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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

 

make eyes at - dělat oči na (koho)

verb - to look at someone in a flirting way

 

with flying colours - úspěšně, zdárně, na výbornou, s vyznamenáním

adverb - successfully, with excellent results

 

between the devil and the deep blue sea - v bryndě, před nelehkou volbou, v nesnázích, v úzkých

adverb - in a difficult situation where there are two equally inconvenient choices