miss the mark - šlápnout vedle, minout se, nepodařit se, nepovést se

verb - not to succeed, to fail to achieve something

 

audiobook - audiokniha

noun - a recording of someone reading a book so you can listen to it

 

heroically - hrdinsky

adverb - very bravely

drip-feed - vyživovat infuzí, vyživovat nitrožilně

verb - to pass liquid slowly into a patient's vein

drip-feed - infúze, kapačka

noun - a piece of equipment that is used in hospitals to pass liquid slowly into a patient's vein

 

damning - usvědčující

adjective - proving somebody's guilt

 

damn - zatratit, odsoudit

verb, informal - to condemn something, to strongly criticize something, to send someone to hell as a punishment

 

teeny-weeny - malilinkatý, malinkatý, prťavý, mrňavoučký

adjective, informal - very tiny, extremely small

 

pop the question - požádat o ruku

verb, informal - to ask somebody to marry you

 

frigid - ledový, mrazivý, chladný

adjective - very cold or very unfriendly

 

cancel out - vyrovnat (se), vykrátit (se), vyrušit (se)

verb - not to have any effect because two things have the opposite effect

 

conservatoire - konzervatoř, hudební konzervatoř

noun, British English - a school where people learn music or acting

 

conservatory - konzervatoř, hudební konzervatoř

noun, American English - a school where people learn music or acting

 

conservatory - zimní zahrada, prosklená přístavba

noun, British English - a room with glass walls and glass roof that is attached to a house and is usually used to grow sensitive plants in

 

tearjerker - doják (film, kniha, příběh)

noun, informal - a sad story in a film, a book or a play that is intended to make people cry