leaven - kvásek, kvasinky

noun - a substance that is added to bread to make it rise

pair - spárovat, udělat dvojici

verb - to join two people or things together to make a pair

 

border on - hraničit s, blížit se (čemu)

verb - to be on the boundary of something, to almost be something

 

or something - nebo tak, nebo tak něco, nebo něco takového

phrase, informal - used to indicate that you are referring to something really similar

take a rain check - přeložit na jindy, odložit na jindy, nechat na jindy

verb, informal - not to do something but offer/promise to do it later

 

spruce up - dát (se) do pucu, hodit (se) do gala, poladit, porovnat

verb, informal - to make someone or something cleaner; to improve the appearance generally

 

acquaint - seznámit (se), obeznámit (se), informovat

verb - to make someone familiar with something, to become familiar with something

 

adapt - přizpůsobit, přizpůsobit se

verb - to change (something or oneself) to work better in new conditions

 

fire away - do toho, prosím, jen mluv

verb, informal - used to tell someone to show them that they may speak

 

talk some sense into - promluvit (komu) do duše, domluvit (komu)

verb - to persuade someone to think about something in a reasonable way

 

interactive - interaktivní

adjective - (of technology) able to respond to the actions of the user

 

make time - udělat si čas (na), najít si čas (na), najít si chvilku (na)

verb - to find some time to do something you think you should

 

tread water - šlapat vodu, stagnovat

verb - to stay in the same spot, not to make any progress

 

sensitivity - citlivost

noun - the ability to understand and respond to people's feelings, needs, emotions

 

break up - vypadávat (v tel. hovoru), ztrácet spojení (tel.), ztrácet se (při tel. hovoru)

verb - to become difficult to understand because the telephone connection is bad