ascend - dosáhnout (pozice), dostat se (k moci)
BrE
/ə'send/
AmE
/ə'send/

verb, formal - to be appointed to a higher position

 
woo - dvořit se, namlouvat
BrE
/'wu:/
AmE
/'wu:/

verb, dated - to try to make someone love you

 
inflexibility - nepoddajnost
BrE
/ɪnˌfleksə'bɪləti/
AmE
/ɪnˌfleksə'bɪləti/

noun - the inability to adapt to any situation

 
by the skin of your teeth - s odřenýma ušima, jen tak tak
BrE
/baɪ ðəˌskɪn əvjə'ti:θ/
AmE
/baɪ ðəˌskɪn əvjər'ti:θ/

adverb, informal - to succeed only just, to barely manage

 
interconnect - souviset, být propojený
BrE
/ˌɪntəkə'nekt/
AmE
/ˌɪntərkə'nekt/

verb - to be connected to or with something

 
improbable - nepravděpodobný
BrE
/ɪm'prɒbəbl/
AmE
/ɪm'prɑ:bəbl/

adjective - unlikely to be true or to happen

 
call up - zavolat někomu, brnknout někomu
BrE
/ˌkɔ:l'ʌp/
AmE
/ˌkɔ:l'ʌp/

verb, American English, informal - to make a telephone call to someone

 
play around - zacházet ledabyle, pohrávat si, blbnout
BrE
/ˌpleɪ ə'raʊnd/
AmE
/ˌpleɪ ə'raʊnd/

verb - to act carelessly, to treat something carelessly

 
neighbour - sousedit, být sousedem
BrE
/'neɪbə/
AmE
/'neɪbər/

verb - to be located next to something else

 
bill - účtovat, naúčtovat, fakturovat, vyfakturovat
BrE
/'bɪl/
AmE
/'bɪl/

verb - to send someone a bill to pay

 
reactivate - znovu aktivovat
BrE
/ri'æktɪveɪt/
AmE
/ri'æktɪveɪt/

verb - to cause something to start working again

 
finance - financovat
BrE
/'faɪnæns/
AmE
/'faɪnæns/

verb - to provide money for something to happen

 
compromise - kompromitovat
BrE
/'kɒmprəmaɪz/
AmE
/'kɑ:mprəmaɪz/

verb - to expose something to danger or suspicion

 
take the trouble - pokusit se (o něco), vynaložit úsilí (na co)
BrE
/ˌteɪk ðə'trʌbl/
AmE
/ˌteɪk ðə'trʌbl/

verb - to make the effort (to do something)

 
get worse - zhoršit se, zhoršovat se
BrE
/get'wɜ:s/
AmE
/get'wɜ:rs/

verb - to deteriorate, to opposite of 'get better'