vytočený, naštvaný

Dad gets all hot and bothered if someone parks in his parking space. CIDI

It was too unsettling, made her feel too hot and bothered. BNC

She had got herself all hot and bothered and she felt much safer in the water than she had in the barn. BNC

za všech okolností

Come rain or shine, I'll be there, I promise. CIDI

The working week began every Monday, rain or shine. BNC 

Every morning at about 5am, come rain or shine, James Zarei leaves his South Croydon home on his morning run. BNC

sněhová pokrývka

The ground was covered by a thick blanket of snow. CALD

They spent their long winters under a deep blanket of snow, singing and creating ghost stories. BNC

On Wednesday December 6, the campus of l'Université de Montreal was white with a thick blanket of snow. BNC

slon v porcelánu

He was like a bull in a china shop with our new clients. (Google)

An extremely clumsy person, as in Her living room, with its delicate furniture and knickknacks, made him feel like a bull in a china shop. (Google)

He behaves like a bull in a china shop. (Google)

černý mrak na obzoru

The only cloud on the horizon is the physics exam in June. CALD

There was a cloud on the horizon, however, which worried the Bradleys. BNC

But you go to the middle of nowhere and Nicky would look up to see a black cloud on the horizon and ask what it was.  BNC

kapka v moři

A hundred thousand may seem a lot but it's a drop in the ocean compared to the millions that need to be spent. CIDI

I'd willingly plunge all my earnings into the estate, but I suppose it would be a drop in the ocean. BNC

However, I believe this is but a drop in the ocean compared to the vast number of communities that could play some form of active role, however modest. BNC

jednorázový úspěch, záblesk úspěchu

Sadly, their success was just a flash in the pan.CALD

Yet England had played so well that, equally, there was no reason to think it would prove to be a flash in the pan. BNC

I really did feel like a Queen for a moment, well, even longer when I found it was not a flash in the pan, but that they were really going to stay with us. BNC

metelice

There may be the odd flurry of snow over the hills tonight. CALD

He opens the door of the shop and a flurry of snow blows in. BNC

It was a great relief to him when she stumbled in through the door in a flurry of snow and he set to and made a cup of tea to warm her. BNC

náhlý poryv větru

A sudden gust of wind blew his umbrella inside out.CALD

She was aware of the gust of wind but paid no attention. WebCorp

The Flyer was slightly damaged on the last landing, and before repairs could be made a gust of wind turned it over and destroyed it. WebCorp

selský rozum

Maud talked with a mixture of pedantry and horse sense that impressed him as singular and forcible. (BNCB)

I always thought she took me for a crank whose horse sense , if any , was a forced calm not to be heeded. (BNCB)

Has he got enough horse sense not to get into debt? (Google)

pirát silnic

One could never accuse Jacob Rees-Mogg , 22 , fogeyish son of Lord Rees-Mogg , of being a road hog. (BNCB)

A road hog is someone who won't let you in, even though it makes no difference to their overall progress. (Google)

A goat is driving his car but he is blocked off by a road hog. (Google)

ledová pokrývka

The Antarctic continent is covered with a sheet of ice, thousands of metres thick. BNC

As if she were being asked to walk across a sheet of ice, and with every step her confidence was faltering. BNC

The main thing to prevent is a solid sheet of ice forming because it acts like a lid and prevents the escape of poisonous gases, given off by deteriorating pond vegetation. BNC

podfuk, balamucení

Danny'll need to do a snow job on  his Dad if he's going to borrow the car again.CIDI

On the first question, about how the media represent contemporary unemployment and job creation, there was unanimity that they are doing a snow job. BNC

bouře ve sklenici vody

I think it's all a storm in a teacup - there's probably no danger to public health at all. CIDI

By the weekend, however, you'll have the reassurance you crave and see it's all just been a storm in a teacup. BNC

It left a little dent in his reputation, but like most such incidents, was a quickly subsiding storm in a teacup.BNC

vlna kritiky

The announcement provoked a storm of criticism and anxious residents voiced concern over their uncertain future. BNC

Next day a violent storm of criticism and derision was let loose in the press, while the long review by Apollinaire in L'Intransïgeant served to establish him as the champion of the group. BNC

