better half - drahá polovička, lepší polovička, protějšek
BrE
/ˌbetə 'hɑ:f/
AmE
/ˌbetər 'hæf/

noun, informal - your wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend or someone you have a relationship with

 
other half - drahá polovička, lepší polovička, protějšek
BrE
/ˌʌðə 'hɑ:f/
AmE
/ˌʌðər 'hæf/

noun, informal - your wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend or someone you have a relationship with

significant other
significant other - drahá polovička, protějšek, partner
BrE
/sɪgˌnɪfɪkənt 'ʌðə/
AmE
/sɪgˌnɪfɪkənt 'ʌðər/

noun - your wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend or someone you have a relationship with

 
cry wolf - bezdůvodně volat o pomoc, dělat planý poplach, způsobit planý poplach
BrE
/ˌkraɪ'wʊlf/
AmE
/ˌkraɪ'wʊlf/

verb - to call for help when you don't actually need it resulting in people not believing you when you do need help later

 
privately - soukromě
BrE
/'praɪvətli/
AmE
/'praɪvətli/

adverb - in a private way

 
in private - v soukromí, mezi čtyřma očima
BrE
/ɪn'praɪvət/
AmE
/ɪn'praɪvət/

adverb - with no one else present

 
privately - v soukromí, mezi čtyřma očima
BrE
/'praɪvətli/
AmE
/'praɪvətli/

adverb - with no one else present

counterfeit
counterfeit - padělek, napodobenina
BrE
/'kaʊntəfɪt/
AmE
/'kaʊntərfɪt/

noun, formal - something that is made to look like the original in order to deceive people

 
incurable - nevyléčitelný
BrE
/ɪn'kjʊərəbl/
AmE
/ɪn'kjʊrəbl/

adjective - cannot be cured

 
frivolous - lehkovážný, rozpustilý
BrE
/'frɪvələs/
AmE
/'frɪvələs/

adjective - behaving in a silly way when such behaviour is not suitable

 
narrow-minded - úzkoprsý, omezený
BrE
/ˌnærəʊ 'maɪndɪd/
AmE
/ˌnærəʊ 'maɪndɪd/

adjective - unwilling to listen to ideas that are different from your own

 
explicitly - otevřeně, přímo
BrE
/ɪk'splɪsɪtli/
AmE
/ɪk'splɪsɪtli/

adverb - expressed clearly and openly

dilapidated
dilapidated - zchátralý
BrE
/dɪ'læpɪdeɪtɪd/
AmE
/dɪ'læpɪdeɪtɪd/

adjective - old and in bad condition

 
compulsive - notorický, chorobný
BrE
/kəm'pʌlsɪv/
AmE
/kəm'pʌlsɪv/

adjective - doing something a lot and unable to stop

 
stuck-up - namyšlený, nafoukaný, domýšlivý
BrE
/ˌstʌk'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌstʌk'ʌp/

adjective, informal - too proud and unfriendly because they think they are better than others