check off - odškrtnout si (na seznamu)
BrE
/ˌtʃek'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌtʃek'ɑ:f/

verb - to place a mark next to an item on a list to indicate that it has been done, bought, finished, dealt with etc.

cabin fever
cabin fever - ponorková nemoc, ponorka (ponorková nemoc)
BrE
/'kæbɪnˌfi:və/
AmE
/'kæbɪnˌfi:vər/

noun - a kind of irritability that you feel when you've been stuck in one place with one or more people for a long time

 
translation - překlad
BrE
/træns'leɪʃn/
AmE
/træns'leɪʃn/

noun - an activity of changing written or spoken word into another language, or a piece of text that has been changed from another language

 
be all fingers and thumbs - mít obě ruce levé, být nemotorný
BrE
/bi ɔ:l ˌfɪŋgəz ən'θʌmz/
AmE
/bi ɔ:l ˌfɪŋgəz ən'θʌmz/

verb, British English, informal - to be very clumsy with your hands

sliver
sliver - kousek, kousíček, odštěpek, úlomek (úzký, dlouhý)
BrE
/'slɪvə/
AmE
/'slɪvər/

noun - a small, thin piece or fragment that has been cut or broken off from a larger object, often with a sharp or narrow shape

 
loophole - skulina, mezera (v zákonu)
BrE
/'lu:phəʊl/
AmE
/'lu:phəʊl/

noun - a small mistake in the way a law or a contract has been written that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something

 
commission - komise, rada (komise), výbor
BrE
/kə'mɪʃn/
AmE
/kə'mɪʃn/

noun - an official group of people who have been given the task to gather information about something, investigate something or control something, especially for the government

 
take back - vzít zpět, odvolat, vrátit zpět
BrE
/ˌteɪk'bæk/
AmE
/ˌteɪk'bæk/

verb - to say that you didn't mean what you said and admit you shouldn't have said it, to change what has been done as if it never happened

compote
compote - kompot jako dezert (nezavařovaný)
BrE
/'kɒmpɒt/
AmE
/'kɑ:mpoʊt/

noun - a dessert made of whole pieces of fruit that has been cooked in sugar water, sometimes with spices, it is usually served cold and is not usually preserved for later use

 
be not all sunshine and rainbows - nebýt to vždycky růžové
BrE
/bi: 'nɒt ɔ:l ˌsʌnʃaɪn ən'reɪnbəʊz/
AmE
/bi: 'nɒt ɑ:l ˌsʌnʃaɪn ən'reɪnboʊz/

verb - not to be always happy, easy, or perfect, also have difficulties or unpleasant aspects

movie theatre
movie theatre - kino
BrE
/'mu:vi θɪətə/
AmE
/'mu:vi θɪət̬ər/

noun, American English - a building where you go to see a film

 
codeine - kodein (lék proti bolesti)
BrE
/'kəʊdi:n/
AmE
/'koʊdi:n/

noun - a drug used to reduce pain

 
rake around - prohrabávat, prohledávat
BrE
/ˌreɪk ə'raʊnd/
AmE
/ˌreɪk ə'raʊnd/

verb - to search through something quickly and roughly

 
rake through - prohrabávat, prohledávat
BrE
/ˌreɪk'θru:/
AmE
/ˌreɪk'θru:/

verb - to search through something quickly and roughly

 
rake over - hrabat, pohrabat (hráběmi)
BrE
/ˌreɪk'əʊvə/
AmE
/ˌreɪk'oʊvər/

verb - to gather leaves or dried grass with a rake or to move a rake across a surface to make it level