shake a leg - hnout kostrou, hnout sebou
BrE
/ˌʃeɪk ə'leg/
AmE
/ˌʃeɪk ə'leg/

verb, informal - used to tell someone to hurry up

 
by the skin of your teeth - s odřenýma ušima, jen tak tak
BrE
/baɪ ðəˌskɪn əvjə'ti:θ/
AmE
/baɪ ðəˌskɪn əvjər'ti:θ/

adverb, informal - to succeed only just, to barely manage

 
wave - mávat (něčím), máchat (něčím)
BrE
/'weɪv/
AmE
/'weɪv/

verb - to move something from side to side

 
furnish - vybavit, poskytnout, zajistit
BrE
/'fɜ:nɪʃ/
AmE
/'fɜ:rnɪʃ/

verb, formal - to supply or provide something (to somebody)

 
neighbour - sousedit, být sousedem
BrE
/'neɪbə/
AmE
/'neɪbər/

verb - to be located next to something else

 
reactivate - znovu aktivovat
BrE
/ri'æktɪveɪt/
AmE
/ri'æktɪveɪt/

verb - to cause something to start working again

 
finance - financovat
BrE
/'faɪnæns/
AmE
/'faɪnæns/

verb - to provide money for something to happen

ventilate
ventilate - větrat
BrE
/'ventɪleɪt/
AmE
/'vent̬əleɪt/

verb - to allow fresh air to flow somewhere

 
talk out of - rozmluvit, vymluvit
BrE
/ˌtɔ:k'aʊtəv/
AmE
/ˌtɑ:k'aʊtəv/

verb - to persuade someone not to do something

 
be down with - ležet (s nějakou nemocí)
BrE
/ˌbi:'daʊn wɪð/
AmE
/ˌbi:'daʊn wɪð/

verb - to be sick, to have a sickness

 
skedaddle - frčet, mazat
BrE
/skɪ'dædl/
AmE
/skɪ'dædl/

verb, informal - to go somewhere quickly, to leave quickly

 
get through - dovolat se
BrE
/ˌget'θru:/
AmE
/ˌget'θru:/

verb - to manage to contact somebody by phone

 
keep somebody up - zdržovat (od spánku)
BrE
/ˌki:p sʌmbədi 'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌki:p sʌmbədi 'ʌp/

verb - not to let somebody go to bed

 
run after - běžet za (někým), snažit se dohonit (někoho), vyběhnout za (někým)
BrE
/'rʌn ɑ:ftə/
AmE
/'rʌn æftər/

verb - to try to catch someone or someone

 
alienate - odcizit se, znepřátelit si někoho
BrE
/'eɪliəneɪt/
AmE
/'eɪliəneɪt/

verb - to become unfriendly, to stop being friends