a snowball's chance in hell - žádná šance, bez šance
BrE
/ə 'snəʊbɔ:lz ˌtʃɑ:ns ɪn'hel/
AmE
/ə 'snoʊbɔ:lz ˌtʃæns ɪn'hel/

noun, informal - no chance at all

 
slush - sentimentální kýč, slaďák, doják
BrE
/'slʌʃ/
AmE
/'slʌʃ/

noun - a movie or a book that's too sentimental

 
slushy - rozbředlý, plný rozbředlého sněhu
BrE
/'slʌʃi/
AmE
/'slʌʃi/

adjective - full of melting, dirty snow

 
on the skids - skřípající, v problémech
BrE
/ˌɒn ðə'skɪdz/
AmE
/ˌɑ:n ðə'skɪdz/

adjective, informal - failing

 
hit the skids - začít skřípat, mít problémy
BrE
/ˌhɪt ðə'skɪdz/
AmE
/ˌhɪt ðə'skɪdz/

verb, informal - to begin to fail

skid
skid - smyk
BrE
/'skɪd/
AmE
/'skɪd/

noun - (of a vehicle) an uncontrolled slide, especially on a wet or icy road

 
festively - svátečně, slavnostně
BrE
/'festɪvli/
AmE
/'festɪvli/

adverb - in a festive way

scale
scale - odstranit šupiny
BrE
/'skeɪl/
AmE
/'skeɪl/

verb - to remove the scales (from a fish etc.), to lose scales

 
scaly - šupinatý
BrE
/'skeɪli/
AmE
/'skeɪli/

adjective - covered with scales

 
come down - sejít dolů, slézt, sestoupit, klesnout
BrE
/ˌkʌm'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌkʌm'daʊn/

verb - to get down, to fall, to climb down

 
here you go - tu máš (na), tady máš, tady to je
BrE
/ˌhɪə jə'gəʊ/
AmE
/ˌhɪr jə'goʊ/

phrase, informal - a phrase we use when we're handing something to somebody

 
here we go - a je to tu, a je to tady
BrE
/ˌhɪə wi'gəʊ/
AmE
/ˌhɪr wi'goʊ/

phrase - a phrase we use when something is about to happen

 
nor - ani (v přitakáních), (také) ne
BrE
/'nɔ:/
AmE
/'nɔ:r/

adverb, British English - not either (in short expressions of agreement)

poor thing
poor thing - chudáček, chudinka
BrE
/ˌpɔ:'θɪŋ/
AmE
/ˌpʊr'θɪŋ/

noun - someone who we feel sorry for

 
tap - napíchnout, odposlouchávat (telefon)
BrE
/'tæp/
AmE
/'tæp/

verb - to listen to someone's telephone conversation by putting a special device into the phone