captivate - upoutat, uchvátit
BrE
/'kæptɪveɪt/
AmE
/'kæptəveɪt/

verb - to make someone feel very interested in something, to attract

 
tell a joke - povědět vtip
BrE
/ˌtel ə'dʒəʊk/
AmE
/ˌtel ə'dʒoʊk/

verb - to tell a short funny story to make people laugh

 
jump the gun - unáhlit se, ukvapit se
BrE
/ˌdʒʌmp ðə'gʌn/
AmE
/ˌdʒʌmp ðə'gʌn/

verb, informal - to react too fast; to start doing something too soon

dismay
dismay - znepokojit, konsternovat, šokovat, zklamat, vystrašit, polekat
BrE
/dɪs'meɪ/
AmE
/dɪs'meɪ/

verb - to alarm somebody, to make somebody afraid, worried or disappointed

awaken
awaken - probudit se, probudit
BrE
/ə'weɪkən/
AmE
/ə'weɪkən/

verb - to stop sleeping or to make somebody/something stop sleeping

 
resolve - pevně se rozhodnout, odhodlat se
BrE
/rɪ'zɒlv/
AmE
/rɪ'zɑ:lv/

verb - to decide firmly on what you are going to do

adjust
adjust - upravit, přizpůsobit, nastavit
BrE
/ə'dʒʌst/
AmE
/ə'dʒʌst/

verb - to change something in order to make it more accurate

 
motion - dát pokyn, pokynout
BrE
/'məʊʃn/
AmE
/'moʊʃn/

verb - to make a gesture that tells someone to go somewhere

betray
betray - zradit, zklamat
BrE
/bɪ'treɪ/
AmE
/bɪ'treɪ/

verb - to be unfaithful to someone esp. by helping their enemy

 
tearful - plačtivý, uplakaný, ubrečený, plačící
BrE
/'tɪəfl/
AmE
/'tɪrfl/

adjective - crying or about to cry; tending to cry a lot

 
develop - onemocnět (něčím)
BrE
/dɪ'veləp/
AmE
/dɪ'veləp/

verb - to start to show signs of an illness or disease

 
eavesdropping - poslouchání cizím hovorům, poslouchání za dveřmi
BrE
/'i:vzdrɒpɪŋ/
AmE
/'i:vzdrɑ:pɪŋ/

noun - the act of to listening to someone else's conversation secretly

sympathize
sympathize - sympatizovat
BrE
/'sɪmpəθaɪz/
AmE
/'sɪmpəθaɪz/

verb - to feel sympathy (with somebody or something), to be sympathetic

 
withdraw - stáhnout (něco např. z prodeje apod.)
BrE
/wɪð'drɔ:/
AmE
/wɪð'drɔ:/

verb - to pull something back; to stop selling a product etc.

 
accommodate - ubytovat, poskytnout ubytování
BrE
/ə'kɒmədeɪt/
AmE
/ə'kɑ:mədeɪt/

verb - to provide someone with a place to stay or live