preheat - předehřát, rozehřát, nahřát

verb - to make the oven etc. hot before you put food into it to cook

 

portion - rozdělit na části, naporcovat

verb - to divide something into parts (especially of food before it is served to people)

bellows - měch, dmychadlo

noun - a device used to blow air into fire in order to make it hotter

 

in a mood - ve špatné náladě, nabroušený

adverb, informal - to be feeling angry or mad and therefore not being friendly to other people

 

working class - pracující třída (společenská)

noun - the social class that includes the poorer people who have to go to work

 

let someone stew - nechat někoho podusit (ve vlastní šťávě), nechat někoho vyžrat si něco

verb - to allow someone to experience the consequences of their actions or mistakes, often by leaving them to worry or suffer without offering help

 

dare - výzva, vyhecování

noun - a situation in which somebody has been challenged to do something or asked to prove that they are brave enough to do something

 

check off - odškrtnout si (na seznamu)

verb - to place a mark next to an item on a list to indicate that it has been done, bought, finished, dealt with etc.

 

trap - uvěznit (přeneseně), zablokovat, znemožnit únik

verb - to keep something or somebody in a dangerous situation from which they want to escape but cannot, or to prevent them from escaping

telephone - telefon

noun - a system that enables people to talk to each other across large distances, you need a number to call somebody using this system

modem - modem

noun - a device that connects the computer to telephone lines in order to send and receive e-mails and connect to the internet etc.

 

jump ship - opustit loď (přeneseně), (předčasně) odejít

verb - to leave a company or an organization because you think it is about to fail or you want to join a rival organization

Syria - Sýrie

noun - a country in Western Asia, located on the eastern Mediterranean coast, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Lebanon and Israel to the southwest

lordship - výsost, milost, veličenstvo (ironicky, posměšně)

noun, British English, informal - used to refer to a man, often ironically, who behaves as if he were very important or expects to be treated with special respect

mortgage - zatížit hypotékou, zastavit (např. dům)

verb - to give a legal right to someone, often a bank, to own your property if you don't repay the money you borrowed from them