wring sb's neck - zakroutit někomu krkem (přeneseně)

verb - to express a desire to punish someone, often used figuratively to indicate extreme frustration or anger

 

polish up - vypilovat, vytříbit, vybrousit (např. styl, text)

verb - to make slight changes to something, e.g. a piece of writing, in order to improve it

 

polish - vypilovat, vytříbit, vybrousit (např. styl, text)

verb - to make slight changes to something, e.g. a piece of writing, in order to improve it

 

jangle - drnčet, řinčet, chrastit, zvonit (nepříjemně)

verb - to make a harsh, discordant, metallic sound, or to cause something to make such a sound

slow dance - tančit ploužák

verb - to dance in a slow way, standing close to each other, just swaying to the music

root for - držet palce, fandit, podporovat, přát štěstí

verb - to hope that somebody will succeed, to keep your fingers crossed for somebody, to support someone

answer back - odmlouvat

verb - to speak rudely to someone in authority, especially when you are supposed to listen and obey

 

petition - zažádat (oficiálně)

verb - to make an official request to a law court for some legal action to be taken

film - filmovat, natáčet, nafilmovat, natočit

verb - to make a movie, to make a cinema picture, to capture something on a video camera

blackmail - vydírat

verb - to threaten somebody to do something if they don't do what you want them to do

stay - zůstat, přespat, bydlet (dočasně)

verb - to continue to be somewhere; to live somewhere as a guest usually for a short time

drown - utopit, utopit se

verb - to die by being underwater and unable to breathe, to let somebody die in this way

sprout - vyrašit, rašit, vyklíčit, klíčit, vypučet, pučet

verb - to begin to grow; to produce new shoots, leaves, or buds from a seed or plant

 

tend - mít tendenci, mít sklony

verb - to usually do something; to be likely to do something or behave in a particular way

 

keep - udržovat něco (v nějakém stavu), držet (něco někde)

verb - to make something stay in a certain state, to make something stay, to hold something somewhere