foil - zmařit, překazit
BrE
/'fɔɪl/
AmE
/'fɔɪl/

verb - to prevent someone from doing something, to prevent something from happening

 
unworldly - nadpozemský, jako z jiného světa
BrE
/ʌn'wɜ:ldli/
AmE
/ʌn'wɜ:rldli/

adjective - with qualities that do not seem to belong to this world

 
misconstrue - špatně pochopit, mylně si vyložit, dezinterpretovat
BrE
/ˌmɪskən'stru:/
AmE
/ˌmɪskən'stru:/

verb, formal - to understand something wrongly; to interpret something in the wrong way

 
amalgamate - sloučit, spojit, sjednotit, spojovat, zintegrovat
BrE
/ə'mælgəmeɪt/
AmE
/ə'mælgəmeɪt/

verb, formal - to combine or unite to form one structure, organization, or substance

 
embattle - připravit k boji, sešikovat, vyzbrojit
BrE
/ɪm'bætl/
AmE
/ɪm'bætl/

verb - to prepare for battle, to be involved in war or battle

 
reversible - vratný, reverzibilní, odvolatelný
BrE
/rɪ'vɜ:sɪbl/
AmE
/rɪ'vɜ:rsɪbl/

adjective - able to be changed back to an earlier state or condition

 
discredit - zdiskreditovat, znevěrohodnit, zpochybnit, shodit
BrE
/dɪs'kredɪt/
AmE
/dɪs'kredɪt/

verb - to cause people to stop respecting or believing someone or something

 
bounce back - dát se dohromady, otřepat se, vzpamatovat se, vzchopit se
BrE
/ˌbaʊns'bæk/
AmE
/ˌbaʊns'bæk/

verb - to feel better or to become successful again after having difficulties

 
renew - prodloužit (platnost)
BrE
/rɪ'nju:/
AmE
/rɪ'nu:/

verb - to extend the validity of something, to extend a subscription etc.

 
take no notice of - nevšímat si (koho/čeho), ignorovat (koho/co)
BrE
/ˌteɪk nəʊ'nəʊtɪsɒv/
AmE
/ˌteɪk noʊ'noʊt̬ɪsɑ:v/

verb - to ignore somebody or something, to not mind somebody or something

 
handle - obchodovat, prodávat, překupovat, kšeftovat
BrE
/'hændl/
AmE
/'hændl/

verb - to do business; to buy or sell something, often something illegal

 
knit - stmelit, spojit, dát dohromady, spojit se
BrE
/'nɪt/
AmE
/'nɪt/

verb - to join people or things closely together, or to be joined

 
pronounce - prohlásit
BrE
/prə'naʊns/
AmE
/prə'naʊns/

verb - to announce that something is official, to give an opinion officially

 
throttle - škrtit, dusit
BrE
/'θrɒtl/
AmE
/'θrɑ:tl/

verb - to press someone's throat in order to stop them from breathing

 
obligate - uložit někomu povinnost, zavázat někoho k něčemu
BrE
/'ɒblɪgeɪt/
AmE
/'ɑ:blɪgeɪt/

verb - to make someone feel legally or morally forced to do something