prowess
prowess - zdatnost, dovednost, mistrovství
BrE
/'praʊəs/
AmE
/'praʊəs/

noun, formal - mastery, great skill

clean slate
clean slate - čistý štít, čistý rejstřík
BrE
/ˌkli:n'sleɪt/
AmE
/ˌkli:n'sleɪt/

noun - a clean record, a record that doesn't show any problems or past mistakes

 
festively - svátečně, slavnostně
BrE
/'festɪvli/
AmE
/'festɪvli/

adverb - in a festive way

scale
scale - odstranit šupiny
BrE
/'skeɪl/
AmE
/'skeɪl/

verb - to remove the scales (from a fish etc.), to lose scales

 
scaly - šupinatý
BrE
/'skeɪli/
AmE
/'skeɪli/

adjective - covered with scales

 
moonlight - mít melouch, dělat melouchy
BrE
/'mu:nˌlaɪt/
AmE
/'mu:nˌlaɪt/

verb - a secret second job that your employer wouldn't approve of

 
starlit - hvězdami osvícený
BrE
/'stɑ:lɪt/
AmE
/'stɑ:rlɪt/

adjective - getting light from the stars

 
starlight - světlo hvězd
BrE
/'stɑ:laɪt/
AmE
/'stɑ:rlaɪt/

noun - the light from the stars

 
sunlit - sluncem osvícený, ozářený sluncem, zalitý sluncem
BrE
/'sʌnlɪt/
AmE
/'sʌnlɪt/

adjective - getting light from the sun

 
pull out - vjet do silnice (z kraje vozovky)
BrE
/ˌpʊl'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌpʊl'aʊt/

verb - (of a car) to move into the road from the side

 
let out - vypustit, pustit, pustit ven
BrE
/ˌlet'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌlet'aʊt/

verb - to release

 
cut through - zkrátit si cestu (kudy)
BrE
/'kʌtˌθru:/
AmE
/'kʌtˌθru:/

verb - to get somewhere faster by taking a shortcut

 
cut back - omezit, snížit, redukovat
BrE
/ˌkʌt'bæk/
AmE
/ˌkʌt'bæk/

verb - to reduce something

 
pull on - natáhnout na sebe, obléct si, navléct si (oblečení)
BrE
/ˌpʊl'ɒn/
AmE
/ˌpʊl'ɑ:n/

verb - to start to wear a piece of clothing

 
take aside - vzít si stranou
BrE
/ˌteɪk ə'saɪd/
AmE
/ˌteɪk ə'saɪd/

verb - to make someone come with you somewhere where others can't see you or hear you