spare tyre
spare tyre - rezerva, rezervní pneumatika, náhradní pneumatika
BrE
/ˌspeə'taɪə/
AmE
/ˌsper'taɪər/

noun - an extra tire in your car for when you get a flat one

squeeze
squeeze - vymačkat, vytlačit, vylisovat, vyždímat
BrE
/'skwi:z/
AmE
/'skwi:z/

verb - to get liquid out of something by pressing it hard or twisting it

 
go astray - ztratit se, sejít z cesty, pokazit se
BrE
/'gəʊ ə'streɪ/
AmE
/'goʊ ə'streɪ/

verb - to lose the right direction, to get lost or stolen, to go wrong

 
recover - získat nazpět, dostat zpět
BrE
/rɪ'kʌvə/
AmE
/rɪ'kʌvər/

verb - to get something back, especially something you have used, spent, wasted, lost etc.

 
bark up the wrong tree - plakat nad špatným hrobem, být mimo mísu, mýlit se
BrE
/ˌbɑ:k ʌp ðə rɒŋ 'tri:/
AmE
/ˌbɑ:rk ʌp ðə rɒŋ 'tri:/

verb, informal - to have the wrong idea about how to get a result you want

 
old-age pensioner - důchodce, penzista
BrE
/ˌəʊldeɪdʒ 'penʃnə/
AmE
/ˌoʊldeɪdʒ 'penʃənər/

noun, British English - a person who is old enough to get a pension from the government

 
rise and shine - vstávat a cvičit, vstávat a s chutí do nového dne
BrE
/ˌraɪz ən 'ʃaɪn/
AmE
/ˌraɪz ən 'ʃaɪn/

phrase - usually used to tell someone to wake up and get out of bed

 
slippery as an eel - kluzký jako úhoř
BrE
/ˌslɪpəri æz æn 'i:l/
AmE
/ˌslɪpəri æz æn 'i:l/

phrase - very cunning, difficult to catch and to get the information that you want

 
economy - ekonomika
BrE
/ɪ'kɒnəmi/
AmE
/ɪ'kɑ:nəmi/

noun - the way that country can get wealthy through trade, industry and other commercial activities

platform
platform - nástupiště
BrE
/'plætfɔ:m/
AmE
/'plætfɔ:rm/

noun - the part of a railway station where you get on or off a train

take
take - jet (autobusem, vlakem apod.)
BrE
/'teɪk/
AmE
/'teɪk/

verb - to get on (on a bus, train, plane etc.) in order to travel somewhere

 
elope - utéct s někým (a vzít se)
BrE
/ɪ'ləʊp/
AmE
/ɪ'loʊp/

verb - to run away with someone in order to get married (secretly, without permission etc.)

board
board - penze (strava v hotelu)
BrE
/'bɔ:d/
AmE
/'bɔ:rd/

noun - the meals you get as a part of your accommodation in a hotel etc.

 
drop off - vysadit
BrE
/ˌdrɒp'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌdrɑ:p'ɑ:f/

verb - to take somebody somewhere and stop the car so that they can get off

 
ditch - vykašlat se na (něco), odvrhnout, zahodit
BrE
/'dɪtʃ/
AmE
/'dɪtʃ/

verb, informal - to get rid of something, to decide not to do something or use something