possessive
possessive - majetnický, panovačný
BrE
/pə'zesɪv/
AmE
/pə'zesɪv/

adjective - wanting to own a person or a thing; not willing to share with anybody

stand up
stand up - nepřijít na rande (s někým), nepřijít na schůzku (s někým)
BrE
/ˌstænd'ʊp/
AmE
/ˌstænd'ʊp/

verb - not to come to a date or meeting which you had arranged with someone

 
migrate - stěhovat se (o ptácích)
BrE
/maɪ'greɪt/
AmE
/'maɪgreɪt/

verb - (of birds) to move periodically from one region to another (esp. with changing seasons)

 
papergirl - žena roznášející noviny, dívka roznášející noviny
BrE
/'peɪpəˌgɜ:l/
AmE
/'peɪpərˌgɜ:rl/

noun - a woman or a girl whose job is to deliver newspapers to people's homes

look out
look out - vyhlížet (něco či někoho)
BrE
/ˌlʊk'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌlʊk'aʊt/

verb - to look carefully around you in order to find someone or something in particular

seize
seize - chopit se (čeho), popadnout, zabrat (silou)
BrE
/'si:z/
AmE
/'si:z/

verb - to take hold of something or to take control of something (esp. by force)

 
whoa - počkej, prr
BrE
/'wəʊ/
AmE
/'woʊ/

interjection, informal - an exclamation you use when you want someone to stop, to wait a minute

 
suffocate - udusit se, dusit se, udusit
BrE
/'sʌfəkeɪt/
AmE
/'sʌfəkeɪt/

verb - to die because you can't breathe, to die because of a lack of oxygen

 
allay - utišit, zmírnit, utlumit (např. bolest)
BrE
/ə'leɪ/
AmE
/ə'leɪ/

verb - to lessen something, to make something less intense (such as fear, pain, doubts etc.)

beat
beat - klepat (např. koberec)
BrE
/'bi:t/
AmE
/'bi:t/

verb - to hit sth (a carpet etc) repeatedly in order to clean it from dust

 
elope - utéct s někým (a vzít se)
BrE
/ɪ'ləʊp/
AmE
/ɪ'loʊp/

verb - to run away with someone in order to get married (secretly, without permission etc.)

 
intervene - zakročit, zasáhnout (do něčeho)
BrE
/ˌɪntə'vi:n/
AmE
/ˌɪnt̬ər'vi:n/

verb - to become involved in a conflict of two parties in order to settle it

horror
horror - hororový
BrE
/'hɒrə/
AmE
/'hɑ:rər/

adjective - belonging to the genre of movies, books etc. that is supposed to scare people

scrape
scrape - vyškrabat
BrE
/'skreɪp/
AmE
/'skreɪp/

verb - to use a flat hard object to remove something from the surface of something

 
contrast - dát do kontrastu
BrE
/kən'træst/
AmE
/kən'træst/

verb - to compare two or more things in order to point out the differences between