Roman Catholic bishops have triggered a storm of criticism by saying such domestic violence is "the bitter fruit" of the sexual revolution. WebCorp

předzvěst, náznak, první vlaštovka

There were one or two straws in the wind yesterday that suggested an offensive was imminent. CIDI

A final straw in the wind may be Tolkien's increasing desire to pull strands together. BNC

A straw in the wind will be who is appointed to an important new quango that will control university funding, the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council.BNC

kyselý déšt´

Climate change is already more important than acid rain, genetic engineering a more topical issue than saving whales. BNC

This must surely mean that acid rain was natural and the acidification of lochs had nothing to do with power stations. BNC

The Canadians say that sulphur, falling as acid rain, is killing fish in the lakes of southern Ontario and Nova Scotia and damaging forests. BNC

letecký most ( humanitární pomoci)

UN planes have made air drops to 300 flood-hit villages. CIDI

He was shown a videotape of people swimming in the Drina River in bitter winter weather after an air drop, trying to save food that was floating downstream. BNC

He was the only soldier on board; his job was despatch, loading equipment for air drops. BNC

v nouzi všechno dobré

I don't even like him very much, but I had to move out of my flat and he offered me a place to stay. Any port in a storm, as they say. CIDI

Obviously, trombones would be best, but any port in a storm, right?! WebCorp

In today's turbulent economy one would think " any port in a storm" would be a true statement when deciding where to host your website. WebCorp

vyzývat k zachování klidu

The appeal for calm, linked with the threat of a crackdown, followed similar warnings on Wednesday by the armed forces and the government. BNC

The Governor-General, Sir Paul Scoon, broadcast an appeal for calm to the country's 103,000 people. BNC

Those scenes and others outside the murder investigation headquarters in Bootle yesterday prompted an appeal for calm from the Bulger family and the police. BNC

jasný jako facka, nad slunce jasnější

The instructions were as clear as day. CIDI

I saw their uncircumcised members as clear as day and shuddered. BNC

I remember as clear as day, standing talking to Penny and I was calling their plumber, I'll always remember that and er I was quite took back and Penny said ooh she's been very good to me. BNC 

naprosto nejasný

What this really means, of course, is still as clear as mud. BCN

'Does that make sense?' 'Yes, it's as clear as mud.' CIDI

His explanation was as clear as mud. MED

být křivý

George W. Bush (demonstrably as crooked as a dog's hind leg in water) will nominate the next chief justice. (Google)

The politician was as crooked as a dog's hind leg and everybody disliked him. (Google)

Snatch is full of cartoon cruelty, of men as crooked as a dog's hind leg.(Google)

suchý jako troud

I don't think he's been watering these plants - the soil is as dry as a bone. CALD

Her mouth felt as dry as a bone and her eyes were closed against the intrusive light. BNC

It was as dry as a bone, under a never-ending, roaring waterfall. BNC

bez zaváhání, z fleku

I can't go rushing off to Florida at the drop of a hat. CIDI

We now have a situation where laws may be changed at the drop of a hat. CIDI

The ability to produce flowers at the drop of a hat or a cake to celebrate a customer's birthday should all be at his or her fingertips. BNC

znečištění ovzduší

Nylon was chosen for its strength and its resistance to extremes of temperature and atmospheric pollution. BNC

 It is a robust tree, tolerant of atmospheric pollution, making it ideal for urban areas, easily grown in all but shallow, chalky soils. BNC

Concern at the effect of atmospheric pollution on the Taj Mahal is rising as the marble displays increasingly visible signs of erosion and yellowing. BNC

chmurné, hanebné počasí

Atrocious weather made conditions almost unbearable overnight . WASP

He feels he has done his share of slogging through atrocious weather and will not miss getting up at 4.30am . WASP

Despite atrocious weather conditions the officers and crew of Buffalo gave the Duke and Lord Sterling a rousing cheer as the royal yacht sailed by .WASP

blankytné nebe

Now picture in your mind something gentle and peaceful ; perhaps white clouds drifting in an azure sky; perhaps gentle wavelets on a sandy shore. BNC

In seconds the air is filled with hexagons, their Dacron lines shining bright white against the azure sky. BNC

