potato pancakebramborák |
processed cheesetavený sýr Try coping with a party of underprivileged schoolchildren from a housing estate in Manchester with a near-hysterical social worker, a ghetto blaster and some crisp bags to sniff glue, two glum shaven-headed squaddies with flatulence, and a computer programmer from Maidstone who wants to tell you about why his promotion fell through, and then with one eye twitching, accuses you of having stolen his processed cheese. BNC There was a bar with no booze and a store, of sorts, where we bought some of almost every item we recognized, including carrots, processed cheese and chocolate, which tasted like cocoa-flavoured sugar. BNC Tomorrow never came, and we made do with bread, onions, and a form of processed cheese called La vache qui rit, the Laughing Cow. BNC |
pudding facehloupý obličej I was delighted to see my friend's happy pudding face again, blinking up at the collapsing mansion in which our flat was located. BNC |
quite the (clean) potatopřesně ono, to pravé |
rolling pinváleček na těsto |
saffronšafrán |
salt awayuložit (peníze) It's not easy paying a mortgage, raising a young child, and salting away enough money for your retirement. (Google) Regarding money: “There was none to salt away,” he said. (Google) These accounts might allow millions of workers currently withouta pension to salt away some money for their twilight years. (Google) |
sautedusit |
save sb's baconzachránit si kůži Thank you for helping me with my exam preparation. You really saved my bacon. (Oxford Dictionary) |
say cheese!řekněte sýr! Is everybody ready? Right, say cheese! |
say grace before/after meatmodlit se před/po jídle Another good way is to say grace before meals, which is another way of appreciating what we are about to consume. BNC Mother said that Aunt Bessie was fond of telling one story about Thomas Isaac, recalling the occasion when he was asked to say grace before breakfast one morning and steadfastly refused although commanded several times by his father. BNC |
sell/go like hot cakesjít na dračku The band's latest record is selling like hot cakes. (Oxford Idioms) |
servingporce |
shake like a jelly/leaftřást se jako osika, třást se strachy The teacher asked to see his work. The young boy stood up, shaking like a jelly. Longman |
share/slice of the cakepodíl na zisku nebo výhodách Third-world countries are discovering how their natural resources have been exploited by the rest of the world and now they want a bigger slice of the cake. (Oxford Idioms) |