follow fashionsledovat módu Adults follow fashion in clothes and social habits as assiduously as their children. BNCB I usually follow fashion very slowly and creep in just as it starts to look dated, but then I think that's the way I should do it. BNCB Richards is inclined to follow fashion in identifying `;the road lobby'; as a prime cause of our troubles when the great majority of people have access to a car and want to use it. BNCB |
formal clothesformální oblečení The formal clothes should have made him look more urbane and civilised, but they didn't. BNCB His clothes were in a heap, sadly formal clothes compared with hers, one sock suspender hanging from a chair-rail, a jacket sleeve turned inside out. BNCB To leave the ever-present tension of Great Meadow was like shedding stiff, formal clothes or kicking off pinching shoes. BNCB |
full skirtkolová sukeň A full skirt of crimson and black swelled over her hips and was lifted and pinned at one side to reveal a cascade of lacy petticoats. BNCB She hitched the full skirt of her Summer dress up above her knees, and swung her long legs for him to see. BNCB She felt the full skirt of her Summer dress being swept up to bare her silken thighs and round firm bottom. BNCB |
fully-lineds podšívkou, podšitý Made in the UK to our own design from 100% cotton with a fully lined nylon interior. BNCB Made in the UK to our own design from 100% cotton with a fully lined nylon interior. BNCB What it's like: fully lined cover that supports baby's head, adjustable inner seat, padded shoulder straps and waistband. BNCB |
fur coatkožich I daren't wear that nice fur coat that cousin Freda gave me in case I get bombed by the Animal Liberation Front. BNCB The tunic might have a silken decorative border, and in winter a fur coat of ermine would have been worn over the tunic. BNCB Jennifer wears a sable fur coat around town and drives to her job as a receptionist in a Cadillac. BNCB |
garter beltpodvazkový pás She'd stripped to her stockings and garter belt, and carried a high stool centre stage. BNCB Her garter belt was a pre-war birthday present, and she wore a pair of the precious nylons that Sylvia had brought back from the States. BNCB Clad only in garter belt and nylons, she was confident of her sexual attractiveness. BNCB |
get dressedobléci se She kissed him lightly on the lips and rose from the bed to get dressed. BNCB I think about how I could get dressed up and go out somewhere, for a couple of hours, and just leave it all, because I get so sick of it sometimes… BNCB The best thing she could do was take a shower, get dressed and go out for some fresh air. BNCB |
get/be given the bootdostat padáka, vyhazov, kopačky Did she tell you why she got the boot? CIDI She gave him the boot because he wouldn't stop talking about his ex-girlfriends. CIDI If the old boy´s son has not got a job to go to when he comes out of the army, I will be getting the order of the boot. IE |
give sb the bootdát padáka, vyhodit, dát kopačky (partnerovi) They gave him the boot for swearing at his manager. CIDI She gave him the boot because he wouldn't stop talking about his ex-girlfriends. CIDI Did she tell you why she got the boot? CIDI |
go well with st.hodit se k This produces early colours that go well with the wax-polished timbers, and accumulates to give the finish a smoothness and richness of texture impossible with more modern paints. BNCB Simple heavy cotton parkas and overjackets go well with chunky sweaters and jeans. BNCB Mind you, the red shoes go well with that dress I got in the sales. BNCB |
gum bootsholínky When gardening he often wore very baggy trousers with braces, gum boots and a waist-length black donkey jacket which hung loose and looked as if it was too short. BNCB One morning, he stayed at home and dropped his gum boots hard beside her bed to wake her up. BNCB A young man in gum boots saunters along the road with a shotgun under his arm. BNCB |
gym shoestenisky, cvičky On his sockless feet were soiled gym shoes. BNCI For sportswear, though, leather or canvas trainers and gym shoes are by far the healthiest choice --; they let feet breathe, unlike plastic shoes, or those lined with nylon or PVC. BNCI I trailed up the hill after the others, thinking how different she looked wearing that stiff new uniform instead of her tatty little cotton dress and gym shoes. BNCI |
hacking jackettvídové sako Above, Slater sported a well-worn hacking jacket over a black shirt and a black bow tie which appeared to have lots of small, dull red stones set in it. BNCB Sir, i it was a terrible brief point about clad in jodhpurs, riding boots and hacking jacket but all the point that I was going to make that I've heard about riding roughshod over Europe but Mr Deputy Speaker this is ridiculous. BNCB I saw him wearing a worn out hacking jacket, he should buy a new one. Wasp |
hair netsíťka na vlasy Dry your hair through an old fashioned hair net or a soft silk scarf. BNCB Mrs Hill was a small, plump, middle-aged woman, with fine frizzy hair which she encased in a fine frizzy hair net; she always wore a purple and blue flowered pinny, a garment more in keeping with an aunt or a cleaner than with a lover of science. BNCB On the second day of their slow ride up the river they found traces of Morthen, a snail-shell hair net, slung from the branch of a tree close to the cold remains of a fire. BNCB |
hand-me-down(s) (clothes)obnošené oblečení, odložené šactvo During his childhood growing up on a farm he wore many hand-me-down clothes. IC As a child I was always dressed in my sister's hand-me-downs and I longed for something new to wear. CIDI Things are so grim that the pals are throwing in hand-me-down clothes for the baron's American wife Jeannie. BNC-B |