action
action - jednat, vyřešit
BrE
/'ækʃn/
AmE
/'ækʃn/

verb - to deal with something that needs to be done

 
dictate - diktovat, nadiktovat
BrE
/dɪk'teɪt/
AmE
/'dɪkteɪt/

verb - to say something for someone else to write down

 
give the creeps - nahánět strach, nahánět husí kůži
BrE
/ˌgɪv ðə'kri:ps/
AmE
/ˌgɪv ðə'kri:ps/

verb, informal - to make somebody feel scared, to give somebody goosebumps

 
bite the bullet - zatnout zuby
BrE
/ˌbaɪt ðə'bʊlɪt/
AmE
/ˌbaɪt ðə'bʊlɪt/

verb, informal - to decide to do something even if it's unpleasant

 
familiarize - seznámit, obeznámit se
BrE
/fə'mɪliəraɪz/
AmE
/fə'mɪliəraɪz/

verb - to learn about something and start to understand it

 
scrub - zrušit
BrE
/'skrʌb/
AmE
/'skrʌb/

verb, informal - to cancel something that you had planned to do

lather
lather - napěnit, zpěnit, namydlit, vytvořit mýdlovou pěnu
BrE
/'lɑ:ðə/
AmE
/'læðər/

verb - to cover something with lather or to produce lather

 
comply - dodržet, splnit, vyhovět, dostát
BrE
/kəm'plaɪ/
AmE
/kəm'plaɪ/

verb - to obey an order, to keep the rules etc.

tally
tally - sečíst, spočítat
BrE
/'tæli/
AmE
/'tæli/

verb - to add together, to calculate the sum of something

 
overheat - přehřát
BrE
/ˌəʊvə'hi:t/
AmE
/ˌoʊvər'hi:t/

verb - to make something too hot, to become too hot

 
affix - připojit, přilepit, připevnit
BrE
/ə'fɪks/
AmE
/ə'fɪks/

verb - to stick or attach something firmly to something else

 
withstand - ustát, odolat
BrE
/wɪð'stænd/
AmE
/wɪð'stænd/

verb - to resist something, not to be harmed by something

balance
balance - držet rovnováhu, balancovat
BrE
/'bæləns/
AmE
/'bæləns/

verb - to try to keep yourself steady and not fall

 
assign - přidělit (např. práci)
BrE
/ə'saɪn/
AmE
/ə'saɪn/

verb - to give someone a task or job to do

 
ail - bolet, trápit
BrE
/'eɪl/
AmE
/'eɪl/

verb - to cause difficulties, to make someone feel pain etc.