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burn to a crisp - shořet na uhel, spálit na uhel

verb - to be completely burnt

 

get down to business - jít přímo k věci

verb - to start to discuss the issue that is to be dealt with directly

 

go to great lengths - udělat vše, maximum, první poslední (k dosažení něčeho)

verb - do everything you can to achieve something

 

beat to the punch - předběhnout, předehnat, předstihnout (někoho)

verb, informal - to do something before someone else manages to do it

 

take a fancy to - oblíbit si (co), najít zalíbení v (čem)

verb, British English - to start liking something

 

go to the cinema - jít do kina

verb, British English - to go see a movie

 

come to terms with - smířit se s (čím)

verb - to accept something unpleasant

 

bring to a boil - přivést k varu

verb - to make something start boiling

 

go to the toilet - jít na záchod

verb - to use the bathroom

 

come to an end - skončit, být u konce, blížit se ke konci

verb - to stop, end or finish

 

take to the hills - uprchnout, vzít do zaječích

verb - to escape quickly, to flee from a place

 

see eye to eye - rozumět si, mít stejný názor

verb, informal - to agree with someone, to have the same opinion as someone else

 

cut to the chase - jít rovnou k věci

verb, informal - to start dealing with the important thing, instead of talking about less important things

 

chill to the bone - vyděsit k smrti

verb - to scare someone very much

 

to - k, na (nějakou úroveň či hodnotu apod.)

preposition - used to show that something happens until a particular amount of something or a period of time