neděle, 5. května 2024, 17.28
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: CLOTHES
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fashion victim

oběť módy

This design has been commissioned from award-winning designer Sheila Moxley, and you can be sure that no fashion victim will be seen without one of these on their back in the coming months. BNCB

We were very successful with his extreme, fashion victim look in the mid-1980s. BNCB

Don't let your patient become a fashion victim. BNCB

fashion-conscious

zajímající se o módu

The UK has the most fashion-conscious record buyers in the world. BNCB

LATEST colour ideas from Courtelle UK provide a tantalising glimpse into what next year's fashion-conscious shopper might be buying. BNCB

Oxfam has launched its new autumn collection of clothes with the boast that the fashion-conscious can dress themselves for just twenty five pounds! BNCB

fashionable clothes

módní oblečení

I would really like to wear some fashionable clothes on the slopes but haven't got a clue where to start looking. BNCB

She could hear Tess moving about, and then saw Tess leave the house, fully dressed in her fashionable clothes. BNCB

Despite these facts it is still incredibly difficult to find great, fashionable clothes in these sizes. BNCB

fasten one´s shoes

zavázat si boty

Well let mummy fasten your shoes first and Grant'll be in from school in a few minutes. BNCB

You should fasten your shoes otherwise you certainly fall. Wasp

My sister is not able to fasten her shoes at the age of 6, I am hopeless! Lingea

feather in sb´s cap

další úspěch, trefa

It will be another feather in his cap if his team wins. Lingua

Winning the speech contest was a feather in his cap and the greatest honor that he has ever won. IC

It's a real feather in our cap to be representing Britain in this contest. CIDI

felt hat

plstěný klobouk

She was wearing her felt hat and her tweed jacket with the jewelled brooch pinned to the lapel. BNCB

Mrs Browning had a felt hat tied on with a scarf knotted under the chin, a thick tweed suit, woollen gloves, and fleecy-lined suede boots. BNCB

She wore a moulded oval felt hat, with a deliberate dent at the high point. BNCB

fill/step into sb´s shoes

nahradit koho, zaujmout něčí místo

When his father retires, Victor will be ready to step into his shoes. CIDI

It will take a very special person to fill Barbara's shoes. CIDI

But a sprained ankle prevented her from dancing, and at the same time created an unexpected opportunity for Miss Mary Munro, of the Ballet Rambert, to step into her shoes. TIMES 1954

fine-tooth comb

dělat něco velmi pečlivě

 My accountant is going over my tax return with a fine-tooth comb. (Free Dictionary)

He examined the figures with a fine-toothed comb but found no errors. (YourDictionary)

Immediately comb the hair with a fine tooth comb. (Google)

fit like a glove

padnout jako ulitý

Her new dress fit like a glove so she was very happy. IC

Your new jeans fit like a glove. Lingua

My new jeans contain Lycra so they fit like a glove. CIDI

flak jacket

neprůstřelná vesta

Wearing a flak jacket beneath his dark green anorak, Mr Major flew into the former Yugoslavia amid strict secrecy and high security. BNCB

Anyone who gives him a flak jacket (that is, consent) may take it back, but the doctor only needs one and so long as he continues to have one he has the legal right to proceed. BNCB

Osborne too felt his viola was mightier than the machine-guns: he used it as his only protection, making a conscious decision not to wear a flak jacket. BNCB

flared trousers

rozšířené zvonové kalhoty

In the beginning, more than fifteen years ago, when she was much slimmer and wore flared trousers, she seemed to enter a magnetic field whenever she came close to Tom. BNCB

Then he would don his man-made fibre flared trousers of airforce blue and a clean, ironed shirt and drive into the neighbouring town for the opening of the office. BNCB

Master administrator, father figure, the last hope for flared trousers, these are but a few of the attributes a manager must posses. BNCB

flat cap

kšiltovka

Glancing towards the car park, I am transfixed by the sight of a man in a flat cap cleaning our car. BNCB

On the bank, stood a small man, dressed in a stained old raincoat, wearing a flat cap, fishing tackle packed in an ex-army gas-mask carrier. BNCB

If they went for the traditional look I suppose they'd all be wearing hard hats that looked like the flat cap Victorian cyclists always wore. BNCB

flat-heeled shoes

boty s nízkým podpadkem

One day at a time was how it now must be, and this one day she was adrift, tired and hungry, with new flat-heeled shoes that hurt like hell. BNCB

She wore a black sacklike dress, a large silver medallion on a chain, black nylon stockings and flat-heeled shoes. BNCB

Upstairs she changed into trousers and a light sweater and some flat-heeled shoes. BNCB

flip-flops

vietnamky, gumové sandály

Tourists inevitably end up having to buy either wellies or flip-flops when the weather does something perverse. BNCB

High heels would have elevated it to borderline evening wear but she hadn't brought heels with her so she decided on gold leather flip-flops. BNCB

Her working gear comprised an oversized boat-necked T-shirt which had a habit of slipping off one shoulder, frayed denim shorts and flip-flops. BNCB

fly/drive the seat of sb´s pants

střílet od boku, spoléhat na instinkt, jednat intuitivně

He was forced to fly by the seat of his pants when nobody was in the office to help him fix the computer. IC

None of us had ever worked on a magazine before so we were flying by the seat of our pants. CIDI

We found our way by the seat of our pants, but if I ever did another jungle trek I'd take a guide. CIDI