go down like a lead balloon - ztroskotat jako balón z olova
BrE
/ˌgəʊ 'daʊn laɪk ə ˌled bə'lu:n/
AmE
/ˌgoʊ 'daʊn laɪk ə ˌled bə'lu:n/

verb, British English, informal - not to be accepted well; not to succeed; not to end up well

 
present - přednést, prezentovat
BrE
/prɪ'zent/
AmE
/prɪ'zent/

verb - to show your ideas, plans, etc. to other people for them to consider

wish
wish - přát si
BrE
/'wɪʃ/
AmE
/'wɪʃ/

verb - to want something that can happen by luck, to want to do something

break
break - rozbít, rozbít se
BrE
/'breɪk/
AmE
/'breɪk/

verb - to destroy or damage something; to make something not work; to stop working

move
move - hýbat, hýbat se, hnout, hnout se, pohnout, pohnout se, pohybovat se
BrE
/'mu:v/
AmE
/'mu:v/

verb - to change the position of something, to go from one place to another

look into
look into - prověřit, prozkoumat, vyšetřit, prošetřit
BrE
/ˌlʊk'ɪntʊ/
AmE
/ˌlʊk'ɪntʊ/

verb - to examine or study something closely; to try to find out about something

put off
put off - odložit, přesunout (něco na jindy)
BrE
/ˌpʊt'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌpʊt̬'ɑ:f/

verb - to postpone; to arrange for something to hapen later than was originally planned

 
starve - hladovět
BrE
/'stɑ:v/
AmE
/'stɑ:rv/

verb - to be very hungry, to have nothing to eat for a long time

 
proceed - postupovat, pokračovat, pokračovat v cestě
BrE
/prə'si:d/
AmE
/prə'si:d/

verb - to move ahead, to travel onward; to continue with what you've been doing

repair
repair - opravit, spravit, opravovat
BrE
/rɪ'peə/
AmE
/rɪ'per/

verb - to make something that has been broken work again; to mend, to fix

refuse
refuse - odmítnout
BrE
/rɪ'fju:z/
AmE
/rɪ'fju:z/

verb - not to accept something, not to do what somebody wants you to do

 
fluctuate - kolísat
BrE
/'flʌktʃueɪt/
AmE
/'flʌktʃueɪt/

verb - to rise and fall repeatedly, to change from one to the other frequently

urge
urge - naléhat, nutit, vybízet, popohnat (k něčemu)
BrE
/'ɜ:dʒ/
AmE
/'ɜ:rdʒ/

verb - to persuade or force someone to do something, to continue doing something etc.

 
resist - odolat, odolávat
BrE
/rɪ'zɪst/
AmE
/rɪ'zɪst/

verb - to be able to stop yourself from doing something you want to do

battle
battle - bojovat, zápasit
BrE
/'bætl/
AmE
/'bæt̬l/

verb - to fight with someone or something, to try to overcome someone or something