pull off - uspět (v), zmáknout, zvládnout (co)

verb, informal - to succeed in doing something demanding

 

screw around - pohrávat si, hrát si (s něčím), blbnout, dělat blbiny

verb, informal - to waste time doing nothing or doing something unimportant

 

back off - couvnout (z), stáhnout se (např. v hádce)

verb, informal - to stop interfering

 

outside - venkovní, okolní

adjective - referring to things that happen in places other than your community

 

largely - převážně, z velké části

adverb - mostly or almost completely

 

cut off - odříznout (se), izolovat (se)

verb - to prevent someone or something from leaving a place or communicating with other people

 

extraterrestrial - mimozemská bytost, mimozemšťan

noun - a living creature that comes from outside the planet Earth

 

good cause - dobrá věc, dobročinný účel

noun - a socially useful activity, for example, raising money for charity

 

late - pozdní, pokročilý

adjective - not early, happening toward the end of a period of time

 

forties - čtyřicátá léta (věk či časové období)

noun - the years from 40 to 49

 

hub - centrum, střed (dění)

noun - the central part of a particular place or activity

 

institution - instituce, ústav, orgán

noun - a large and important organization that has a particular purpose, e.g. a university, church or bank

globe - glóbus

noun - a ball-shaped object with a map of the world on its surface, it is usually on a stand so that it can be turned around at the same angle as the earth

 

Golden Globe - Zlatý glóbus

noun - an award that is given in recognition of astonishing achievement in the film industry

 

keep - dodržet, splnit, dostát (o slibu)

verb - to do what you promised to do