test the water - sondovat terén, testovat situaci
BrE
/ˌtest ðə'wɔ:tə/
AmE
/ˌtest ðə'wɔ:t̬ər/

phrase - to find out more about something (a situation etc.)before you do something or continue doing something

 
take the cake - nasadit tomu korunu
BrE
/ˌteɪk ðə'keɪk/
AmE
/ˌteɪk ðə'keɪk/

phrase, American English - to be even worse than everything that has happened so far

 
take the biscuit - nasadit tomu korunu
BrE
/ˌteɪk ðə'bɪskɪt/
AmE
/ˌteɪk ðə'bɪskɪt/

phrase, British English - to be even worse than everything that has happened so far

 
prime - rozkvět, rozmach
BrE
/'praɪm/
AmE
/'praɪm/

noun - a period of great prosperity and success

 
bloom - rozkvět, rozmach
BrE
/'blu:m/
AmE
/'blu:m/

noun - a period of great prosperity and success

 
heyday - rozkvět, rozmach
BrE
/'heɪdeɪ/
AmE
/'heɪdeɪ/

noun - a period of great prosperity and success

 
lard - špikovat, našpikovat, prošpikovat
BrE
/'lɑ:d/
AmE
/'lɑ:rd/

verb - to put small pieces of fat or bacon onto or into meat before you cook it

 
masturbation - masturbace, onanie
BrE
/ˌmæstə'beɪʃən/
AmE
/ˌmæstər'beɪʃən/

noun - the act of touching one's own sexual organs in order to give oneself sexual pleasure

 
cuz - protože
BrE
/'kəz/
AmE
/'kəz/

conjunction, informal - because

 
cos - protože
BrE
/'kəz/
AmE
/'kəz/

conjunction, informal - because

 
turn away - odvrátit se, otočit se pryč
BrE
/'ˌtɜ:n əˌweɪ/
AmE
/'ˌtɜ:rn əˌweɪ/

verb - to refuse to look at someone, to refuse to deal with something

 
lock - sepnout
BrE
/'lɒk/
AmE
/'lɑ:k/

verb - to fix two things together securely

 
rascal - rošťák, uličník
BrE
/'rɑ:skl/
AmE
/'ræskl/

adjective - a person behaving in a mischievous way

 
devilment - neplecha, uličnictví, darebáctví, rošťáctví, nezbednost
BrE
/'devlmənt/
AmE
/'devlmənt/

noun - children's bad behaviour, e.g. playing tricks at somebody etc.

 
devilry - neplecha, uličnictví, darebáctví, rošťáctví, nezbednost
BrE
/'devlri/
AmE
/'devlri/

noun - children's bad behaviour, e.g. playing tricks at somebody etc.