stay away - držet se stranou, nemíchat se do něčeho
BrE
/ˌsteɪ ə'weɪ/
AmE
/ˌsteɪ ə'weɪ/

verb - not to go near someone or something, not to meddle in something, not to be involved in something

 
pledge - nováček (vstupující do spolku)
BrE
/'pledʒ/
AmE
/'pledʒ/

noun, American English, informal - a person who wants to join a fraternity or a sorority but has yet to be officially accepted (often after passing some tests, trials etc.)

chicken
chicken - srab, zbabělec
BrE
/'tʃɪkən/
AmE
/'tʃɪkən/

noun, informal - somebody who is scared of doing something

 
chicken out - dostat strach, zbaběle utéct, zbaběle couvnout, zbaběle vzít nohy na ramena
BrE
/ˌtʃɪkən'aʊt/
AmE
/ˌtʃɪkən'aʊt/

verb, informal - not to do something you wanted to do because you are scared

 
suggest - naznačit, naznačovat
BrE
/sə'dʒest/
AmE
/sə'dʒest/

verb - to say something indirectly, to hit at something

statistics
statistics - statistika
BrE
/stə'tɪstɪks/
AmE
/stə'tɪstɪks/

noun - information (often in numbers or graphs) about how often you do something etc.

 
hold - počkat na lince
BrE
/'həʊld/
AmE
/'hoʊld/

verb - (when phoning) to wait on the line until somebody can speak

 
be no use - být k ničemu, být na nic, být zbytečné
BrE
/ˌbi nəʊ'ju:s/
AmE
/ˌbi noʊ'ju:s/

verb - to be pointless

 
sick and tired - mající dost (čeho), mající plné zuby (čeho), mající po krk (čeho)
BrE
/ˌsɪkən'taɪəd/
AmE
/ˌsɪkən'taɪərd/

adjective, informal - having had too much of something, fed up with something

 
would sooner - raději (udělat)
BrE
/wʊd'su:nə/
AmE
/wʊd'su:nər/

verb - prefer

be up to
be up to - tropit, dělat, provádět, mít za lubem
BrE
/ˌbi:'ʌp tʊ/
AmE
/ˌbi:'ʌp tʊ/

verb, informal - to be doing or planning something, often something bad

 
be up to - být na někom
BrE
/ˌbi:'ʌp tʊ/
AmE
/ˌbi:'ʌp tʊ/

verb - be somebody's decision

 
this way - takto
BrE
/'ðɪsˌweɪ/
AmE
/'ðɪsˌweɪ/

adverb - like this, in this manner

proofread
proofread - zkontrolovat (text), kontrolovat (text), udělat korekturu (textu)
BrE
/'pru:fri:d/
AmE
/'pru:fri:d/

verb - to check a piece of text for mistakes

rat on
rat on - donášet na (někoho), žalovat na (někoho), říct (něco na někoho), udat (někoho)
BrE
/'rætˌɒn/
AmE
/'ræt̬ˌɑ:n/

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