kidnapping - únos (člověka)
BrE
/'kɪdnæpɪŋ/
AmE
/'kɪdnæpɪŋ/

noun - the illegal act of taking away a person and demanding money for his/her return

 
hit-and-run - který ujel z místa nehody, kdy viník ujel z místa nehody
BrE
/ˌhɪtən'rʌn/
AmE
/ˌhɪtən'rʌn/

adjective - connected with a car accident in which the person hurt someone and then drove away

pay raise
pay raise - zvýšení platu
BrE
/'peɪˌreɪz/
AmE
/'peɪˌreɪz/

noun, American English - an increase in the money you get for your work

 
scam - podvést, vylákat podvodem
BrE
/'skæm/
AmE
/'skæm/

verb, informal - to deceive someone in order to get money from them

 
Dutch courage - opilecká kuráž
BrE
/ˌdʌtʃ 'kʌrɪdʒ/
AmE
/ˌdʌtʃ 'kɜ:rɪdʒ/

noun, British English, informal - the false confidence that you get when you are drunk

 
take down - sundat, dát dolů (z police, ze stěny)
BrE
/ˌteɪk'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌteɪk'daʊn/

verb - to reach up and get something from a high place

pay rise
pay rise - zvýšení platu
BrE
/'peɪˌraɪz/
AmE
/'peɪˌraɪz/

noun, British English - an increase in the money you get for your work

 
allotment - dávka, příděl
BrE
/ə'lɒtmənt/
AmE
/ə'lɑ:tmənt/

noun, formal - an amount of something that someone is allowed to get

 
ask around - poptat se
BrE
/ˌɑ:sk ə'raʊnd/
AmE
/ˌæsk ə'raʊnd/

verb - to try to get some information by asking several people

 
rise - zvýšení platu
BrE
/'raɪz/
AmE
/'raɪz/

noun, British English - an increase in the money you get for your work

purple
purple - fialová, purpurová
BrE
/'pɜ:pl/
AmE
/'pɜ:rpl/

noun - the colour which you get by mixing red and blue

orange
orange - oranžová barva
BrE
/'ɒrɪndʒ/
AmE
/'ɑ:rɪndʒ/

noun - the colour which you get by mixing red and yellow

useful
useful - užitečný
BrE
/'ju:sfl/
AmE
/'ju:sfl/

adjective - helpful, serving you to do or get what you want

 
profit - zisk, výtěžek
BrE
/'prɒfɪt/
AmE
/'prɑ:fɪt/

noun - the money you get from an activity; incomes minus costs

 
penetrate - proniknout, pronikat
BrE
/'penətreɪt/
AmE
/'penətreɪt/

verb - to get or move through something, to move into something