disown - zříci se, zapřít, odmítnout uznat, distancovat se od, nepřihlásit se k

verb - to refuse to acknowledge someone as your own relative or to deny any connection or responsibility for someone or something

sycophant - patolízal, podlézavec, pochlebovač, přisluhovač

noun, formal - a person who says nice things to powerful people just to get their help or to stay in their favour

proof - učinit odolným, zajistit odolnost, zabezpečit, ochránit

verb, formal - to treat or prepare something to make it resistant to a specific substance or condition, like water, fire, or damage

 

prompt - nápověda

noun - words that are spoken to an actor, to remind them what to say next during the performance of a play

 

shelter - útulek

noun - a building that provides a place to stay and offers help to people or animals that have nowhere to live

 

fiddle around with - hrát si s (něčím) pohrávat si s (něčím), vrtat se v (něčem)

verb, informal - to keep moving or playing with something in order to make it look better, in order to fix it etc.

 

fiddle about with - hrát si s (něčím) pohrávat si s (něčím), vrtat se v (něčem)

verb, British English, informal - to keep moving or playing with something in order to make it look better, in order to fix it etc.

bribe - podplatit

verb - to offer money etc. to someone because you want them to do you a favour, especially in a dishonest way

play up - zlobit, vypovídat poslušnost

verb, British English - (esp. of children) to misbehave; (esp. of machines) to not work properly; (of body parts) to hurt or cause pain

 

explosiveness - výbušnost (povahou), vznětlivost (povahou)

noun - the quality of being likely to get angry easily, likely to make people angry, likely to create hatred and violence

 

jam - nacpat (něco někam), narvat (něco někam), zablokovat, ucpat se, ucpat, zablokovat se

verb - to put/be in a very small place with many others, to make something not passable, to become not passable

 

dominate - dominovat, ovládat, vládnout, převažovat

verb - to be in control, to have more power or authority than others; to be stronger or more noticeable than others

 

conclude - dojít k závěru, udělat závěr

verb - to come to the end of; to form an opinion at the end of something that you have gone through

order - objednat si, objednat

verb - to ask a waiter for a certain food or drink, to ask a supplier to send you certain goods etc.

 

get off - opustit, odejít, dostat se z

verb - to leave a place because you do not want to be there or you have no right to be there