Samstag, 18. Mai 2024, 15:19
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shell suit

šusťáková souprava

The shell suit is such a great idea in sportswear. BNCB

 But one look at a new shell suit splashed with luminous paint provides a perfect explanation of why old school is becoming big business for small shops in inner London. BNCB

Some poor little kid six years old and he was wearing his shell suit. BNCB

shipshape and Bristol-fashion

v pořádku

It gave him pleasure to keep things, as he said," shipshape and Bristol fashion". BNCB

These next few pages are the reactions of one who went to the Centre, came away evangelical and kept saying to himself, `All shipshape and Bristol fashion',only to fall from the crest into the deepest trough, but thankfully to climb up again to a sensible plateau and finally discover that he had been fortified in more ways than he had expected. BNCB

Jim Larkin arrives at a Devonshire hotel to find everything shipshape and Bristol-fashion - only there´s no owner, no staff and no guests. IE

shirt tail

spodní okraj košile

I stuffed my shirt tail back into my trousers and tried to straighten my tie. BNCB

But a long shirt tail flopped down around his thighs. BNCB

Now in life there is nothing more defenceless or ridiculous than a man with his pantaloons about his ankles, his shirt tail raised and his mind on other matters. BNCB

shirt-lifter

teplouš, homosexuál

He was taunted by a chorus of adolescent gay haters shouting 'shirt-lifter!'. CIDI

Nowadays it is very common to meet shirt-lifters in the streets. Lingua

His parents didn´t know what to do when they found out that Jack i a shirt-lifter. Lingua


shoe industry

obuvní průmysl

In Bridge Street is a Museum of Leathercraft, at the heart of the region associated with the boot and shoe industry. BNCB

Northampton, of course, is famous for its `;boots and shoes'; and many of the fine Victorian buildings which abound are derived from the wealth of the shoe industry at the turn of the century. BNCB

And bearing in mind Northampton's the centre of the boot and shoe industry guess what their fans sing… BNCB

shoe polish

krém na boty

He looked up, and rubbed his forehead excitedly leaving another smudge of brown shoe polish above his nose. BNCB

The fish are processed into fish oil for pig and poultry feed, and the manufacture of such commodities as paint and shoe polish. BNCB

Boots which have been factory-treated and given a waterproof finish should not normally be given a wax treatment when new, but should be treated with ordinary shoe polish. BNCB

shooting jacket

lovecká bunda

He had a many-pocketed shooting jacket, brown, with a flat brown tweed cap. BNCB

He wore a tweed hat, the brim turned down, a waterproof shooting jacket and wellingtons. BNCB

For winter camouflage I have an additional item, a sleeveless quilted shooting jacket which slips on rather like a bullet-proof vest. BNCB

shoulder bag

taška přes rameno

Each evening, arriving at a new hotel, she carried from the car one suitcase, one shoulder bag, a striped beach bag and a Guernsey knotted round her shoulders. BNCB

Women models displayed an air-hostess style ensemble of jacket, jupe-culotte, three-cornered hat and shoulder bag, before a series of other changes were revealed. BNCB

With a muffled sound she spun round clinging on to her shoulder bag and ready to fight off an attacker. BNCB

show sb a clean pair of heels

utéct, zdrhnout

Butler showed them all a clean pair of heels as he raced for the finishing line. CIDI

I wasn´t claiming that Bob was a world-class sprinter, but he could show you a clean pair of heels anyway. IE

Ian watched him nervously, ready to show a clean pair of heels as soon as the fuse was lighted. IE

silk shirt

hedvábná košile

His clothes looked undisturbed, if a little rumpled, apart from a sort of embossing of vomit on the front breast pocket of his blue silk shirt. BNCB

He wore a silk shirt with a cravat tucked in round his thin neck, and elegantly uncrumpled linen trousers. BNCB

He's wearing expensive-looking slacks and a silk shirt. BNCB

ski gloves

lyžařské rukavice

So we've borrowed everything erm oh you've gotta buy some proper ski gloves. BNCB

We went to the mountains dressed properly in ski jacket, ski pants, ski gloves etc. Lingea

It is very cold here, I do not understand why you do not have ski gloves on your hands. Wasp

ski jacket

lyžařská bunda, větrovka

A second-hand ski jacket would keep Fergie warm at Klosters. BNCB

Then she leaned against it, realising that in spite of the fact that she was still wearing her ski jacket in the warm flat, she was shivering again. BNCB

It had simply never occurred to her that the young woman in a ski jacket with faded jeans tucked into her boots might actually be Hugo Varna's daughter! BNCB

ski pants

lyžařské kalhoty

My tip is to go for really good quality ski pants in black with braces and team that with a jacket that suits your style. BNCB

The princes wore green rugby shirts and jeans while Diana wore black ski pants, a lambswool sweater over a T-shirt, black shoes and gold hoop earrings. BNCB

Climbing out of the bath, she dried herself, and dressed in black ski pants and a thick jersey knitted by her mother. BNCB

ski suit

lyžařská kombinéza

For a toddler, donning a padded ski suit and three layers of thermals is like putting on a straitjacket. BNCB

Clare, wearing an old red ski suit, stood in a crowd of about three hundred people. BNCB

Another had pock-marked skin, was wearing a pink ski suit and had a flat-topped haircut and a thin moustache. BNCB

slip off

rychle se svléci

She sat him on the bed, and knelt to untie his laces, slip off the shoes. BNCB

Without even being aware of it, tension `;collects'; there --; so when it all gets too much for your, you can slip off your shoes and unwind with a little self-massage, without getting too many strange looks from colleagues. BNCB

She shifted her free shoulder and let the blouse slip off it, then squeezed in her elbows to make the cleavage look really inviting. BNCB