answer back - odmlouvat

verb - to speak rudely to someone in authority, especially when you are supposed to listen and obey

implore - zapřísahat, žadonit, naléhavě prosit, úpěnlivě žádat

verb, formal - to beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something; to plead with great emotion or urgency

 

wring sb's neck - zakroutit někomu krkem (přeneseně)

verb - to express a desire to punish someone, often used figuratively to indicate extreme frustration or anger

 

polish up - vypilovat, vytříbit, vybrousit (např. styl, text)

verb - to make slight changes to something, e.g. a piece of writing, in order to improve it

 

polish - vypilovat, vytříbit, vybrousit (např. styl, text)

verb - to make slight changes to something, e.g. a piece of writing, in order to improve it

root for - držet palce, fandit, podporovat, přát štěstí

verb - to hope that somebody will succeed, to keep your fingers crossed for somebody, to support someone

slow dance - tančit ploužák

verb - to dance in a slow way, standing close to each other, just swaying to the music

chat up - balit, nabalovat (někoho)

verb, British English, informal - to talk to someone in a way that shows that you are sexually attracted to them

 

petition - zažádat (oficiálně)

verb - to make an official request to a law court for some legal action to be taken

 

explosive - výbušný (povahou), vznětlivý (povahou)

adjective - likely to get angry easily, likely to make people angry, likely to create hatred and violence

snowed up - zasněžený, zapadaný sněhem, odříznutý od světa (sněhem)

adjective, British English - to be blocked with snow, to have it impossible to leave a place because of snow

 

drop back - zůstávat pozadu, propadnout se dozadu, dostat se do skluzu

verb - to not be able to catch up with other, to move into a position behind others

 

drop behind - zůstávat pozadu, propadnout se dozadu, dostat se do skluzu

verb - to not be able to catch up with other, to move into a position behind others

 

psych up - psychicky se připravit, vyhecovat, nabudit

verb - to mentally prepare someone (or yourself) to do something they (or you) don't want to do

film - filmovat, natáčet, nafilmovat, natočit

verb - to make a movie, to make a cinema picture, to capture something on a video camera