answer the phone - zvednout telefon

verb - to pick up the receiver when the phone is ringing

 

answer the door - jít otevřít

verb - to open the door when someone has knocked or rung the doorbell

 

call the police - zavolat policii

verb - to use a telephone to make sure that police officers come

 

jump the gun - unáhlit se, ukvapit se

verb, informal - to react too fast; to start doing something too soon

 

screw the pooch - totálně podělat (něco), totálně pokazit (něco)

verb, informal - to ruin something completely (very informal)

walk the dog - jít se psem, jít se psem na procházku, venčit psa, vyvenčit psa

verb - to take the dog for a walk

 

hog the limelight - strhávat pozornost na sebe

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

be expecting - čekat dítě

verb, informal - to be pregnant

 

be to - mít (se něco stát)

verb - to be supposed to happen

 

be out - dojít (např. zásoba něčeho), být bez, nemít, spotřebovat

verb - to not have more

 

be left - zbýt, zbývat

verb - to remain after everything else has gone

 

be off - odejít

verb - to leave, to be gone

 

be down - mít depresi, být smutný

verb - to be sad or depressed

 

be behind - být pozadu

verb - working less quickly than expected

 

be over - přenést se (přes), vypořádat se (s)

verb - to no longer be affected by someone