calm before the stormklid před bouří The family are arriving this afternoon so I'm just sitting down with a cup of coffee, enjoying the calm before the storm. CIDI Charity should have recognised it as the calm before the storm, but she didn't. BNC His body stilled like the calm before the storm. BNC |
castles in the airvzdušné zámky She tells me she's planned out her whole career, but as far as I can see it's all just castles in the air. CIDI Of course Francis had thought about it as something that was inevitable, and he had plans, but they had never seemed very real and he had looked on them as castles in the air. BNC I remember the days when, as a small child, I was taken around boatyards, harbours and rivers to admire boat after boat, while he built castles in the air about owning one. BNC |
catch some raychytat bronz (opalovat se) I thought I'd take my lunch outside and catch a few rays. (The Free Dictionary) You might also want to catch some rays by the pool or enjoy a great meal in the restaurant. (Google)Why not catch some rays at Guantanamo Bay? (Google) |
catch someone coldzaskočit, překvapit If you catch him cold, he goes out early; if not, he will find that he's exhausted by the middle rounds. WebCorp You caught me cold with this news - I didn't know anything about it. CIDI Unlucky she's caught you cold twice don't let her wind you up that's a pro ring trick get you angry and you make mistakes. WebCorp |
chattering teethdrkotající zuby The Sergeant continued to complain through chattering teeth. BCN She couldn't even control her trembling limbs and chattering teeth. BNC I must be brave for Perdita's sake, said Daisy through chattering teeth as she pressed the door bell. BNC |
chill outvychladnout, uklidnit se What he should do is chill out, get a job and pay off his debts, but he doesn't. BNC Chill out, Dad. The train doesn't leave for another hour! CALD I'm just chilling out in front of the TV. CALD |
clap of thunderúder hromu, zahřmění The rain continued its rush and splash outside but the next clap of thunder was further off as the storm moved away. BNC At that moment a clap of thunder exploded directly overhead as the storm burst and rain began beating noisily against the outside of the house. BNC Before Pidge could begin there was a flash of lightning, followed by a loud clap of thunder. WebCorp |
clear snowodklidit sníh Or, if it has a duty to maintain the highway, does this require it to clear snow and ice from every road and path in its area? BNC Property owners must clear snow from walks within 24 hours after a snowfall. WebCorp Plows sometimes find it necessary to make several passes, in order to clear snow all the way to the curb to allow for property drainage. WebCorp |
clear the airudělat si jasno The meeting didn't solve anything, but at least it cleared the air. CIDI But, with rumours already rife at Roker that Crosby is on borrowed time just months after signing a one-year contract, his chairman refused to clear the air. BNC This can clear the air and leave everyone with the determination to cope. BNC |
clear upobjasnit něco Necessary jobs are helping to clear up the smaller branches and making a start on repointing the bridge itself. BCN And we're going to clear up this misunderstanding, so tell me what you think you know about me. BNC In central and eastern Europe remedial measures must be taken to clear up environmental problems developed through years of neglect. BNC |
cloud overzatáhnout se, zatemnit se Nor did it help that the morning, which had started so bright, began to cloud over. BCN Yesterday's high winds could have swept a poison cloud over Teesside in a matter of minutes. BCN It goes like this and then it'll cloud over and rain. BNC |
cloudbankhradba nízkých mraků Lightning struck out of the towering cloudbank. BNC The cloudbank spread, seeming to soak up the light. BNC A low, scudding cloudbank was coming off the western horizon, purple with unshed rain. BNC |
cloudburstlijavec A sudden cloudburst set the taxi windscreen wipers to work. BNC had poured with rain; a total cloudburst, thunder cracking and grumbling in the skies above the city. BNC Corrosion in pipework has been blamed for a gas escape which triggered the operation cloudburst emergency plan in February. BNC |
