hold off - vyčkat, posečkat, počkat, sečkat
BrE
/ˌhəʊld'ɒf/
AmE
/ˌhoʊld'ɑ:f/

verb - to wait until later, not to do something right away

 
take - vzít (někomu něco), sebrat (někomu něco), brát (někomu něco)
BrE
/'teɪk/
AmE
/'teɪk/

verb - to borrow something without asking, to steal something from somebody

 
make a mental note - zapamatovat si, uložit si do paměti, zafixovat si
BrE
/meɪk ə ˌmentl 'nəʊt/
AmE
/meɪk ə ˌment̬l 'noʊt/

verb - to make an effort to store something in your memory

 
say - slovo (právo na názor), poslední slovo, rozhodující slovo
BrE
/'seɪ/
AmE
/'seɪ/

noun - the right to express an opinion or to decide something

 
grow - postupně začít
BrE
/'grəʊ/
AmE
/'groʊ/

verb - to begin to have a particular feeling over some time

 
exposed - vystavený (čemu)
BrE
/ɪk'spəʊzd/
AmE
/ɪk'spoʊzd/

adjective - not covered, easy to see, easy to attack or criticize

dismay
dismay - znepokojit, konsternovat, šokovat, zklamat, vystrašit, polekat
BrE
/dɪs'meɪ/
AmE
/dɪs'meɪ/

verb - to alarm somebody, to make somebody afraid, worried or disappointed

 
let down - zklamat (někoho)
BrE
/ˌlet'daʊn/
AmE
/ˌlet'daʊn/

verb - to disappoint someone, not to meet somebody's hopes or expectations

 
accommodate - ubytovat, poskytnout ubytování
BrE
/ə'kɒmədeɪt/
AmE
/ə'kɑ:mədeɪt/

verb - to provide someone with a place to stay or live

 
captivate - upoutat, uchvátit
BrE
/'kæptɪveɪt/
AmE
/'kæptəveɪt/

verb - to make someone feel very interested in something, to attract

 
tell a joke - povědět vtip
BrE
/ˌtel ə'dʒəʊk/
AmE
/ˌtel ə'dʒoʊk/

verb - to tell a short funny story to make people laugh

 
jump the gun - unáhlit se, ukvapit se
BrE
/ˌdʒʌmp ðə'gʌn/
AmE
/ˌdʒʌmp ðə'gʌn/

verb, informal - to react too fast; to start doing something too soon

 
tearful - plačtivý, uplakaný, ubrečený, plačící
BrE
/'tɪəfl/
AmE
/'tɪrfl/

adjective - crying or about to cry; tending to cry a lot

awaken
awaken - probudit se, probudit
BrE
/ə'weɪkən/
AmE
/ə'weɪkən/

verb - to stop sleeping or to make somebody/something stop sleeping

 
resolve - pevně se rozhodnout, odhodlat se
BrE
/rɪ'zɒlv/
AmE
/rɪ'zɑ:lv/

verb - to decide firmly on what you are going to do