lubricate - promazat, namazat, lubrikovat
BrE
/'lu:brɪkeɪt/
AmE
/'lu:brɪkeɪt/

verb - to put oil or grease etc. on something to make it move more easily

 
refrigerate - uložit do lednice, uchovat v lednici
BrE
/rɪ'frɪdʒəreɪt/
AmE
/rɪ'frɪdʒəreɪt/

verb - to make food cold, usually to preserve it by putting it in a fridge

 
impatience - netrpělivost
BrE
/ɪm'peɪʃns/
AmE
/ɪm'peɪʃns/

adjective - unwillingness to wait calmly; the lack of the ability to wait for something calmly

 
phoney - falešný člověk, pokrytec
BrE
/'fəʊni/
AmE
/'foʊni/

noun, informal - someone who pretends to be someone they are not, usually trying to trick people

 
ploy - fígl, trik
BrE
/'plɔɪ/
AmE
/'plɔɪ/

noun - something used to trick people into buying something or to gain advantage over people

 
gimmick - fígl, trik
BrE
/'gɪmɪk/
AmE
/'gɪmɪk/

noun - something used to attact people's attention, especially in order to make someone buy something

scoop
scoop - nabrat (lopatkou), vzít, nabrat (jako lopatkou, naběračkou)
BrE
/'sku:p/
AmE
/'sku:p/

verb - to pick up as if with a scoop, to pick up with a scoop

 
pile up - hromadit (se), nahromadit (se), kupit (se), vršit (se)
BrE
/ˌpaɪl'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌpaɪl'ʌp/

verb - (of work etc.) to increase in number so it becomes harder to deal with

 
hold your horses - zadrž, neukvapuj(te) se, tak počkat, ne tak zhurta
BrE
/ˌhəʊld jɔ: 'hɔ:sɪz/
AmE
/ˌhoʊld jʊər 'hɔ:rsɪz/

phrase, informal - used to tell someone to stop for a moment and consider carefully their decision

 
sell off - rozprodat, prodat
BrE
/ˌsel 'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌsel 'ɑ:f/

verb - to sell something for a low price in order to get rid of it

 
anyway - každopádně, aspoň
BrE
/'eniˌweɪ/
AmE
/'eniˌweɪ/

adverb - a word used to correct, change or add to something that has been said

 
take a hike - jít do háje, vypadnout, vodprejsknout
BrE
/ˌteɪkə'haɪk/
AmE
/ˌteɪkə'haɪk/

verb, American English, informal - a phrase we use to tell somebody to go away and stop bothering us

bellows
bellows - měch, dmychadlo
BrE
/'beləʊz/
AmE
/'beloʊz/

noun - a device used to blow air into fire in order to make it hotter

 
in a mood - ve špatné náladě, nabroušený
BrE
/ɪn ə 'mu:d/
AmE
/ɪn ə 'mu:d/

adverb, informal - to be feeling angry or mad and therefore not being friendly to other people

 
preheat - předehřát, rozehřát, nahřát
BrE
/ˌpri:'hi:t/
AmE
/ˌpri:'hi:t/

verb - to make the oven etc. hot before you put food into it to cook