so to speak - tak říkajíc, tak zvaně, abych tak řekl(a)

phrase - a phrase you use if you want to say that what you said was meant figuratively, not literally

 

slippery - prohnaný, nečestný, mazaný

adjective - dishonest or sly

 

similarly - obdobně, podobně

adverb - not differently but not in exactly the same way

granite - žula

noun - a type of hard stone used in building

obelisk - obelisk, kamenný sloup

noun - a tall stone column that was built in honour of a famous person or an important event

 

green with envy - zelený závistí

adjective - feeling very strongly that you want something that belongs to somebody else

 

under way - probíhající, v pohybu

phrase - happening now

 

standard - zásada, norma

noun - a moral rule that is considered acceptable

 

hazardous - nebezpečný, riskantní, rizikový

adjective - dangerous, especially to someone's health or safety

 

North America - Severní Amerika

noun - a continent in the Western Hemisphere that is to the north of South America

reservoir - vodní nádrž, vodní přehrada, zásobárna vody

noun - a lake where water is stored before it is supplied to people

 

potable - pitný

adjective - safe to drink

 

brainwash - vymýt mozek, oblbnout

verb - to make someone accept your ideas or beliefs by continually telling them that it is true and preventing them from thinking clearly

 

go figure - kdo by to byl řekl, koho by to napadlo, proč asi (ironicky)

phrase, American English, informal - said to mean that you do not want to explain something because you think it is obvious

 

go up in smoke - lehnout popelem, selhat, jít do kytek

verb - to be destroyed by fire