Thin streaks of high cloud trailed across an azure sky. BNC

marná snaha

They are usually eager to end this barren effort.  WebCorp

Without our knowing or feeling it, this apparently barren effort has brought more light into the soul. WebCorp

Notwithstanding that, his expressions in public, in a barren effort to allure the North Carolinians to his cause, and in his letter to Lord George Germaine, did not convey his weakness.WebCorp

vyhřívat se na slunci

When it’s too hot to view game, a sparkling pool provides the ideal place to bask in the sun.  WebCorp

Emerging from the bottom of the pond, the turtles bask in the sun to speed up their metabolism. WebCorp

Gardeners in colder climates overseas commonly put it where it can bask in the sun, even growing it against a sunny wall to show off its yellow flowers in summer. WebCorp

být úplně mimo

Most doctors agreed that the scientific evidence in the report was simply all wet. CIDI

But with so many inaccuracies, this article is all wet indeed. WebCorp

As that little chart on this page comparing growth in GDP with no-growth in jobs shows, so far they've been all wet. WebCorp

studený jako psí čumák

One minute you're like fire in my arms, the next you're as cold as ice. BNC

He's good and great, but as cold as ice. BNC

Feel my toes - they're as cold as ice. CALD

zdravý jako řípa

I'll be as right as rain as soon as I take my pills.CIDI

 I'll put you in charge of the guard and you'll be as right as rain.' BNC 

She was as right as rain two days ago," Jenny said," and she was well all winter. BNC 

zmrzlý až na kost

After an hour on the mountain, we were chilled to the marrow. CIDI

The thought made him flush hot with embarrassment even though chilled to the marrow. BNC

He'd got chilled to the marrow last night and he needed a drop of something to keep out the cold. BNC

chabá útěcha

The doctor said only his legs are paralysed, not his whole body, but I think that will be cold comfort to him. CIDI

But this opposition misleads; charisma is cold comfort without expert management.  BNC

It's cold comfort, of course, when there isn't much of a market to have a share of.  BNC

mít hotovo, vyhráno, být za vodou

With this discovery the concept of sea-floor spreading was home and dry, and almost universally accepted. BNC

But even then employers are not necessarily home and dry. BNC

The village has however survived one of the wettest Octobers on record, so people living there are hoping they're now home and dry. BNC

očekávat déšt´

The weather forecast says we're in for heavy rain this evening. CALD

As we tour around the sky is filled with lightening flashes and it looks like we are in for rain to Perth.  WebCorp

This morning a great darkness came over the sky and we thought we were in for rain at last when the storm broke, in all its' fury, all we had was more wind. WebCorp

být v problémech, v kaši

The morning's adventure had apparently left him in hot water with the lady of the moment. BNC

You keep me in hot water all the time. BNC

He found himself in hot water over his speech about immigration. CIDI

být ve svém živlu

Kate, of course, was in her element, making all the arrangements. CALD

Shortly after moving into her apartment she found a job where she was truly in her element. BNC

After a while, the bullying at school didn't affect me too much, and I was in my element with all the wildlife around me. BNC

být předmětem kritiky

International aid agencies were in the eye of the storm when war broke out in the country. CIDI

We are in the eye of the storm but with little control over the action. WebCorp

Madonna likes being in the eye of the storm but this time she was safely tucked away in New York. BNC

viset ve vzduchu

From my recent conversations with Sara I get the feeling that change is in the wind.CIDI

Accordingly, important events appear to me to be in the wind.WebCorp

This sort of sweetener came out of the bag, it certainly has heightened speculation that an early election may be in the wind. WebCorp 

být v suchu

Your financial situation can improve, but you may have to wait until next year before you are entirely out of the woods. BNC

But Mr Major and his Government are not yet out of the woods. BNC 

The scheme is not out of the woods yet; and rather than break the law Maxen last week filled in the local VATman's registration form. BNC

být odvolán kvůli dešti

His hockey match was rained off. CALD

Lanchester, who have been rained off in two matches this season, are at Ushaw Moor, while Sedgefield take on Tudhoe. BNC

Five cricket fans, refused a ticket refund when an England game was rained off, were celebrating a test case victory yesterday.  BNC

promoknout na kůži

The rain was so heavy we were soaked to the skin after only ten minutes.CIDI

By the time he had reached the shelter of the station he was soaked to the skin. BNC

