put aside - odložit (úkol, práci ap.)
BrE
/'pʊt ə'saɪd/
AmE
/'pʊt ə'saɪd/

verb - to keep something to be dealt with at a later time

counterfeit
counterfeit - padělat, zfalšovat
BrE
/'kaʊntəfɪt/
AmE
/'kaʊntərfɪt/

verb, formal - to make a copy of something in order to deceive people

 
narrow-minded - úzkoprsý, omezený
BrE
/ˌnærəʊ 'maɪndɪd/
AmE
/ˌnærəʊ 'maɪndɪd/

adjective - unwilling to listen to ideas that are different from your own

 
sensitise - učinit citlivým
BrE
/'sensətaɪz/
AmE
/'sensətaɪz/

verb, British English, technical - to make someone sensitive to something, for example, light, touch, etc.

 
sensitize - učinit citlivým
BrE
/'sensətaɪz/
AmE
/'sensətaɪz/

verb, technical - to make someone sensitive to something, for example, light, touch, etc.

 
silence - umlčet, utišit
BrE
/'saɪləns/
AmE
/'saɪləns/

verb - to make somebody stop talking, to make something stop making sounds

 
border on - hraničit s, blížit se (čemu)
BrE
/'bɔ:də ɒn/
AmE
/'bɔ:rdər ɑ:n/

verb - to be on the boundary of something, to almost be something

 
spawn - klást jikry, klást vajíčka, třít se, vykulit (odb.), vylíhnout
BrE
/'spɔ:n/
AmE
/'spɔ:n/

verb - (especially of fish, frogs etc.) to lay eggs, to produce offspring

dress up
dress up - převléknout se, přestrojit se (za něco či někoho)
BrE
/ˌdres'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌdres'ʌp/

verb - to put on clothes to look like someobody or something else

 
denounce - udat, nahlásit úřadům
BrE
/dɪ'naʊns/
AmE
/dɪ'naʊns/

verb - to report someone who has done something illegal to the authorities

 
spruce up - dát (se) do pucu, hodit (se) do gala, poladit, porovnat
BrE
/ˌspru:s'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌspru:s'ʌp/

verb, informal - to make someone or something cleaner; to improve the appearance generally

 
or something - nebo tak, nebo tak něco, nebo něco takového
BrE
/ɔ: 'sʌmθɪŋ/
AmE
/ɔ:r 'sʌmθɪŋ/

phrase, informal - used to indicate that you are referring to something really similar

 
on the house - na účet podniku
BrE
/ɒn ðə 'haʊs/
AmE
/ɑ:n ðə 'haʊs/

phrase - to have something given to you for free by a business

take a rain check
take a rain check - přeložit na jindy, odložit na jindy, nechat na jindy
BrE
/ˌteɪk ə 'reɪnˌtʃek/
AmE
/ˌteɪk ə 'reɪnˌtʃek/

verb, informal - not to do something but offer/promise to do it later

 
acquaint - seznámit (se), obeznámit (se), informovat
BrE
/ə'kweɪnt/
AmE
/ə'kweɪnt/

verb - to make someone familiar with something, to become familiar with something