rack - týrat, trápit

verb - to make someone suffer, to cause someone pain

 

brainless - hloupý, tupý, stupidní

adjective - stupid, not intelligent

 

rack your brains - lámat si hlavu, namáhat si hlavu

verb - to think very hard about something

 

contrary to popular belief - navzdory široce rozšířenému názoru, navzdory tomu, co si lidé běžně myslí

adverb - opposite to what people generally think

 

beyond belief - k nevíře, neuvěřitelný

adjective - difficult or impossible to believe

pressie - dáreček, prezent

noun, British English, informal - a present (British English, informal)

 

spell out - vyhláskovat

verb - to say or write the letters of a word one by one

 

spell out - objasnit, vysvětlit

verb - to explain something in a simple and very clear way

 

exert - přemáhat se, snažit se

verb - to make a great mental or physical effort

 

exert - vyvinout, využít (moc, tlak, ap.)

verb - to use power, influence or pressure in a determined way to affect someone or something

 

name day - svátek, jmeniny

noun - a celebration of someone's name, held every year on a special day that is associated with the name

 

subject - vystavit, podrobit (něčemu nepřijemnému)

verb - to make someone experience something unpleasant

 

fight back - potlačovat (emoce)

verb - to try hard not to show your feelings or emotions

 

fight back - bránit se (útokem)

verb - to defend yourself when someone attacks or harms you, you resist strongly or attack them

 

credit - úvěr

noun - money borrowed from a bank