no-smoking - zákaz kouření

adjective - smoking prohibited

 

eat your heart out - můžeš se jít zahrabat, můžeš se jít vycpat

phrase, informal - a phrase we use when we want to show someone that we have done something much better then they have done etc.

 

none too - ne moc, nijak zvlášť, ne příliš

adverb - not, not at all

 

know better - moc dobře vědět, být si vědom (že)

verb - to know something because you have had experience with it

devastated - zdrcený, zlomený

adjective - crushed, feeling miserable

take a rain check - přeložit na jindy, odložit na jindy, nechat na jindy

verb, informal - not to do something but offer/promise to do it later

 

the Midlands - střední Anglie

noun - an area in central England

 

riser - podstupnice (u schodu)

noun, technical - a vertical board between two stairs

 

early riser - ranní ptáče

noun - a person who gets up early in the morning

 

or so - kolem, tak, asi, přibližně

phrase, informal - or approximately that much/many

 

assign - přidělit (např. hodnotu, rys)

verb - to say that something has a particular value or feature

 

three-hour-long - tříhodinový

adjective - being three hours long

 

from cover to cover - úplně celé, od začátku až do konce

adverb - from the beginning to the end of a magazine, book, etc.

from scratch - od začátku, od nuly, ze základních surovin, bez přípravy

adverb - from the beginning, without using anything that was prepared before

 

give birth - porodit

verb - to have a baby