I was soaked to the skin, my hands so cold I could hardly keep hold of the tiller. BNC

být zavalen ( prací)

It had been swamped with work in the first months after the allowance's introduction. BNC

I felt swamped with liquefying despair, weak enough for tears. BCN

No wonder MI6 and the CIA had been swamped with material. BNC

být namol, opilý jako Dán

Bobby was already three sheets to the wind when we arrived. CIDI

When you look through the eyes of a sailor it's easy to see how someone who's had too much to drink is three sheets to the wind. WebCorp

When he left the bar, he was three sheets to the wind. WebCorp

nezaměnitelná minulost

We certainly had our disagreements in the past, but that's all water under the bridge now. CIDI

That was a long time ago, there's been a lot of water under the bridge, why not talk again ? BNC

But it's all water under the bridge for this season and Linfield must now concentrate on bridging the gap between themselves and their Danish visitors. BNC

mít vyražený dech

When I turned to look back at him after a short canter, he was winded and scared with barely enough strength to stay on his horse. BNC

Nearly everyone has been winded at some point in their sporting career. WebCorp

Marie felt her legs give way beneath her, she sat down on the edge of the pavement, feet in the gutter, doubled-up, sick and winded as if someone had punched her in the stomach. BNC

řezavý, chladný vítr

Then she retreated into the entrance to the Metro out of the biting wind and opened it. BCN

I must find a telephone, Harriet thought, as she hurried, head bent against the biting wind, along the Paris street. BNC

The biting wind drove the snow before it, so that the whole dale seemed to be lost in a grey mist. BNC

náledí

The previous year her chief secretary had travelled home on black ice and thick snow. BNC

I hurried on, slipping on the black ice, cursing and praying, hammering at the doors I passed but I was so cold I could hardly cry out. BNC

Braking on black ice will cause a slight melting of the surface layer of the ice, producing a very thin layer of water. WebCorp

proud vzduchu

An icy blast of air hit Dad full in the face, taking with it the matches, ash and fag-ends and strewing them over his head and chest. BNC

blast of air knocked him over but he managed to crawl through a tunnel under Euston Road. BNC

When they got outside, the early afternoon heat hit them like a blast of air from the Underground. BNC

kam vítr, tám pláštˇ

It's impossible to have a relationship with someone who blows hot and cold all the time. CIDI

Sophie kept blowing hot and cold about the idea of working abroad. CIDI

In our many dealings with the police we have found that they can blow hot and cold.  BNC

být zmodralý zimou

His eyes lit up when he saw the fire, for his hands were blue with cold. BNC

Doug emerges from the cabin looking blue with cold. BNC

We, the young graduate law-abiding wives of the thirties, cried ourselves as our babies went blue with cold…BNC

bouřlivý, větrný den

This required little other than turning up in Edgware wearing white on a somewhat blustery day.  BNC

Spectators on a blustery day not far from The Wash were rewarded for their dedication. BNC

Even when the line on the barograph shows no sign of an upturn and forecasts a wet, cold, blustery day? BNC

strašné horko

The force of the blast was such that skylights were blown in, and boiling hot mud and ashes rained down on those below decks, killing many and scalding others. BNC

He talked about Hell being a boiling hot lake full of venomous serpents. BNC

I'd gone stone cold but felt boiling hot. BNC

vyprahlý

More likely the net was carried away because the ground was bone dry and hard and I hadn't been able to push the stakes deep enough into the soil. BNC

To get away with it at all, the wines must be bone dry, so that there's no food (ie sugar) for any possible remaining bugs. BNC

The Wey springs have failed in Alton this year leaving the river bed bone dry, the frogs still return. BNC

mrzne, až praští (velmi chladné počasí)

It's brass monkey weather today, isn't it!  (The Free Dictionary)

It’s minus one degree Celsius, in what meteorologists describe as "brass monkey weather" in Queenstown. (Goole)

I hope you don't freeze - it's still brass monkey weather here. (Google)

prolomit ledy

If you've just moved to a new area a good way to break the ice for you and your child is a parent and toddler group. BNC

It was imperative to come here quickly, break the ice and get that acceptance. BNC

