scoop - nabrat (lopatkou), vzít, nabrat (jako lopatkou, naběračkou)

verb - to pick up as if with a scoop, to pick up with a scoop

 

phoney - falešný člověk, pokrytec

noun, informal - someone who pretends to be someone they are not, usually trying to trick people

 

spatter - šplouchat, stříkat, cákat, kropit, šplouchnout, stříknout, cáknout

verb - (of many drops of liquids) to hit something noisily, to be thrown against something

 

impotent - nemohoucí

adjective - not able to do something, not having the power or strength to do something

 

take temperature - změřit teplotu

verb - to use a thermometer to see how hot or cold something or somebody is

 

live off - být živen, nechat se živit

verb - to get the money or food you need to live from someone or something

 

assert - prosazovat se, uplatnit se

verb, formal - to behave in a determined and confident way, to show that you have authority

broil - grilovat, péct shora

verb, American English - to cook something under direct heat, especially in a stove, to grill (American English)

backfire - vymstít se, mít opačný účinek, obrátit se proti

verb - to have the opposite effect to the one you intended, usually with bad results

counterfeit - padělek, napodobenina

noun, formal - something that is made to look like the original in order to deceive people

 

lubricate - promazat, namazat, lubrikovat

verb - to put oil or grease etc. on something to make it move more easily

leverage - páka (nástroj k manipulaci někoho)

noun - something you have or know that allows you to manipulate someone to do something

 

undermine - oslabit, rozložit, podkopávat, podkopat, podrývat

verb - to make something less effective or to make someone's authority or confidence gradually weaker

 

refrigerate - uložit do lednice, uchovat v lednici

verb - to make food cold, usually to preserve it by putting it in a fridge

 

introvert - introvert (člověk)

noun - a quiet and usually shy person who finds it difficult to talk to people