sábado, 18 de mayo de 2024, 13:46
Sitio: OpenMoodle
Curso: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Glosario: CLOTHES
T

toreador pants

tříčtvrťáky, kalhoty do půl lýtek

Whenever it is warm, he is wearing his toreador pants to attract girls. Lingea

It is very comfortable to wear toreador pants in summer. IE

John likes wearing toreador pants but they are out of fashion now. IE

torn clothes

roztrhané šaty

There were two cardboard boxes in the middle of the room full of bits of glass and torn clothes. BNCB

Shreds of torn clothes disguised her battered body. BNCB

They scrape me down from head to foot --; my torn clothes, my hands, my broken knees, the nose on my face. BNCB

town and gown

obyvatelé a studenti (univerzitního města)

Certainly, it's the strongest point of contact between town and gown. BNCB

In doing so, the Riverside has forged strong links between town and gown. BNCB

1990 marked a time of celebration of a joint venture between town and gown which has given pleasure and interest to many, with the publication of the 7th pamphlet of the Bristol Branch of the Historical Association, under the continuing editorship of Emeritus Professor Paddy McGrath. BNCB

tracksuit trousers

tepláky

Fumblingly, shaking with excitement, I struggled to pull up my tracksuit trousers, half praying, half whispering: Wait, Lawrence. BNCB

This time Leonora was allowed only a short session with Emma before Penry returned, damp about the head, but clean again in navy guernsey and tracksuit trousers, his bare feet in ancient espadrilles. BNCB

Leonora watched numbly as Penry, who had now added the navy guernsey to his tracksuit trousers, made the bed with a swiftness and dexterity any ward sister would have approved. BNCB

trail one´s coat

provokovat (ke sporu)

In the hope of making a few other people laugh at themselves no doubt I overdo it a bit, deliberately trailing my coat, as I did with those notorious brown and white eggs. CI

Two emotions are dominant in Hedda, the fear of scandal and the fear of ridicule, and we know that Ibsen, though willing to trail his coat in print, was privately dominated by these emotions. CI

At Easter the Republicans hold their parades, to the fury of the Orange Order who in their turn march about the streets. It falls to the army t keep these remarkable manifestations apart and to prevent their coat-trailing brinkmanship from erupting into physical violence. CI

trenchcoat

nepromokavý kabát

He is wearing a tweed cap and an ancient blue trenchcoat. BNCB

Ron wears a kilt, a pair of orange Day-Glo tights, heavy green military boots, a pink macrame tank top and a yellow trenchcoat. BNCB

You have to know how to keep ahead of this game if you don't want to wind up in a wooden trenchcoat. BNCB

trouser leg

nohavice

 I look at the false leg for a bit while he pulls up his trouser leg. BNCB

 Henry licked his finger, then rubbed it against his trouser leg. BNCB

Masklin took a standing jump and landed on the trouser leg, just as the foot moved. BNCB

trouser suit

kalhotový kostým

 A soft cotton wrap gives a relaxed look to a smart tailored trouser suit. BNCB

He would like her, in her trouser suit, blue and new, frilled collar and cuffs with lace. BNCB

Opening the catalogue, a gnarled and beringed hand pointed to a slim dark-skinned young woman modelling a trouser suit. BNCB

try on

vyzkoušet

The woman was wearing a red hat which Katharine impertinently asked to try on. BNCB

Put yourself in the hands of our experts, who will transform your hair and make-up and let you try on the latest fashions. BNCB

In front of mirrors women try on dresses, men select ties. BNCB

tumble-drier

sušička na prádlo

These matter rolled round and round my brain, like a thunderstorm, like clothes in a tumble-drier. BNCB

She had been watching the tumble-drier for ages and still her clothes weren't quite dry. BNCB

And then, you can always take out the extra insurance with er, no but it isn't very much for a tumble-drier, for five years and there's no problems that way. BNCB

U

undo one´s shoes

rozvázat si boty

Okay, plonk your bottom down there and we'll undo your shoes. BNCB

Can someone help me to undo my shoes? Lingea

You forgot to undo your shoes, do it right now. Wasp

V

vital statistics

míry

These goals will be for weight and also possibly for size, i.e. your vital statistics. BNCB

Managers need information on population size and characteristics, vital statistics, finances, personnel and facilities. BNCB

Used by agency models, the card shows a photograph of the model with her vital statistics -height, bust, waist, hips, shoes, colour of hair and eyes; detailed alongside. BNCB

W

walking boots

vycházková obuv

These boots are a fine, solidly made pair of traditional walking boots. BNCB

Most modern walking boots come with removable footbeds or insoles, allowing greater flexibility of fit. BNCB

The man is dressed in walking boots, brown cords and a shirt and green hiking jacket. BNCB

walking cane

vycházková hůl

He opened his cyanide powder and with a long spoon, fashioned from a elegant old walking cane, tipped powder down the hole. BNCB

She put on a coat, took down her walking cane which hung behind the door and then we left. BNCB

The Countess jabbed her walking cane in the direction of a girl with bright gold ringlets and eyes as radiant as sapphires. BNCB

wash/air one´s dirty linen in public

prát své špinavé prádlo na veřejnosti, tahat hádky nebo problémy na veřejnost

His personal problems are nobody else`s business and he doesn`t like his wife to air his dirty linen in public when they go out with friends. IC

I was brought up to believe that it was wrong to wash your dirty linen in public. CIDI

You shouldn't wash dirty linen in public but, as far as I'm concerned, if it's a reality, it should stand. BNC-B