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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

slip-ons

boty, do kterých se pouze vklouzne

Whether it's boots or shoes, slip-ons or sandals, you're bound to take a shine to the latest in leather. BNCB

The leather slip-ons were an old, comfortable pair. BNCB

Avoid slip-ons, as the toes need to grip hard to keep them on and so are put under strain. BNCB

slit skirt

sukně s rozparkem

She was wearing a blue costume with a slit skirt that opened when she crossed her legs. BNCB

The after dark choice was a sleekly sophisticated black velvet dress complete with cutaway shoulders and a de rigueur slit skirt. BNCB

She looked good in a slit skirt and blouse. CDAE

smarty pants

chytrák, přemoudřelec, rozumbrada, chytrolín

That old smarty pants Dr Samuel Johnson was fond of saying that a woman preaching was like a dog standing on hind legs --; it was not done well but it was surprising to find it done at all. BNC-B

Cindy, the little smarty pants, will be the first to tell us where we went wrong. CIDI

Decorators have an extremely bad public image because they have fostered a sort of social, smarty pants, flimsy image of being delicate, emotional and over elaborate. Times 1968

smoking jacket

pánský domácí kabátek, sváteční krátký župan

Reginald had discarded his officer's uniform that he had worn at dinner and was now dressed in ordinary dark trousers and a blue-velvet smoking jacket. BNCB

It would make a beautiful fabric for my next idea, a wonderful Edwardian smoking jacket. BNCB

Lord Grubb, in terror, waved his arthritic right hand at Algy with a patting motion of great violence and scattered cigar ash on his beautiful old green smoking jacket.  BNCB

spend money as if it is going out of fashion

rozhazovat peníze, utrácet plnými hrstmi

In spite of the world recession, there are still some people in the early 1980s who are cheerfully spending money as if it is going out of fashion. IE

I am getting worried about Jack - he is spending money as if it´s going out of fashion. He doesn´t earn all that much, so I only hope he came by it honestly. IE

I don´t want to lose all my money, please don´t spend money as if it is going out of fashion. Wasp

sports jacket

sportovní sako, bunda

An establishment economist was present standing in sports jacket and flannels in the crush. BNCB

Wearing a new sports jacket and grey flannels under his open raincoat. BNCB

Marler was in his early thirties, slim in build, wore an expensively cut sports jacket. BNCB

sports shoes

sportovní boty

Clarks International has unveiled a new range of sports shoes called Cica. BNCB

There a lots lots of shops about that spell sell sports shoes. BNCB

I'm sure Adi Dassler and his brother Rudolph didn't know what they were starting when they began making sports shoes in Germany in the Twenties. BNCB

strait jacket

svěrací kazajka

STRAIT JACKET FITS: New Zealand guitar unit offer a triple track recorded live in the studio with Bad Seeds producer Tony Cohen, prior to their forthcoming new LP. BNCB

I freed myself from the antiquated strait jacket of his verbose speech patterns. BNCB

The shock had been too much for her precarious hold on sanity and she had been removed to Rainhill Asylum in a strait jacket. BNCB