carpool
carpool - cestovat společně autem
BrE
/'kɑ:ˌpu:l/
AmE
/'kɑ:rˌpu:l/

verb - to travel in a car with somebody in order to save money

 
deduce - dedukovat
BrE
/dɪ'dju:s/
AmE
/dɪ'du:s/

verb - to get to understand something by considering the facts that you have

 
rape - znásilnit
BrE
/'reɪp/
AmE
/'reɪp/

verb - to force a woman to have a sexual intercourse against her will

 
go without - obejít se (bez čeho)
BrE
/ˌgəʊ wɪ'ðaʊt/
AmE
/ˌgoʊ wɪ'ðaʊt/

verb - to manage without something, to survive even if you don't have something

upgrade
upgrade - vylepšit, zdokonalit, převést na vyšší verzi (programu apod.)
BrE
/ʌp'greɪd/
AmE
/ʌp'greɪd/

verb - to change something to make it better or of a higher standard

 
confront - čelit (čemu), utkat se (s čím), stanout (před čím)
BrE
/kən'frʌnt/
AmE
/kən'frʌnt/

verb - to face something or someone directly, to deal with a problem directly

 
criticize - kritizovat
BrE
/'krɪtɪsaɪz/
AmE
/'krɪtɪsaɪz/

verb - to express disapproval, to tell someone what they have done wrong etc.

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

 
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

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

 
shelter - útulek
BrE
/'ʃeltə/
AmE
/'ʃeltər/

noun - a building that provides a place to stay and offers help to people or animals that have nowhere to live

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

 
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.

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

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

 
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