be in the running - mít naději na vítězství

verb - to have a chance to win

 

have ants in your pants - mít roupy, chvíli neposedět

verb, informal - to be unable to stay still, to be impatient about something

 

hang in the balance - být nejistý, viset na vlásku, být v nejistotě, být ohrožený

verb - to be uncertain

 

stand in the way - překážet, plést se do cesty, stát v cestě

verb - to be in an inconvenient place for somebody because you are blocking his way and it is difficult or impossible for him to do something

 

go up in smoke - lehnout popelem, selhat, jít do kytek

verb - to be destroyed by fire

 

my foot - to zrovna

phrase, informal - a phrase we use when we think that what has just been said is not true at all

 

i.e. - to jest

phrase - that is

 

it - to, ono

pronoun - that thing

 

how come - jak to

phrase - a phrase we use to ask how something is possible

 

it's - (to) je

phrase - the contracted form of 'IT IS'

 

be in the closet - nepřiznat sexuální orientaci

verb - not to tell people that you are gay

 

not too bad - ujde to, není to zlé

adjective - okay, alright, acceptable, satisfactory

 

look somebody in the eye - podívat se někomu do očí

verb - to look directly at somebody without feeling afraid or ashamed

 

drive-in - autokino

noun, American English - a place where people can watch a film from their cars

 

in progress - probíhající, v procesu

phrase, formal - happening at this time