by the skin of your teeth - s odřenýma ušima, jen tak tak
BrE
/baɪ ðəˌskɪn əvjə'ti:θ/
AmE
/baɪ ðəˌskɪn əvjər'ti:θ/

adverb, informal - to succeed only just, to barely manage

 
tie down - svázat, uvázat, omezit, omezovat
BrE
/ˌtaɪ'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌtaɪ'daʊn/

verb - to restrict somebody, to limit their freedom

 
spotlight - obrátit pozornost, upozornit (na něco, na někoho)
BrE
/'spɒtlaɪt/
AmE
/'spɑ:tlaɪt/

verb - to direct attention to something or someone

 
string together - složit, sestavit, napojit na sebe
BrE
/ˌstrɪŋ tʊ'geðə/
AmE
/ˌstrɪŋ tʊ'geðər/

verb - to put together, to connect things together

 
crush - potlačit, zlikvidovat, rozdrtit (např. protivníka)
BrE
/'krʌʃ/
AmE
/'krʌʃ/

verb - to use severe methods to defeat someone

 
water - napojit, dát pít vodu (např. koně)
BrE
/'wɔ:tə/
AmE
/'wɑ:t̬ər/

verb - to give an animal water to drink

 
neighbour - sousedit, být sousedem
BrE
/'neɪbə/
AmE
/'neɪbər/

verb - to be located next to something else

 
furnish - vybavit, poskytnout, zajistit
BrE
/'fɜ:nɪʃ/
AmE
/'fɜ:rnɪʃ/

verb, formal - to supply or provide something (to somebody)

 
talk out of - rozmluvit, vymluvit
BrE
/ˌtɔ:k'aʊtəv/
AmE
/ˌtɑ:k'aʊtəv/

verb - to persuade someone not to do something

 
skedaddle - frčet, mazat
BrE
/skɪ'dædl/
AmE
/skɪ'dædl/

verb, informal - to go somewhere quickly, to leave quickly

 
adaptable - přizpůsobivý
BrE
/ə'dæptəbl/
AmE
/ə'dæptəbl/

adjective - able to change in order to succeed

 
reactivate - znovu aktivovat
BrE
/ri'æktɪveɪt/
AmE
/ri'æktɪveɪt/

verb - to cause something to start working again

 
inflexibility - nepoddajnost
BrE
/ɪnˌfleksə'bɪləti/
AmE
/ɪnˌfleksə'bɪləti/

noun - the inability to adapt to any situation

 
woo - dvořit se, namlouvat
BrE
/'wu:/
AmE
/'wu:/

verb, dated - to try to make someone love you

 
hog the spotlight - strhávat pozornost na sebe
BrE
/ˌhɒg ðə'spɒtlaɪt/
AmE
/ˌhɑ:g ðə'spɑ:tlaɪt/

verb, American English - to draw all the attention to oneself