воскресенье, 2 июня 2024, 09:00
Сайт: OpenMoodle
Курс: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Глоссарий: FOOD
Libor Juhaňák

potato pancake

bramborák

processed cheese

tavený 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 face

hloupý 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) potato

přesně ono, to pravé

rolling pin

váleček na těsto

saffron

šafrán

salt away

uložit (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)

saute

dusit

save sb's bacon

zachránit 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 meat

modlit 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 cakes

jít na dračku

The band's latest record is selling like hot cakes. (Oxford Idioms)

serving

porce

shake like a jelly/leaf

třást 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 cake

podíl 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)