoid someone or something

widen
widen - rozšířit, rozšířit se
BrE
/'waɪdn/
AmE
/'waɪdn/

verb - to make sth wider, to become wider

lengthen
lengthen - prodloužit, prodloužit se
BrE
/'leŋθən/
AmE
/'leŋθən/

verb - to make sth longer, to become longer

foolproof
foolproof - spolehlivý, jednoduchý, snadný k pochopení, blbuvzdorný
BrE
/'fu:lpru:f/
AmE
/'fu:lpru:f/

adjective - easy to understand, certain to be successful

 
dissuade - odradit
BrE
/dɪ'sweɪd/
AmE
/dɪ'sweɪd/

verb - to persuade someone not to do something

 
reunite - znovu se sejít, znovu se spojit
BrE
/ˌri:ju:'naɪt/
AmE
/ˌri:ju:'naɪt/

verb - to meet again, to be together again

 
restrain - omezovat, kontrolovat, bránit
BrE
/rɪ'streɪn/
AmE
/rɪ'streɪn/

verb - to control, to limit or prevent something

 
play safe - neriskovat, hrát na jistotu
BrE
/pleɪ 'seɪf/
AmE
/pleɪ 'seɪf/

verb - to be careful, not to take risks

 
keep up - nenechat (někoho) jít spát
BrE
/ˌki:p'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌki:p'ʌp/

verb - to prevent someone from going to bed

 
persistent - vytrvalý, mající výdrž
BrE
/pə'sɪstənt/
AmE
/pər'sɪstənt/

adjective - continuing to do something, refusing to stop

 
tie down - svázat, uvázat, omezit, omezovat
BrE
/ˌtaɪ'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌtaɪ'daʊn/

verb - to restrict somebody, to limit their freedom

 
furnish - vybavit, poskytnout, zajistit
BrE
/'fɜ:nɪʃ/
AmE
/'fɜ:rnɪʃ/

verb, formal - to supply or provide something (to somebody)

 
wave - mávat (něčím), máchat (něčím)
BrE
/'weɪv/
AmE
/'weɪv/

verb - to move something from side to side

 
hog the spotlight - strhávat pozornost na sebe
BrE
/ˌhɒg ðə'spɒtlaɪt/
AmE
/ˌhɑ:g ðə'spɑ:tlaɪt/

verb, American English - to draw all the attention to oneself