sycophant - patolízal, podlézavec, pochlebovač, přisluhovač

noun, formal - a person who says nice things to powerful people just to get their help or to stay in their favour

 

prompt - nápověda

noun - words that are spoken to an actor, to remind them what to say next during the performance of a play

 

fiddle around with - hrát si s (něčím) pohrávat si s (něčím), vrtat se v (něčem)

verb, informal - to keep moving or playing with something in order to make it look better, in order to fix it etc.

 

fiddle about with - hrát si s (něčím) pohrávat si s (něčím), vrtat se v (něčem)

verb, British English, informal - to keep moving or playing with something in order to make it look better, in order to fix it etc.

 

shelter - útulek

noun - a building that provides a place to stay and offers help to people or animals that have nowhere to live

 

explosiveness - výbušnost (povahou), vznětlivost (povahou)

noun - the quality of being likely to get angry easily, likely to make people angry, likely to create hatred and violence

play up - zlobit, vypovídat poslušnost

verb, British English - (esp. of children) to misbehave; (esp. of machines) to not work properly; (of body parts) to hurt or cause pain

 

get off - opustit, odejít, dostat se z

verb - to leave a place because you do not want to be there or you have no right to be there

 

jam - nacpat (něco někam), narvat (něco někam), zablokovat, ucpat se, ucpat, zablokovat se

verb - to put/be in a very small place with many others, to make something not passable, to become not passable

order - objednat si, objednat

verb - to ask a waiter for a certain food or drink, to ask a supplier to send you certain goods etc.

 

crucify - ukřižovat

verb - to kill somebody by nailing them to a wooden cross (which was used in the Roman times to punish criminals)

squint - mžourat, mhouřit, přimhouřit (oči)

verb - to close your eyes slightly in order to protect them from bright light or in order to see something better

feel - sáhnout, sahat, osahat, hmatat, ohmatat, nahmatat

verb - to touch with your hand in order to know what it's like, to find your way in the dark etc.

 

you know - víš, chápeš, víš co

phrase, informal - used when you want to explain what you mean to someone by referring to something that the person knows about

bribe - podplatit

verb - to offer money etc. to someone because you want them to do you a favour, especially in a dishonest way