A personal conversation, a telephone call or a letter may be all that is necessary to break the ice and start the work of reconciliation. BNC

jasno a slunečno

The modern bedrooms are bright and sunny and all the twins have balconies and private bathrooms. BNC

The day was bright and sunny, but in the wood the light was dim and everything was still and silent. BNC

It's so bright and sunny out there you forget that it's so cold as well. BNC

chytrák

The growers appeared to be facing ruin until one bright spark hit on an idea. BNC

should have realised that genius, as some bright spark in the office said, has a lot to do with genes. BNC

So some bright spark produced small tasty jam-filled doughnuts and said they were the missing holes. BNC

světlé místo 

Last there is a bright spot in the long dark history of Alzheimer's disease, the most prevalent senile dementia. BNC

One bright spot will be a new materials research centre at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California. BNC

The only bright spot was provided by software and services, where turnover increased by 4.3% and 12.1% respectively. BNC

lít jako z konve

It´s going to bucket down with rain later.BNC

It had been bucketing down when she'd left home that morning. BNC

As she was undressing it began to rain again, and soon it was bucketing down. BNC

za světla

There are some goods whose colour you can only see by daylight- and there are many professors the colours of whom you can only see by daylight. WebCorp

Featuring three levels of service, our train travels by daylight from Livingston to Missoula, Montana, then onward to Sandpoint, Idaho, or reverse. WebCorp

KODAK GOLD, GOLD MAX, ROYAL GOLD, and ADVANTIX Films are designed for exposure by daylight or electronic flash. WebCorp

klid před bouří

The family are arriving this afternoon so I'm just sitting down with a cup of coffee, enjoying the calm before the storm. CIDI

Charity should have recognised it as the calm before the storm, but she didn't. BNC

His body stilled like the calm before the storm. BNC

vzdušné zámky

She tells me she's planned out her whole career, but as far as I can see it's all just castles in the air. CIDI

Of course Francis had thought about it as something that was inevitable, and he had plans, but they had never seemed very real and he had looked on them as castles in the air.  BNC

I remember the days when, as a small child, I was taken around boatyards, harbours and rivers to admire boat after boat, while he built castles in the air about owning one. BNC

chytat bronz (opalovat se)

I thought I'd take my lunch outside and catch a few rays. (The Free Dictionary)

Why not catch some rays at Guantanamo Bay?  (Google)

zaskočit, překvapit

If you catch him cold, he goes out early; if not, he will find that he's exhausted by the middle rounds. WebCorp

You caught me cold with this news - I didn't know anything about it. CIDI

Unlucky she's caught you cold twice don't let her wind you up that's a pro ring trick get you angry and you make mistakes. WebCorp

drkotající zuby

The Sergeant continued to complain through chattering teeth. BCN

She couldn't even control her trembling limbs and chattering teeth. BNC

I must be brave for Perdita's sake, said Daisy through chattering teeth as she pressed the door bell. BNC

vychladnout, uklidnit se

What he should do is chill out, get a job and pay off his debts, but he doesn't. BNC

Chill out, Dad. The train doesn't leave for another hour! CALD

I'm just chilling out in front of the TV. CALD

úder hromu, zahřmění

The rain continued its rush and splash outside but the next clap of thunder was further off as the storm moved away. BNC

At that moment a clap of thunder exploded directly overhead as the storm burst and rain began beating noisily against the outside of the house. BNC

Before Pidge could begin there was a flash of lightning, followed by a loud clap of thunder. WebCorp

odklidit sníh

Or, if it has a duty to maintain the highway, does this require it to clear snow and ice from every road and path in its area? BNC

Property owners must clear snow from walks within 24 hours after a snowfall. WebCorp

Plows sometimes find it necessary to make several passes, in order to clear snow all the way to the curb to allow for property drainage. WebCorp

udělat si jasno

The meeting didn't solve anything, but at least it cleared the air. CIDI

But, with rumours already rife at Roker that Crosby is on borrowed time just months after signing a one-year contract, his chairman refused to clear the air. BNC

This can clear the air and leave everyone with the determination to cope. BNC

objasnit něco

Necessary jobs are helping to clear up the smaller branches and making a start on repointing the bridge itself. BCN

