abandon - opustit (někoho)
BrE
/ə'bændən/
AmE
/ə'bændən/

verb - to leave someone (esp. someone who needs you)

blow
blow - foukat
BrE
/'bləʊ/
AmE
/'bloʊ/

verb - to let air out of your mouth quickly

 
scam - podvod, podfuk, bouda (hlavně finanční)
BrE
/'skæm/
AmE
/'skæm/

noun - a plan to get money by deceiving people

 
plot - spiknutí
BrE
/'plɒt/
AmE
/'plɑ:t/

noun - a secret plan to do something esp. illegal

 
squish - rozmačkat, namačkat
BrE
/'skwɪʃ/
AmE
/'skwɪʃ/

verb - to press something by force or with violence

 
onus - povinnost, břímě
BrE
/'əʊnəs/
AmE
/'oʊnəs/

noun, formal - (formal) an obligation to do something, a burden

 
placate - uklidnit, uchlácholit, ukonejšit
BrE
/plə'keɪt/
AmE
/'pleɪkeɪt/

verb - to make someone stop feeling angry or upset

 
capture - zachytit
BrE
/'kæptʃə/
AmE
/'kæptʃər/

verb - to catch something (such as somebody's attention etc.)

 
dressmaker - švadlena
BrE
/'dresˌmeɪkə/
AmE
/'dresˌmeɪkər/

noun - a person whose job is to make clothes

 
snap - lapnout, chňapnout
BrE
/'snæp/
AmE
/'snæp/

verb - to take hold of something quickly and suddenly

 
redeem - vykoupit (náb.)
BrE
/rɪ'di:m/
AmE
/rɪ'di:m/

verb - to free (somebody) from sin and death (relig.)

 
roll down - stáhnout, srolovat
BrE
/ˌrəʊl'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌroʊl'daʊn/

verb - to move something downward by turning it over

 
proclaim - prohlašovat, ohlašovat, hlásat
BrE
/prə'kleɪm/
AmE
/prə'kleɪm/

verb - to announce something (esp. in an official way)

 
draw blood - prolít krev
BrE
/ˌdrɔ:'blʌd/
AmE
/ˌdrɔ:'blʌd/

verb - to make blood come out of the body

 
captive - zajatý, v zajetí
BrE
/'kæptɪv/
AmE
/'kæptɪv/

adjective - like a prisoner, imprisoned, not free to leave