potable - pitný
BrE
/'pəʊtəbl/
AmE
/'poʊtəbl/

adjective - safe to drink

 
brainwash - vymýt mozek, oblbnout
BrE
/'breɪnwɒʃ/
AmE
/'breɪnwɑ:ʃ/

verb - to make someone accept your ideas or beliefs by continually telling them that it is true and preventing them from thinking clearly

 
go figure - kdo by to byl řekl, koho by to napadlo, proč asi (ironicky)
BrE
/gəʊ 'fɪgə/
AmE
/goʊ 'fɪgjər/

phrase, American English, informal - said to mean that you do not want to explain something because you think it is obvious

 
go up in smoke - lehnout popelem, selhat, jít do kytek
BrE
/gəʊ ʌp ɪn 'sməʊk/
AmE
/goʊ ʌp ɪn 'smoʊk/

verb - to be destroyed by fire

 
prematurely - předčasně
BrE
/ˌpremə'tʃəli/
AmE
/ˌpri:mə'tʃʊrli/

adverb - before the right time, too soon

 
be over - přenést se (přes), vypořádat se (s)
BrE
/bi: 'əʊvə/
AmE
/bi: 'oʊvər/

verb - to no longer be affected by someone

sceptic
sceptic - skeptik, nedůvěřivý člověk
BrE
/'skeptɪk/
AmE
/'skeptɪk/

noun - a doubtful person

 
the other way round - obráceně, opačně
BrE
/ði: ˌʌðə weɪ 'raʊnd/
AmE
/ði: ˌʌðər weɪ 'raʊnd/

phrase - in the other direction as well

 
munchies - pochutiny, chuťovky
BrE
/'mʌntʃiz/
AmE
/'mʌntʃiz/

noun, American English, informal - small things to eat, snacks; craved food when a person is not hungry at all

 
two-faced - falešný, neupřímný, pokrytecký
BrE
/ˌtu:'feɪst/
AmE
/ˌtu:'feɪst/

adjective - not sincere, saying unpleasant things about you to other people while being nice to you

 
payable - splatný
BrE
/'peɪəbl/
AmE
/'peɪəbl/

adjective - supposed to be paid

 
spill the beans - podřeknout (se), prokecnout (se), prozradit tajemství
BrE
/ˌspɪl ðə 'bi:ns/
AmE
/ˌspɪl ðə 'bi:ns/

verb, informal - to tell someone secret information

 
plug plant - sazenice, sazenička
BrE
/'plʌgˌplɑ:nt/
AmE
/'plʌgˌplænt/

noun - a small young flower or vegetable plant that you can buy in a garden centre and plant in your garden

 
dark-haired - tmavovlasý
BrE
/'dɑ:kˌheəd/
AmE
/'dɑ:rkˌherd/

adjective - having dark hair

 
should - kdyby (náhodou) (v podmínkových větách)
BrE
/'ʃʊd/
AmE
/'ʃʊd/

verb, formal - if, used in conditional clauses