And we're going to clear up this misunderstanding, so tell me what you think you know about me. BNC

In central and eastern Europe remedial measures must be taken to clear up environmental problems developed through years of neglect. BNC

zatáhnout se, zatemnit se

Nor did it help that the morning, which had started so bright, began to cloud over. BCN

Yesterday's high winds could have swept a poison cloud over Teesside in a matter of minutes. BCN

 It goes like this and then it'll cloud over and rain. BNC

hradba nízkých mraků

Lightning struck out of the towering cloudbank. BNC

The cloudbank spread, seeming to soak up the light. BNC

A low, scudding cloudbank was coming off the western horizon, purple with unshed rain. BNC

lijavec

A sudden cloudburst set the taxi windscreen wipers to work. BNC

had poured with rain; a total cloudburst, thunder cracking and grumbling in the skies above the city.  BNC

Corrosion in pipework has been blamed for a gas escape which triggered the operation cloudburst emergency plan in February. BNC

jasno

One day Tony gets up to watch and witnesses one of the few times when the sun travels across a blue, cloudless sky. BCN

The blizzard had swept on and now a full moon hung low in the dark-blue cloudless sky. BNC

 We all awoke to sunshine: a cloudless sky, pale winter sunshine, a cold day but bright. BNC

nesjednaná obchodní návštěva

In the case of private investors, only certain types of investment may be the subject of a cold call. BNC

Is it been a cold call and you've qualified it by getting an advertisement out there or is it qualified by actually getting the money in your hand. BNC

They had heard of Oyston, who had originally been contacted as a cold call, but they had never met him. BNC

holá fakta

I'm just pointing out cold facts.  CALD

Indeed, cold facts and figures can be found in any public reference library. BNC

Statistics can be merely cold facts but these represent the great generosity and warmth of the machine knitting fraternity in the UK. BNC

náhlé ochlazení

The recent cold snap has led to higher food prices.CIDI

A cold snap following planting may cause them to bolt. BNC

Despite the cold snap, a white Christmas was an unlikely prospect for most people.  BNC

opar

A cold sore, or herpes simplex, is a skin infection that is caused by a virus. WebCorp

He's five feet nine inches tall, slim, with dirty blond hair in a centre parting, and he has a cold sore on his top lip. BNC

Even more rarely, a cold sore may reappear in your eye. WebCorp

studená vlna

Apart from the brief cold spell in late November, we have had very few hard frosts. BNC

If we get a cold spell between Boxing Day and the 21st of January, then it will be very cold.  BNC

A cold spell simply halts flowering for a little while. BNC

absťák

The nurses are there to encourage patients through cold turkey. CIDI

Suddenly stopping the drug may result in acute" withdrawal" effects such as delirium tremens for alcohol or" cold turkey" (which feels like a bad bout of influenza) for heroin. BNC

Aurora Jennings Blake, have made me understand a little of what addicts must have to face when they're made to go cold turkey. BNC

bezcitný

Christopher Lambert stars as cold-hearted chess grandmaster Peter Sanderson who becomes a serial-killer suspect. BNC

And you will hear most of all about the abattoir man, the evil, cold-hearted villain who knows no pity! BNC

We heard little about cold-heartedprofiteers, but it didn't take long to find one. WebCorp

zapojit se, přistoupit

Turkey is now keen to come in from the cold and join the European community. CIDI

Over the past two years, Swedish investors have come in from the cold. BNC

If our much smaller, and much more numerous local museums are also to come in from the cold, the only route open to them is the one of providing a stimulating and memorable learning experience. BNC

rýma

The virus of herpes simplex is probably the most common human viral parasite after that responsible for the common cold. BN

Depression is as universal as the common cold. BNC

These symptoms are very similar to those associated with the common cold or flu. BNC

jenom klid, ne tak zhurta

Cool it, Jay! she told herself, this is all very new. BNC

Then from behind the bar a hunk the size of Ludo and with a nose like a squashed pear tells them to cool it: we aren't police, he says. BNC

Cool it, Steve, and tell me why you're so ecstatic. BNC

křupavý sníh

She held the lead and quietly plodded upward through the crisp snow that covered the long Baskan Glacier. BNC

