live off - být živen, nechat se živit
BrE
/'lɪv 'ɒf/
AmE
/'lɪv 'ɑ:f/

verb - to get the money or food you need to live from someone or something

 
block - bránit ve výhledu
BrE
/'blɒk/
AmE
/'blɑ:k/

verb - to prevent someone from seeing something because you are between them and that thing

 
isolate - izolovat, oddělit, odloučit, separovat
BrE
/'aɪsəleɪt/
AmE
/'aɪsəleɪt/

verb - to separate somebody or something from somebody or something else, usually physically or socially

pickpocketing
pickpocketing - kapesní krádež
BrE
/'pɪkpɒkɪtɪŋ/
AmE
/'pɪkpɑ:kət̬ɪŋ/

noun - the act of stealing something from someone's pocket, bag etc. when they're not looking

 
disable - porouchat, vyřadit, zablokovat
BrE
/dɪs'eɪbl/
AmE
/dɪs'eɪbl/

verb - to prevent something from functioning properly, to damage something so it cannot be used

 
break the mould - vyjet ze zajetých kolejí
BrE
/ˌbreɪk ðə 'məʊld/
AmE
/ˌbreɪk ðə 'moʊld/

verb - to do completely different things than what people expect from you or the situation

 
cut off - odříznout (se), izolovat (se)
BrE
/ˌkʌt'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌkʌt̬'ɑ:f/

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

 
put two and two together - dát si dvě a dvě dohromady
BrE
/pʊt ˌtu: ən ˌtu: tə'geðə/
AmE
/pʊt ˌtu: ən ˌtu: tə'geðər/

verb - to work out the truth about a situation from what you see, hear, etc.

prick out
prick out - pikýrovat, přesadit (rostliny)
BrE
/'prɪk aʊt/
AmE
/'prɪk aʊt/

verb - to put a young plant in soil after you have grown it from seed

trolleybus
trolleybus - trolejbus
BrE
/'trɒlibʌs/
AmE
/'trɑ:libʌs/

noun, British English - an electric bus that takes its power from an overhead wire through a trolley

 
quintuplet - paterče
BrE
/kwɪn'tju:plət/
AmE
/kwɪn'tʌplət/

noun - one of the five children born from the same mother at the same time

 
the Middle Ages - středověk
BrE
/ðə ˌmɪdl 'eɪdʒɪz/
AmE
/ðə ˌmɪdl 'eɪdʒɪz/

noun - a period in the history that lasted from the 5th to the 15th century

con artist
con artist - podvodník, expert na podvody
BrE
/'kɒnˌɑ:tɪst/
AmE
/'kɑ:nˌɑ:rt̬ɪst/

noun - a fraud, a person who uses other people's confidence to steal from them etc.

background
background - původ, minulost
BrE
/'bækgraʊnd/
AmE
/'bækgraʊnd/

noun - the origin of something; the type of family or class that you come from

brush off
brush off - smést, oprášit
BrE
/ˌbrʌʃ'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌbrʌʃ'ɑ:f/

verb - to remove small particles from the surface by a brush or by the hand