cloudless skyjasno One day Tony gets up to watch and witnesses one of the few times when the sun travels across a blue, cloudless sky. BCN The blizzard had swept on and now a full moon hung low in the dark-blue cloudless sky. BNC We all awoke to sunshine: a cloudless sky, pale winter sunshine, a cold day but bright. BNC |
cold callnesjednaná obchodní návštěva In the case of private investors, only certain types of investment may be the subject of a cold call. BNC Is it been a cold call and you've qualified it by getting an advertisement out there or is it qualified by actually getting the money in your hand. BNC They had heard of Oyston, who had originally been contacted as a cold call, but they had never met him. BNC |
cold factsholá fakta I'm just pointing out cold facts. CALD
Statistics can be merely cold facts but these represent the great generosity and warmth of the machine knitting fraternity in the UK. BNC |
cold snapnáhlé ochlazení The recent cold snap has led to higher food prices.CIDI A cold snap following planting may cause them to bolt. BNC Despite the cold snap, a white Christmas was an unlikely prospect for most people. BNC |
cold soreopar A cold sore, or herpes simplex, is a skin infection that is caused by a virus. WebCorp He's five feet nine inches tall, slim, with dirty blond hair in a centre parting, and he has a cold sore on his top lip. BNC Even more rarely, a cold sore may reappear in your eye. WebCorp |
cold spellstudená vlna Apart from the brief cold spell in late November, we have had very few hard frosts. BNC If we get a cold spell between Boxing Day and the 21st of January, then it will be very cold. BNC A cold spell simply halts flowering for a little while. BNC |
cold turkeyabsťák The nurses are there to encourage patients through cold turkey. CIDI Suddenly stopping the drug may result in acute" withdrawal" effects such as delirium tremens for alcohol or" cold turkey" (which feels like a bad bout of influenza) for heroin. BNC Aurora Jennings Blake, have made me understand a little of what addicts must have to face when they're made to go cold turkey. BNC |
cold-heartedbezcitný Christopher Lambert stars as cold-hearted chess grandmaster Peter Sanderson who becomes a serial-killer suspect. BNC And you will hear most of all about the abattoir man, the evil, cold-hearted villain who knows no pity! BNC We heard little about cold-heartedprofiteers, but it didn't take long to find one. WebCorp |
come in from the coldzapojit se, přistoupit Turkey is now keen to come in from the cold and join the European community. CIDI Over the past two years, Swedish investors have come in from the cold. BNC If our much smaller, and much more numerous local museums are also to come in from the cold, the only route open to them is the one of providing a stimulating and memorable learning experience. BNC |
common coldrýma The virus of herpes simplex is probably the most common human viral parasite after that responsible for the common cold. BN Depression is as universal as the common cold. BNC These symptoms are very similar to those associated with the common cold or flu. BNC |
cool itjenom klid, ne tak zhurta Cool it, Jay! she told herself, this is all very new. BNC Then from behind the bar a hunk the size of Ludo and with a nose like a squashed pear tells them to cool it: we aren't police, he says. BNC Cool it, Steve, and tell me why you're so ecstatic. BNC |
crisp snowkřupavý sníh She held the lead and quietly plodded upward through the crisp snow that covered the long Baskan Glacier. BNC A full moon and crisp snow beneath crampon points. BNC Why not just sit back and enjoy a romantic sleigh ride to the sound of horse bells through the crisp snow into the Ellmau valley. WebCorp |
crosswindboční vítr Your first attempts in a light breeze will probably get no further than the crosswind point. BCN The crosswind was increasing and the finish was the most exposed part of the course for this wind direction with a significant chop. BNC Almost at once they heard the music of the hunt --; the pack and the leaders, running crosswind a furlong or so downhill from the path. BNC |
crystal clearnaprosto jasný She made it crystal clear that she was in charge. CIDI Everything, it says, is not exactly crystal clear. BNC The digitised speech is crystal clear and the FM music would justify spending that little extra on a Sound Blaster to get the full benefit of this excellent package. BNC |