abbreviate - zkrátit (slovo)

verb - to make something (esp. a word) shorter

down - dolů po (čem)

preposition - to/in a lower position, opposite of 'up'

 

wait up - zůstat vzhůru (a počkat tak na někoho)

verb - to stay awake and wait for someone to return

 

wait up - počkat (na někoho)

verb, informal - to wait for somebody to catch up

 

pin down - ujasnit si (něco), udělat si jasno (v něčem), přijít (něčemu) na kloub

verb - to figure something out, to make something clear

add up - dávat smysl

verb - to be comprehensible or logical

add up - dát (něco) dohromady, přijít na (něco)

verb - to use reason to figure something out

 

crumble - zhroutit se, rozpadat se, rozpadnout se, drolit se, sesypat se

verb - to lose or fall into small pieces, to fall apart

 

make sense - dávat smysl

verb - to be comprehensible or logical

 

fade out - pomalu zmizet, pomalu ustat

verb - to gradually disappear

 

roofer - střechař

noun - a person whose job is to build and fix roofs

 

embezzle - zpronevěřit

verb - to steal (or using wrongly) someone else's money or property that was entrusted to you

 

embezzlement - zpronevěra

noun - the crime of stealing (or using wrongly) someone else's money or property that was entrusted to you

bumblebee - čmelák

noun - an insect that looks like a large fat hairy bee

 

entourage - doprovod (slavné osobnosti apod.)

noun - a group of people accompanying an important person (esp. a celebrity etc.)