hit on - balit (někoho)

verb, American English, informal - to approach somebody and talk to them in order to initiate romantic (or sexual) relationship

 

go bankrupt - zkrachovat

verb - (of a company) to lose all the money, to become insolvent, unable to pay debts

 

pull strings - zatahat za nitky, kontaktovat vlivné lidi

verb - to use the influence that you have to get something done or to achieve something

 

drive - hnát, pohánět, nutit, tlačit, zatlačit

verb - to make somebody or something move, to push someone somewhere, to make somebody do something

 

direct - směrovat, ukázat cestu, poslat směrem

verb - to show the way, to tell somebody the way, to send something in the direction

 

achieve - dosáhnout, docílit, dokázat (něco)

verb - to gain a success, to be successful in completing something, usually thanks to hard work

beckon - kynout (komu), pokynout (komu), kývnout, mávnout

verb - to give somebody a signal with your hand to follow you or come to you

 

receptive - otevřený, vnímavý, chápavý

adjective - willing to listen to new ideas or accept suggestions

 

kink - zkroutit se, pokřivit se, zamotat se, ohnout se

verb - to develop or cause to develop a bend, twist

swelter - péci se (vedrem), potit se (vedrem), být zmožený horkem, vařit se ve vlastní šťávě

verb - to be uncomfortably hot, to suffer from intense heat

adorn - zdobit, ozdobit, krášlit, zkrášlit, zkrášlovat

verb, formal - to decorate or add beauty to something or someone

 

stomach - pozřít, být schopen sníst

verb - to be able to east something without becoming ill

perplex - zmást, poplést, udivit, nejít do hlavy

verb - to cause someone to feel completely baffled or confused

 

vet - lustrovat, prověřit, prověřovat, zkontrolovat, kontrolovat

verb - to check something carefully, to check someone's past carefully

 

reach for the moon - mířit vysoko, klást si velké cíle

verb - to try to achieve something very ambitious or difficult