barren - neplodný, planý

adjective - (of plants) not producing fruits or seeds, (of other things) not producing anything useful

 

barren - pustý, neúrodný

adjective - (of land or soil) not having any plants growing in it, not suitable for plants

 

do - stačit, vystačit

verb - to be enough

 

once upon a time - kdysi dávno, před dávnými lety, bylo nebylo

adverb - a long time ago (usually at the very beginning of fairy tales)

 

stay away - držet se stranou, nemíchat se do něčeho

verb - not to go near someone or something, not to meddle in something, not to be involved in something

 

pledge - nováček (vstupující do spolku)

noun, American English, informal - a person who wants to join a fraternity or a sorority but has yet to be officially accepted (often after passing some tests, trials etc.)

chicken - srab, zbabělec

noun, informal - somebody who is scared of doing something

 

chicken out - dostat strach, zbaběle utéct, zbaběle couvnout, zbaběle vzít nohy na ramena

verb, informal - not to do something you wanted to do because you are scared

 

suggest - naznačit, naznačovat

verb - to say something indirectly, to hit at something

statistics - statistika

noun - information (often in numbers or graphs) about how often you do something etc.

 

hold - počkat na lince

verb - (when phoning) to wait on the line until somebody can speak

 

be no use - být k ničemu, být na nic, být zbytečné

verb - to be pointless

 

sick and tired - mající dost (čeho), mající plné zuby (čeho), mající po krk (čeho)

adjective, informal - having had too much of something, fed up with something

 

would sooner - raději (udělat)

verb - prefer

be up to - tropit, dělat, provádět, mít za lubem

verb, informal - to be doing or planning something, often something bad