drawbridge
drawbridge - zvedací most, padací most
BrE
/'drɔ:brɪdʒ/
AmE
/'drɔ:brɪdʒ/

noun - a movable bridge that can be lifted or dropped to prevent access to a castle, or to allow ships to pass

 
innovate - inovovat
BrE
/'ɪnəveɪt/
AmE
/'ɪnəveɪt/

verb - to create something new, to bring new ideas etc. to something, to make something better by bringing in new ideas etc.

 
harness - nasadit popruhy, nasadit postroj, zapřáhnout
BrE
/'hɑ:nəs/
AmE
/'hɑ:rnəs/

verb - to put a harness on an animal, to attach something to something with a harness

 
butter up - podlézat, přehnaně lichotit, mazat med kolem huby
BrE
/'ˌbʌtəˌʌp/
AmE
/'ˌbʌtərˌʌp/

verb, informal - to say nice things to someone because you want them to do something for you

 
payoff - odstupné
BrE
/'peɪ ɒf/
AmE
/'peɪ ɔ:f/

noun - a payment made to someone by their employer to persuade them to leave their job

 
rely on - věřit, spoléhat se
BrE
/rɪ'laɪ ɒn/
AmE
/rɪ'laɪ ɑ:n/

verb - to trust someone or something or to expect someone to behave in a particular way

 
put towards - přidat na (něco), přispět (na něco)
BrE
/ˌpʊt tʊ'wɔ:dz/
AmE
/ˌpʊt'tɔ:rdz/

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

 
retaliate - provést protiúder, oplatit
BrE
/rɪ'tælieɪt/
AmE
/rɪ'tælieɪt/

verb - to do something harmful to someone just because they have done something harmful to you

snowed in
snowed in - zasněžený, zapadaný sněhem, odříznutý od světa (sněhem)
BrE
/ˌsnəʊd'ɪn/
AmE
/ˌsnoʊd'ɪn/

verb, American English - to be blocked with snow, to be unable to leave a place because of snow

 
drive - hnát, pohánět, nutit, tlačit, zatlačit
BrE
/'draɪv/
AmE
/'draɪv/

verb - to make somebody or something move, to push someone somewhere, to make somebody do something

 
edit - editovat, upravit, sestříhat (např. film)
BrE
/'edɪt/
AmE
/'edɪt/

verb - to make changes to texts, films, data etc. to prepare them for publication or release

 
pull strings - zatahat za nitky, kontaktovat vlivné lidi
BrE
/ˌpʊl 'strɪŋz/
AmE
/ˌpʊl 'strɪŋz/

verb - to use the influence that you have to get something done or to achieve something

 
order - uspořádat, setřídit
BrE
/'ɔ:də/
AmE
/'ɔ:rdər/

verb - to put something together according to some rules, to make something neat, clean or tidy

tame
tame - zkrotit, krotit, ochočit, podrobit si
BrE
/'teɪm/
AmE
/'teɪm/

verb - to make an animal not dangerous or wild anymore; to make sth easy to control

 
achieve - dosáhnout (čeho)
BrE
/ə'tʃi:v/
AmE
/ə'tʃi:v/

verb - to gain a success, to be successful in completing something, usually thanks to hard work