tread water - šlapat vodu, stagnovat

verb - to stay in the same spot, not to make any progress

 

fire away - do toho, prosím, jen mluv

verb, informal - used to tell someone to show them that they may speak

 

talk some sense into - promluvit (komu) do duše, domluvit (komu)

verb - to persuade someone to think about something in a reasonable way

 

have no clue - nemít ponětí, nemít páru (o čem)

verb, informal - to have no idea; to do not know something at all

 

take advantage of - využít (čeho), využít něčeho (ve vlastní prospěch)

verb - to use the opportunity, to use something for your own good

 

tuck up - zachumlat

verb - to go to bed and make yourself comfortable under the sheets

travel - cestovat

verb - to go from one place to another, usually for longer distances

 

scramble - drápat se (někam), drát se (někam)

verb - to move or climb quickly, using your hands to help you

 

beat up - zmlátit (koho)

verb - to hurt someone by hitting them, to give someone a beating

 

recover - zotavit se, uzdravit se

verb - to get over an illness, to get well after an injury

 

meanness - podlost, lakota

noun - unkindness or unfairness, unwillingness to give (esp. money) or to share

disobedient - neposlušný

adjective - refusing to do what someone (in authority) tells you to do

christen - pokřtít

verb - to make somebody a member of Christian community, to baptize somebody

 

call the police - zavolat policii

verb - to use a telephone to make sure that police officers come

flatter - lichotit, pochlebovat

verb - to give compliments or praise in order to get someone's attention