confide - svěřit (se), svěřovat (se)

verb - to tell someone something private or confidential, to trust someone with something private or confidential

Santa Claus - Santa Claus

noun - the person who is believed to bring Christmas presents to children (especially in the USA)

Santa - Santa

noun - the person who is believed to bring Christmas presents to children (especially in the USA)

 

keep in - držet (někoho někde), nepustit (někoho) ven

verb - to make somebody stay in a place, not to allow somebody leave or go home

 

clam up - ztichnout, zmlknout, zarytě mlčet

verb, informal - to stop talking because you are embarrassed or you want to avoid giving away secrets

 

run errands - (něco si) zařídit, udělat pochůzky, mít zařizování

verb - to do things you need to do (especially involving buying things, picking things up etc.)

 

so be it - budiž, ať, ať se tak stane

phrase, formal - used to show that you accept the situation and will not try to change it

 

lobby - lobbovat

verb - to try to persuade powerful people that a particular thing should or should not happen

 

squeeze in - vmáčknout, vtlačit (časově), udělat si čas (na někoho)

verb - to give someone your time or to meet with someone although you are very busy

repent - kát se, litovat (čeho)

verb, formal - to feel sorry that you've done something wrong and try not to do it again

 

come again - Cože?, Ještě jednou?

phrase, informal - a phrase we use to say that we need someone to repeat what they said

roll your eyes - obrátit oči v sloup

verb - to move your eyes upwards to show that you find something annoying, irritating or silly

courier - kurýr, poslíček

noun - a person or a company whose job is to deliver packages or documents to someone

driveway - vjezd, přístupová cesta, příjezdová cesta (ke garáži apod.)

noun - a short private road leading from the street to a house, to a garage etc.

 

thin - prořezat, protrhat, proklestit

verb - to remove some parts of plants or bushes in order to make them less dense