kick the habit - zbavit se zlozvyku
BrE
/'kɪk ðə ˌhæbɪt/
AmE
/'kɪk ðə ˌhæbɪt/

verb, informal - to give up something harmful, usually addictive, such as smoking, taking drugs, etc.

 
congested - ucpaný, zacpaný (silnice apod.)
BrE
/kən'dʒestɪd/
AmE
/kən'dʒestɪd/

adjective - full of cars or people so it's difficult to walk or drive on

 
psych out - rozhodit (psychicky), zdeptat (psychicky)
BrE
/ˌsaɪk'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌsaɪk'aʊt/

verb, informal - to say something that will make someone perform badly, feel bad or nervous

 
qualification - kvalifikace, způsobilost, oprávnění
BrE
/ˌkwɒləfɪ'keɪʃn/
AmE
/ˌkwɑ:ləfɪ'keɪʃn/

noun - the education, training, examinations etc. that you need to do a particular job

 
ride - svezení
BrE
/'raɪd/
AmE
/'raɪd/

noun - a journey in a car with somebody who agrees to take you somewhere

operator
operator - operátor
BrE
/'ɒpəreɪtə/
AmE
/'ɑ:pəreɪt̬ər/

noun - a person whose job is to connect calls (usually in a large company)

 
dial tone - oznamovací tón
BrE
/'daɪəlˌtəʊn/
AmE
/'daɪəlˌtoʊn/

noun - the sound that indicates that the phone is working and ready to use

 
quadruplet - čtyřče
BrE
/kwɒ'dru:plət/
AmE
/kwɑ:'dru:plət/

noun - one of four children born to the same mother at the same time

 
old-age pensioner - důchodce, penzista
BrE
/ˌəʊldeɪdʒ 'penʃnə/
AmE
/ˌoʊldeɪdʒ 'penʃənər/

noun, British English - a person who is old enough to get a pension from the government

 
conveniently - příhodně, vhodně
BrE
/kən'vi:niəntli/
AmE
/kən'vi:njəntli/

adverb - in a way that something is more suitable, helpful or easy to use

 
counterclockwise - proti směru hodinových ručiček
BrE
/ˌkaʊntə'klɒkwaɪz/
AmE
/ˌkaʊntər'klɑ:kwaɪz/

adverb - in the opposite direction to the movement of the hands of a clock

 
place - umístit se, skončit, dopadnout
BrE
/'pleɪs/
AmE
/'pleɪs/

verb - to finish in a particular position in a race, in a competition etc.

 
rat out - donášet na (někoho), žalovat na (někoho), říct (něco an někoho), udat (někoho)
BrE
/'rætˌaʊt/
AmE
/'ræt̬ˌaʊt/

verb, American English, informal - to tell someone (the police, parents, teachers etc.) that somebody did something wrong

 
valuable - cennost, osobní cenný předmět
BrE
/'væljʊbl/
AmE
/'væljʊəbəl/

noun - a thing that is important to somebody or worth a lot of money

 
stenographer - stenograf, stenografka, těsnopisec
BrE
/stə'nɒgrəfə/
AmE
/stə'nɑ:grəfər/

noun, American English - a person whose job is to write down what somebody says using shorthand