 A full moon and crisp snow beneath crampon points. BNC

Why not just sit back and enjoy a romantic sleigh ride to the sound of horse bells through the crisp snow into the Ellmau valley. WebCorp

boční vítr

Your first attempts in a light breeze will probably get no further than the crosswind point. BCN

The crosswind was increasing and the finish was the most exposed part of the course for this wind direction with a significant chop. BNC

Almost at once they heard the music of the hunt --; the pack and the leaders, running crosswind a furlong or so downhill from the path. BNC

naprosto jasný

She made it crystal clear that she was in charge. CIDI

Everything, it says, is not exactly crystal clear. BNC

The digitised speech is crystal clear and the FM music would justify spending that little extra on a Sound Blaster to get the full benefit of this excellent package. BNC

fiasko, neúspěch

The party turned out to be a bit of a damp squib. Half the people who'd been invited didn't turn up. CIDI

But a panel of youngsters asked by TODAY to review the show declared it to be more damp squib than hot stuff. BNC 

As had happened so many times lately, what looked like a flash of illumination had turned into a damp squib. BNC

den co den

Life can become very tedious if you do the same work day in, day out. CIDI

If you're using them in industry, day in day out all day long, then that is the real importance of wearing protective gear. BNC

Living with her, day in day out, I was beginning to realize how unstable she is. BNC

mrtvý závod( nerozhodný)

The race ended in a dead heat. CALD

The opinion polls show the three election candidates in a dead heat. CALD

As a result, Bush finds himself in a statistical dead heat with the opposition nine months before the election. WebCorp

jít do smyku

Half the drivers surveyed said they'd been in a skid… most reckon they can handle one. BNC

In the end not getting into a skid is always going to be better than having to cope with one. BNC

Tweed drove into the skid, the car responded, he was free of the skid. BNC

zanechat, utéct

He dropped the plan like a hot potato when he realized how much it would cost him. CALD

Charging pensioners and children for medical prescriptions picked that one up and dropped it like a hot potato and charging for hospital treatment and why so why not do a U-turn on on this one? BNC

The government dropped the plan like a hot brick when they realized the bad feeling it was causing. CIDI

zbavit se něčeho jako horkého bramboru, utéct od něčeho

He dropped the plan like a hot potato when he realized how much it would cost him.CALD

If it makes you ineffective, drop it like a hot potato. WebCorp

It will begin to describe on thing and then just drop it like a hot potato and go to a new subject. WebCorp

suchý dok

Although occasionally an older vessel may substitute for one in dry dock, many venerable craft have been pensioned off. BNC

The most famous of these, and the only one remaining today is the Cutty Sark, which is now moored in a dry dock at Greenwich in London. BNC

The Company were already building ships at their yard which was sited opposite the Customs House and the dry dock helped to consolidate the repair side of the business. BNC

pevnina, souš

We sailed for three days before we saw dry land. CALD

If you are not aware of what is happening, the sea could move in behind you and cut you off your route to dry land. BNC

The Minister's wife stayed on dry land while he sailed to Gibraltar with Mona, the count, his sons and two Arab girls. BNC

zkouška nanečisto

We decided to do a dry run at the church the day before the wedding. CIDI

Like previous Lloyd Webber productions, the show was given a dry run at Lloyd Webber's annual Sydmonton Festival, held at his 1,200-acre Berkshire estate.  BNC

It was meant to be a dry run for a much bigger event in September. BNC

období sucha

This is what it has been like during the dry season in Brazil for the past two years. BNC

Soon the dry season will return and food supplies will disappear. BCN

They hibernate during the dry season by burrowing deep into the damp sand. BCN

prašná bouře

Perhaps the discussion paper is making points that have been obscured by a dust storm of other allegations about the auditing performance of the Big Six. BNC

If we were lucky, there were a few minutes in the evening when the wind dropped, the dust storm subsided, and we could brave the mosquitoes and wash the corrosive dust from our bodies. BNC

Bouncing along the rubble track, you arrive in the midst of a dust storm of your own creation. BNC

kousek pravdy

Very likely there is an element of truth in both suggestions. BNC

There is an element of truth in the belief that too much sex can curve your spine and rot your bones. BNC

She couldn't cloak her antagonism which was all the worse for the element of truth in what he said. BNC

Všechno zlé je k něčemu dobré.

