span - překlenout, přemostit, pokrýt
BrE
/'spæn/
AmE
/'spæn/

verb - to cover an area, to stretch across an area

 
pluck - trhat si, vytrhávat si (obočí)
BrE
/'plʌk/
AmE
/'plʌk/

verb - to pull something quickly in order to remove it

 
poll - dotazovat se, ptát se na názor
BrE
/'pəʊl/
AmE
/'poʊl/

verb - to ask people questions to find out public opinion

 
rally - sjednotit se (pro společný cíl)
BrE
/'ræli/
AmE
/'ræli/

verb - to bring people together to support someone or something

 
warrant - zaručit (se), garantovat
BrE
/'wɒrənt/
AmE
/'wɑ:rənt/

verb - to state that something is true, to provide guarantees

have second thoughts
have second thoughts - rozmýšlet si, váhat, mít pochybnosti
BrE
/ˌhæv sekənd 'θɔ:ts/
AmE
/ˌhæv sekənd 'θɔ:ts/

verb - start to doubt something, to think about it again

 
manoeuvre - manévrovat
BrE
/mə'nu:və/
AmE
/mə'nu:vər/

verb, British English - to move and try to control and direct something

 
take time - dopřát si čas, nechat si čas (na co)
BrE
/ˌteɪk 'taɪm/
AmE
/ˌteɪk 'taɪm/

verb - to have time to do something without a rush

 
come around - nechat se přesvědčit, změnit názor, přistoupit
BrE
/ˌkʌm ə'raʊnd/
AmE
/ˌkʌm ə'raʊnd/

verb - to let someone convince you to agree with them

 
come round - nechat se přesvědčit, změnit názor, přistoupit
BrE
/ˌkʌm'raʊnd/
AmE
/ˌkʌm'raʊnd/

verb, British English - to let someone convince you to agree with them

 
banish - vyhostit, vyhnat
BrE
/'bænɪʃ/
AmE
/'bænɪʃ/

verb - to order someone to leave, especially from their country

 
forgo - vzdát se, zříct se, vynechat
BrE
/fɔ:'gəʊ/
AmE
/fɔ:r'gəʊ/

verb, formal - to decide not to have or do something enjoyable

 
show consideration - brát ohledy (na koho/na co)
BrE
/'ʃəʊ kənˌsɪdə'reɪʃn/
AmE
/'ʃoʊ kənˌsɪdə'reɪʃn/

verb - to be sensitive to the feelings of other people

 
dictate - diktovat, nadiktovat
BrE
/dɪk'teɪt/
AmE
/'dɪkteɪt/

verb - to say something for someone else to write down

 
give the creeps - nahánět strach, nahánět husí kůži
BrE
/ˌgɪv ðə'kri:ps/
AmE
/ˌgɪv ðə'kri:ps/

verb, informal - to make somebody feel scared, to give somebody goosebumps