hand over - předat vedení, přenechat moc
BrE
/ˌhænd'əʊvə/
AmE
/ˌhænd'oʊvər/

verb - to give someone your position of power

choux pastry
choux pastry - odpalované těsto
BrE
/'ʃu: ˌpeɪstri/
AmE
/'ʃu: ˌpeɪstri/

noun, technical - a type of pastry which, when baked, forms a hollow case for filling with cream

 
Richard - Richard
BrE
/'rɪtʃəd/
AmE
/'rɪtʃərd/

noun - a man's name

 
dust down - oprášit, oklepat prach
BrE
/ˌdʌst'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌdʌst'daʊn/

verb, British English - to remove the dust from something

 
in the blink of an eye - okamžitě, v mžiku, co by dup
BrE
/ɪnðəˌblɪŋkəvən'aɪ/
AmE
/ɪnðəˌblɪŋkəvən'aɪ/

adverb - very quickly

blink
blink - mrknutí, zamrkání (jako reflex)
BrE
/'blɪŋk/
AmE
/'blɪŋk/

noun - the act of closing and opening your eyes very quickly

 
in ruins - v troskách
BrE
/ɪn'ru:ɪnz/
AmE
/ɪn'ru:ɪnz/

adjective - extremely damaged

 
soppy - sentimentální
BrE
/'sɒpi/
AmE
/'sɑ:pi/

adjective, British English, informal - too sentimental, too emotional

 
sappy - sentimentální
BrE
/'sæpi/
AmE
/'sæpi/

adjective, American English, informal - too sentimental, too emotional

 
ruin - zruinovat, přivést na mizinu
BrE
/'ru:ɪn/
AmE
/'ru:ɪn/

verb - to make someone lose all their money

 
Dutch courage - opilecká kuráž
BrE
/ˌdʌtʃ 'kʌrɪdʒ/
AmE
/ˌdʌtʃ 'kɜ:rɪdʒ/

noun, British English, informal - the false confidence that you get when you are drunk

 
jive - jive (tanec)
BrE
/'dʒaɪv/
AmE
/'dʒaɪv/

noun - a fast dance performed to jazz music

 
bolero - bolero (tanec)
BrE
/bə'leərəʊ/
AmE
/bə'leroʊ/

noun - a type of Spanish dance

 
paso doble - paso doble (tanec)
BrE
/ˌpæsəʊ 'dəʊbleɪ/
AmE
/ˌpæsoʊ 'doʊbleɪ/

noun - a Latin American dance

 
swing - swing (tanec)
BrE
/'swɪŋ/
AmE
/'swɪŋ/

noun - one of the social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music