fulfil - splnit , vykonat, vyplnit, splňovat
BrE
/fʊl'fɪl/
AmE
/fʊl'fɪl/

verb, British English - to meet someone's needs or desires, or to provide what is needed

 
weight - zatížit (aby neuletělo)
BrE
/'weɪt/
AmE
/'weɪt/

verb - to put something heavy on an object to keep it in place

queue up
queue up - stát ve frontě, řadit se do fronty, stát v řadě
BrE
/'kju: ʌp/
AmE
/'kju: ʌp/

verb, British English - to stand in a line, waiting for something (e.g. to buy tickets)

 
break the habit - odvyknout si, odnaučit se (zlozvyku)
BrE
/ˌbreɪk ðə 'hæbɪt/
AmE
/ˌbreɪk ðə 'hæbɪt/

verb - to end a habit; to stop doing something that you do regularly

 
you see - víš, víte
BrE
/ju 'si:/
AmE
/ju 'si:/

phrase, informal - a phrase we you when we want to explain something to someone

check into
check into - zapsat se (v hotelu), zaregistrovat se
BrE
/ˌtʃek'ɪntu:/
AmE
/ˌtʃek'ɪntu:/

verb - to come to a hotel, sign your name and get a room

 
transplant - přesadit (rostlinu)
BrE
/træns'plɑ:nt/
AmE
/træns'plænt/

verb - to move a plant from one place in the soil to another

 
have it both ways - mít obojí (najednou)
BrE
/hæv ɪt 'bəʊθ weɪz/
AmE
/hæv ɪt 'boʊθ weɪz/

phrase - to gain two opposite results, to make two mutually exclusive decisions etc.

sycophant
sycophant - patolízal, podlézavec, pochlebovač, přisluhovač
BrE
/'sɪkəfənt/
AmE
/'sɪkəfənt/

noun, formal - a person who says nice things to powerful people just to get their help or to stay in their favour

 
disown - zříci se, zapřít, odmítnout uznat, distancovat se od, nepřihlásit se k
BrE
/dɪs'əʊn/
AmE
/dɪs'oʊn/

verb - to refuse to acknowledge someone as your own relative or to deny any connection or responsibility for someone or something

proof
proof - učinit odolným, zajistit odolnost, zabezpečit, ochránit
BrE
/'pru:f/
AmE
/'pru:f/

verb, formal - to treat or prepare something to make it resistant to a specific substance or condition, like water, fire, or damage

 
prompt - nápověda
BrE
/'prɒmpt/
AmE
/'prɑ:mpt/

noun - words that are spoken to an actor, to remind them what to say next during the performance of a play

play up
play up - zlobit, vypovídat poslušnost
BrE
/ˌpleɪ'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌpleɪ'ʌp/

verb, British English - (esp. of children) to misbehave; (esp. of machines) to not work properly; (of body parts) to hurt or cause pain

 
explosiveness - výbušnost (povahou), vznětlivost (povahou)
BrE
/ɪks'pləʊsɪvnəs/
AmE
/ɪks'ploʊsɪvnəs/

noun - the quality of being likely to get angry easily, likely to make people angry, likely to create hatred and violence

 
fiddle around with - hrát si s (něčím) pohrávat si s (něčím), vrtat se v (něčem)
BrE
/ˌfɪdl ə'raʊndt wɪð/
AmE
/ˌfɪdl ə'raʊnd wɪð/

verb, informal - to keep moving or playing with something in order to make it look better, in order to fix it etc.