queue up - stát ve frontě, řadit se do fronty, stát v řadě

verb, British English - to stand in a line, waiting for something (e.g. to buy tickets)

sycophant - patolízal, podlézavec, pochlebovač, přisluhovač

noun, formal - a person who says nice things to powerful people just to get their help or to stay in their favour

proof - učinit odolným, zajistit odolnost, zabezpečit, ochránit

verb, formal - to treat or prepare something to make it resistant to a specific substance or condition, like water, fire, or damage

 

shelter - útulek

noun - a building that provides a place to stay and offers help to people or animals that have nowhere to live

 

fiddle around with - hrát si s (něčím) pohrávat si s (něčím), vrtat se v (něčem)

verb, informal - to keep moving or playing with something in order to make it look better, in order to fix it etc.

 

fiddle about with - hrát si s (něčím) pohrávat si s (něčím), vrtat se v (něčem)

verb, British English, informal - to keep moving or playing with something in order to make it look better, in order to fix it etc.

 

prompt - nápověda

noun - words that are spoken to an actor, to remind them what to say next during the performance of a play

play up - zlobit, vypovídat poslušnost

verb, British English - (esp. of children) to misbehave; (esp. of machines) to not work properly; (of body parts) to hurt or cause pain

 

explosiveness - výbušnost (povahou), vznětlivost (povahou)

noun - the quality of being likely to get angry easily, likely to make people angry, likely to create hatred and violence

 

dominate - dominovat, ovládat, vládnout, převažovat

verb - to be in control, to have more power or authority than others; to be stronger or more noticeable than others

 

conclude - dojít k závěru, udělat závěr

verb - to come to the end of; to form an opinion at the end of something that you have gone through

bribe - podplatit

verb - to offer money etc. to someone because you want them to do you a favour, especially in a dishonest way

order - objednat si, objednat

verb - to ask a waiter for a certain food or drink, to ask a supplier to send you certain goods etc.

 

jam - nacpat (něco někam), narvat (něco někam), zablokovat, ucpat se, ucpat, zablokovat se

verb - to put/be in a very small place with many others, to make something not passable, to become not passable

squint - mžourat, mhouřit, přimhouřit (oči)

verb - to close your eyes slightly in order to protect them from bright light or in order to see something better