pile up - hromadit (se), nahromadit (se), kupit (se), vršit (se)
BrE
/ˌpaɪl'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌpaɪl'ʌp/

verb - (of work etc.) to increase in number so it becomes harder to deal with

 
working class - pracující třída (společenská)
BrE
/ˌwɜ:kɪŋ'klɑ:s/
AmE
/ˌwɜ:rkɪŋ'klæs/

noun - the social class that includes the poorer people who have to go to work

 
kill - zabít, ukrátit si, zkrátit si (čas)
BrE
/'kɪl/
AmE
/'kɪl/

verb - to spend time not doing anything useful in order to make time pass faster

 
disable - porouchat, vyřadit, zablokovat
BrE
/dɪs'eɪbl/
AmE
/dɪs'eɪbl/

verb - to prevent something from functioning properly, to damage something so it cannot be used

 
undermine - oslabit, rozložit, podkopávat, podkopat, podrývat
BrE
/ˌʌndə'maɪn/
AmE
/ˌʌndər'maɪn/

verb - to make something less effective or to make someone's authority or confidence gradually weaker

counterfeit
counterfeit - padělek, napodobenina
BrE
/'kaʊntəfɪt/
AmE
/'kaʊntərfɪt/

noun, formal - something that is made to look like the original in order to deceive people

 
lubricate - promazat, namazat, lubrikovat
BrE
/'lu:brɪkeɪt/
AmE
/'lu:brɪkeɪt/

verb - to put oil or grease etc. on something to make it move more easily

 
take a hike - jít do háje, vypadnout, vodprejsknout
BrE
/ˌteɪkə'haɪk/
AmE
/ˌteɪkə'haɪk/

verb, American English, informal - a phrase we use to tell somebody to go away and stop bothering us

bellows
bellows - měch, dmychadlo
BrE
/'beləʊz/
AmE
/'beloʊz/

noun - a device used to blow air into fire in order to make it hotter

backfire
backfire - vymstít se, mít opačný účinek, obrátit se proti
BrE
/ˌbæk'faɪə/
AmE
/'bækfaɪr/

verb - to have the opposite effect to the one you intended, usually with bad results

scoop
scoop - nabrat (lopatkou), vzít, nabrat (jako lopatkou, naběračkou)
BrE
/'sku:p/
AmE
/'sku:p/

verb - to pick up as if with a scoop, to pick up with a scoop

 
live off - být živen, nechat se živit
BrE
/'lɪv 'ɒf/
AmE
/'lɪv 'ɑ:f/

verb - to get the money or food you need to live from someone or something

broil
broil - grilovat, péct shora
BrE
/'brɔɪl/
AmE
/'brɔɪl/

verb, American English - to cook something under direct heat, especially in a stove, to grill (American English)

 
assert - prosazovat se, uplatnit se
BrE
/ə'sɜ:t/
AmE
/ə'sɜ:rt/

verb, formal - to behave in a determined and confident way, to show that you have authority

 
ploy - fígl, trik
BrE
/'plɔɪ/
AmE
/'plɔɪ/

noun - something used to trick people into buying something or to gain advantage over people