beat
beat - klepat (např. koberec)
BrE
/'bi:t/
AmE
/'bi:t/

verb - to hit sth (a carpet etc) repeatedly in order to clean it from dust

 
elope - utéct s někým (a vzít se)
BrE
/ɪ'ləʊp/
AmE
/ɪ'loʊp/

verb - to run away with someone in order to get married (secretly, without permission etc.)

 
migrate - stěhovat se (o ptácích)
BrE
/maɪ'greɪt/
AmE
/'maɪgreɪt/

verb - (of birds) to move periodically from one region to another (esp. with changing seasons)

 
suffocate - udusit se, dusit se, udusit
BrE
/'sʌfəkeɪt/
AmE
/'sʌfəkeɪt/

verb - to die because you can't breathe, to die because of a lack of oxygen

 
rekindle - znovu zapálit (přen.), znovu vzbudit (např. zájem o něco)
BrE
/ri:'kɪndl/
AmE
/ri:'kɪndl/

verb - to bring back somebody's feelings etc. that they used to have in the past

 
allay - utišit, zmírnit, utlumit (např. bolest)
BrE
/ə'leɪ/
AmE
/ə'leɪ/

verb - to lessen something, to make something less intense (such as fear, pain, doubts etc.)

 
disable - porouchat, vyřadit, zablokovat
BrE
/dɪs'eɪbl/
AmE
/dɪs'eɪbl/

verb - to prevent something from functioning properly, to damage something so it cannot be used

 
kill - zabít, ukrátit si, zkrátit si (čas)
BrE
/'kɪl/
AmE
/'kɪl/

verb - to spend time not doing anything useful in order to make time pass faster

 
loud and clear - čistý a jasný, naprosto jasný
BrE
/laʊd ən 'klɪə/
AmE
/laʊd ən 'klɪr/

adjective - very simple to understand, said in a way that is very simple to understand

 
pile up - hromadit (se), nahromadit (se), kupit (se), vršit (se)
BrE
/ˌpaɪl'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌpaɪl'ʌp/

verb - (of work etc.) to increase in number so it becomes harder to deal with

 
take a hike - jít do háje, vypadnout, vodprejsknout
BrE
/ˌteɪkə'haɪk/
AmE
/ˌteɪkə'haɪk/

verb, American English, informal - a phrase we use to tell somebody to go away and stop bothering us

 
anyway - každopádně, aspoň
BrE
/'eniˌweɪ/
AmE
/'eniˌweɪ/

adverb - a word used to correct, change or add to something that has been said

 
preheat - předehřát, rozehřát, nahřát
BrE
/ˌpri:'hi:t/
AmE
/ˌpri:'hi:t/

verb - to make the oven etc. hot before you put food into it to cook

 
working class - pracující třída (společenská)
BrE
/ˌwɜ:kɪŋ'klɑ:s/
AmE
/ˌwɜ:rkɪŋ'klæs/

noun - the social class that includes the poorer people who have to go to work

 
sell off - rozprodat, prodat
BrE
/ˌsel 'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌsel 'ɑ:f/

verb - to sell something for a low price in order to get rid of it