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I could eat a horse - hladový jak vlk, (tak hladový že) bych snědl(a) koně

phrase, informal - a phrase meaning 'I'm really hungry'

 

fat chance - ani náhodou, (to) sotva, (to) těžko

phrase, informal - used to say that you do not believe that something will happen

 

give free rein - dát volnou ruku, dát volné pole působnosti, neomezovat v jednání

verb - let somebody do what they want, to give somebody the freedom to act as they want

 

spend money like water - hýřit penězi, utrácet

verb - spend too much money

 

on the run - na útěku

adverb - trying not to be caught or captured

 

have a bigger fish to fry - mít úplně jiné starosti, mít důležitější věci na práci, mít něco důležitějšího

verb, informal - to have more important problems to deal with

 

keep up - nenechat (někoho) jít spát

verb - to prevent someone from going to bed

 

's - forma plurálu

phrase - a plural ending sometimes used with numbers, letters, abbreviations etc.

 

Columbus - Kolumbus

noun - the last name of the person who supposedly discovered America

 

ex-husband - bývalý manžel

noun - a person who is not somebody's husband anymore

 

raise - vybrat, vybírat, shromažďovat, sbírat (peníze)

verb - to collect money for a charity or an institution

 

Every cloud has a silver lining - všechno zlé je k něčemu dobré

phrase - said to emphasize that every sad or difficult situation has a positive side

 

one another - vzájemně, navzájem

pronoun - a pronoun referring to a mutual, reciprocal relationship between members of a group (or pair), X to Y and at the same time Y to X

 

lecture - přednášet, učit, prezentovat

verb - to give a talk to a group of people, usually at a college or a university

 

steer clear of - vyvarovat se, vyhýbat se (čemu)

verb - to avoid something