half past - půl (kolikáté), půl (při určování času)

phrase - 30 minutes after a particular hour

 

turn against - obrátit se proti (někomu), obrátit (někoho) proti (někomu)

verb - to become unfriendly towards someone, to make someone become unfriendly towards someone

 

send out - rozeslat

verb - to send a copy of something to many people or places

 

send down - poslat do vězení

verb - to put somebody in prison

 

put by - dát stranou (peníze)

verb, British English - to save something, usually money, for a particular purpose

 

put towards - přidat na (něco), přispět (na něco)

verb - to add an amount of money to the amount you need to pay for something

 

look around for - poohlédnout se po (něčem), poohlížet se po (něčem)

verb - to try to find something by looking in different places

 

look round - porozhlédnout se, rozhlédnout se kolem

verb, British English - to visit a place and see what there is

 

look around - porozhlédnout se, rozhlédnout se kolem

verb - to visit a place and see what there is

 

look out for - mít se na pozoru před (něčím), být opatrný na

verb - to avoid something bad

 

jump at - skočit po (příležitosti), popadnout (např. šanci), chopit se (např. příležitosti)

verb - to use an opportunity gladly and quickly, to accept an offer gladly and quickly

 

detrimental - škodlivý

adjective, formal - having harmful or damaging effects

 

perfection - dokonalost

noun - the state of being as good as it's possible

 

shortcoming - nedostatek, slabina

noun - a fault or weakness that someone has

trowel - zednická lžíce

noun - a small tool used for spreading material such as cement