tide over - pomoci překonat, pomoci překlenout období

verb - to help someone get through a difficult period of time by providing them with what they need

 

press on - nepřestávat, vytrvale pokračovat, nevzdávat to

verb - to continue doing something in spite of difficulties etc.

delicates - jemné prádlo

noun - clothes that should be washed carefully

 

hard luck - smůla (ne štěstí)

interjection, British English, informal - bad luck, especially used when we're expressing sympathy with someone who is disappointed

 

force majeure - vyšší moc

noun, formal - (law) circumstances that someone cannot affect (natural disasters, wars etc.) that prevent them from keeping a contract etc.

 

gloat - mít škodolibou radost, usmívat se (vítězoslavně či škodolibě)

verb - to show that you are happy about your success or about someone else's failure

fly - letět (letadlem), létat (letadlem)

verb - to travel by plane

spoon - tulit se k sobě, přitulit se

verb, informal - to lie together with someone with both bodies facing the same direction and knees bent slightly, fitting together like two spoons

tap dancing - step (tanec)

noun - a kind of dancing where you wear special shoes that make sounds as you move around the floor

 

travesty - fraška, parodie, výsměch

noun - something that is really bad, and usually much worse than expected

haberdashery - galanterie

noun, British English - a shop where they sell things for making clothes or accessories, or the goods sold in such shops

 

gallantry - galantnost

noun - polite attention usually given by men to women

 

operate - ovládat, manipulovat (s čím), používat, obsluhovat

verb - to make something work or be in action

 

incorrectly - špatně, nesprávně

adverb - in a way that is not correct or accurate

 

triathlete - triatlonista

noun - someone who competes in a triathlon