zabávač, lev salónov

1. Despite a long day of rehearsals, and a long tiring performance, Gracie was the life of the party, and her homey Lancashire friendliness made everyone love her. BNC

2. Morton saw that Leonard and Mrs Cohen were very close, and nothing emphasised this more than her willingness to take them and their friends out for meals, especially to a favourite Greek restaurant where she would be the life of the party, not least in singing, and encouraged by good wine which the restaurateur would ply them with in order to get the mood of the evening going. BNC

3. Give him a few drinks and he`s the life of the party! CIDoI

ruka zákona (polícia)

1. The long arm of the law is reaching a bit too close for comfort if you're taken short in sunny Singapore. BNC

2. But the couple's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law.BNC

3. You know what they say, you can`t escape the long arm of the law. CIDoI

vplyvní ľudia v pozadí

1. In the middle of 1969, faced with utter chaos, the Beatles made the ultimate capitulation and called in middle-aged capitalist men in grey suits to straighten things out. BNC

2. Never forget the Tories are the most ruthless party in the democratic world if the men in grey suits do not think Mr Major can win the next election for them, he'll be dumped. BNC

3. As usual, it is the men in grey suits who will decide the future of the industry. CIDoI

psychiatri

1. Now you can send for the ambulance, send for the straitjacket, send for the little men in white coats. BNC

2. He did not wake when the usual procession of night sisters and men in white coats came in and out. BNC

3. The men in white coats will be coming to take me away if I stay in this job much longer. CIDoI

schopnosť zarábať peniaze

1. Kylie was an overnight sensation, a pop princess with the Midas touch, so ordinary and yet so electrifying. BNC

2. John Major, he said, had the exact opposite of the Midas touch. BNC

3. Profits are down-has that 80s entrepreneur lost his Midas touch? CIDoI

ráno po party, "opica"

1. Frank`s go a bad case of the morning after. CIDoI

2. Sarella had never faced the awkwardness of the morning after, to get up and go to the bathroom. BNC

3. It was the morning after the three nights before; a bank holiday weekend rave party that started on saturday and was still going strong last night. BNC

nováčik

1. Foo was perceived as the new kid on the block, the angry young gunslinger who had ridden into town to test his draw against the ageing marshal. BNC

2. What with the Santa Cruz Operation's new president Lars Turndal being the new kid on the block and a stranger to most of the people who'll have to deal with him, we thought we'd give a little of his background. BNC

3. Realizing I was the new kid on the block in this job, I was determined to prove myself. CIDoI

zbohatlíci, ktorí vystavujú svoj majetok na obdiv

1. For Americans she had scant respect and considered them to be nouveau riche upstarts, not good enough to hold a candle to the real thing. BNC

2. Nouveau riche is more interesting to look at, but of course boring to talk to. BNC

3. He is one of the country`s noveau riche who have made fortunes in shipping, hotels, and real estate. CIDoI

polícia

1. First thing tomorrow he was going to phone the Chief Constable to request copies of everything the Old Bill found out. BNC

2. He called in the Old Bill over hack attack. Google

3. The Old Bill was round here yesterday, asking where you were. CIDoI

starí zamestnanci

1. It might be the place where the young of the West come to be seen, but it is the old guard who hold their ground, the poets and writers, pamphleteers and musicians who leave their mark on the atmosphere of this enchanted city. BNC

2. His sudden rise ruffled the feathers of the old guard, "the men with beards"; as he contemptuously called them. BNC

3. She has tried to resist attempts by the old guard to halt the reform process. CIDoI

najstaršie remeslo (prostitúcia)

1. Migrant campesina women can rarely expect to find jobs other than in domestic service or the informal sector, although, of course, for all women, the oldest profession; prostitution; offers an alternative to unemployment. BNC

2. Again by tradition, it's the oldest profession, it's always been with us, possibly always will. BNC

3. I believe she made a living in the oldest profession in the world. CIDoI

niekto mocný, kto stojí v pozadí organizácie

1. In his later years, the chairman`s daughter was the power behind the throne. CIDoI

2. It is this being, the power behind the throne who acts as the unifying force of all the lesser deities, who would more appropriately be described as the God of Hinduism. BNC

3.  The power behind the throne, though it doesn't want it to appear that way, was Novell Inc. BNC

niekto významný, kto stojí v pozadí

1. It has been decided the powers that be, are onto the something that you are going to do your first semester exam in June. BNC

2. Sir Thomas had quarrelled with my husband over some business matter and persuaded the powers that be that my husband was no fit person to hold the position, whatever the quality of his poetry. BNC

3. It`s up to the powers that be to decide what should be done next. CIDoI

členovia organizácie (nie vo vedúcich pozíciách)

1. The strikes were sparked off by the rank and file, most were unofficial, and often they were resisted at the outset by national trade union leaderships. BNC

2. Leaders become less representative of the rank and file. BNC

3. Lenin's approach made the relationship between the Party and the rank and file of the proletariat seem simple. BNC

pracovné prostriedky (nástroje)

1. These books are my tools of the trade and they mean a tremedous amount to me. BNC

2. The wall to the right of the door was covered with tools of the trade; chisels and punches of every size, mostly with handles of twisted willow which allowed the smith to hold them whilst they were struck with a seven pound sledgehammer and feel no vibration. BNC

3. For the modern sales executive, a car phone is one of the tools of the trade. CIDoI