prayer
prayer - modlitba
BrE
/'preə/
AmE
/'prer/

noun - the words spoken to a god, the act of speaking to a god

put up
put up - poskytnout nocleh, nechat přespat
BrE
/ˌpʊ'tʌp/
AmE
/ˌpʊ't̬ʌp/

verb - to let somebody stay overnight, to give someone a bed for the night

 
practise - trénovat
BrE
/'præktɪs/
AmE
/'præktɪs/

verb - to do special activities regularly to help you become better at a sport

 
punish - potrestat, ztrestat, trestat
BrE
/'pʌnɪʃ/
AmE
/'pʌnɪʃ/

verb - to do something unpleasant to somebody who has done something bad or wrong

 
pass - schválit (např. zákon), přijmout (např. zákon)
BrE
/'pɑ:s/
AmE
/'pæs/

verb - to approve of something (legally), to authorize something (such as a law etc.)

 
kid - kecat, říkat něco z legrace
BrE
/'kɪd/
AmE
/'kɪd/

verb, informal - to say something that's not true or to say something just for fun

 
casual - laxní, lhostejný, nahodilý
BrE
/'kæʒʊəl/
AmE
/'kæʒʊəl/

adjective - seeming not to be worried or not to be taking something very seriously

 
dedicate - věnovat (zasvětit), zasvětit
BrE
/'dedɪkeɪt/
AmE
/'dedɪkeɪt/

verb - to give something (or yourself) entirely to something (e.g. a cause) or somebody

 
be grounded - mít zaracha
BrE
/ˌbi:'graʊndɪd/
AmE
/ˌbi:'graʊndɪd/

verb, informal - not to be allowed to leave the house (as a form of punishment)

 
follow up - zabývat se (něčím), prošetřovat, prošetřit
BrE
/ˌfɒləʊ'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌfɑ:loʊ'ʌp/

verb - to investigate, to check whether what someone told you is true or not

 
agonize - trápit se (nad něčím), bojovat (v myšlenkách s čím), usilovně přemýšlet (nad něčím)
BrE
/'ægənaɪz/
AmE
/'ægənaɪz/

verb - to worry about something too much, to think about a problem too much

 
lead on - vodit za nos
BrE
/ˌlid'ɒn/
AmE
/ˌlid'ɑ:n/

verb, informal - to make somebody believe you are attracted to them when it isn't true

 
rappel - slaňovat, slanit
BrE
/ræ'pel/
AmE
/ræ'pel/

verb, American English - to go down a rock face while you are fastened to a rope

headman
headman - popravčí, kat
BrE
/'hedmən/
AmE
/'hedmən/

noun, dated - a person whose job is to kill somebody who was sentenced to death

headsman
headsman - popravčí, kat
BrE
/'hedzmən/
AmE
/'hedzmən/

noun, dated - a person whose job is to kill somebody who was sentenced to death