clam up - ztichnout, zmlknout, zarytě mlčet

verb, informal - to stop talking because you are embarrassed or you want to avoid giving away secrets

 

kidnapping - únos (člověka)

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

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

pay raise - zvýšení platu

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

 

scam - podvést, vylákat podvodem

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

 

the moon on a stick - něco nemožného, modré z nebe

noun - something impossible, something that you cannot get or give someone

 

the moon - něco nemožného, modré z nebe

noun - something impossible, something that you cannot get or give someone

 

ask around - poptat se

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

 

go after - jít za (něčím), jít po (někom)

verb - to try to get something, to try to catch someone

pay rise - zvýšení platu

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

 

allotment - dávka, příděl

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

 

Dutch courage - opilecká kuráž

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

 

take down - sundat, dát dolů (z police, ze stěny)

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

 

rise - zvýšení platu

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

 

con - ošidit

verb, informal - to cheat or deceive somebody in order to get money