As the trip's been cancelled I'll be able to go to the match this Saturday. Every cloud has a silver lining. CIDI

Every cloud has a silver lining.
It's just a shame that every silver lining's got to have a cloud. WebCorp

Every cloud has a silver lining means that you should never feel hopeless because difficult times always lead to better days. WebCorp

nadměrné srážky

The depth and particularity of the green are the result of the excessive rainfall. BNC

Landslip can occur following storm conditions or periods of excessive rainfall. BNC

Guard against the harmful effects of extreme weather by watering plants before drought becomes critical, and making sure excessive rainfall can drain away freely. BNC

výfukové plyny

Then there are toxic, corrosive and carcinogenic exhaust fumes and the spreading intrusiveness of traffic noise, which again are by no means limited to city centres. BNC

The smoke furled dreamily from its navy blue nostrils and wafted gently into the evening, almost indistinguishable from the exhaust fumes of the cars below it. BNC

They had seen the clouds of exhaust fumes spewed by the Trabants and Wartburgs which had brought escaping East Germans to the West. BNC

pěkné počasí

All of our fair weather and times of trouble hope pale in comparison to the hope described in the readings of Adventide. BNC

The air search crews are being helped by fair weather conditions. BNC

It was by all accounts a good match and fair weather was maintained throughout. BNC

 nebýt přítel do nepohody

I had a lot of money and I knew a lot of people, but most of them turned out to be fair-weather friends. CIDI

Watch out for a fair- weather friend or a back stabbing buddy Wednesday and don't be too disappointed or upset if someone you like and admire turns out to be a real rotter with feet of clay.  BNC

I had warned you that Tina was only a fair-weather friend. WebCorp
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necítit se ve své kůži

I'm feeling a little under the weather - I think I may have caught a cold. CALD

I began to feel under the weather on Thursday morning after leaving Haslemere.  BNC

You may feel under the weather this month but it will simply be from lack of energy. WebCorp

bláznivé počasí

The industry has marketed Britain energetically as a year-round destination, with many attractions that do not leave the visitor at the mercy of our fickle weather. BNC

Am tired of fickle weather patterns and unreliable rain clouds. WebCorp

 But fickle weather conditions can turn a clear day into a raging storm in a moment’s notice, so hikers should be prepared in terms of clothing, backcountry experience, and fitness. WebCorp

totálně vyčerpaný

After the run they were fit to drop. CALD

I'd just walked 10 miles and I was ready to drop. CIDI

Then, when I was feeling fit to drop, Tumbleweed said he'd show me Flakebridge Wood, which lay beneath a range of foothills under the Pennine Edge. BNC

vyvolat vzpomínku, zaletět, vrátit se

Her mind flashed back to the day of their divorce. CALD

Suddenly something she had heard her daddy read out from a newspaper flashed back to her. BNC

She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling and her thoughts immediately flashed back to Luke and last night. BNC

letět, pádit, rychle ubíhat

But the days flash by in a blur. BNC

Plan every move carefully, for the twenty minutes of half an hour available to you will flash by, and seem like seconds. BCN

Larger animals which are not subject to the whims of wind and current may flash by or come closer for a brief look. BNC

náhlá záplava

A couple of years ago these lanes were far from peaceful when a flash flood swept through the area. BNC

A MONSOON flash flood swept away a bus in northern Vietnam, killing 41 passengers, the state-run radio said. BNC

The rescue came in the nick of time as the sewer filled with flash flood water just minutes after the pony was brought out. BNC

Wait, I just flashed on a possible solution to our scheduling problem. CIDPV

As the Labour losses and Conservative holds flashed on the screen, desperate looks were exchanged. BNC

The backs of the heads of the first and second officer and engineer flashed on the video screens. BNC

problesknout hlavou

When Nicky Mohan was sent off all thoughts flashed through my mind. BNC

Some snatch of verse from a Jacobean tragedy flashed through his mind. BNC

An image flashed through my mind of thousands of angry, shouting blacks carrying torches through Beverly Hills. BNC

zátopové území

They had built up the fabric in their minds again and could even feel some weary well-being as they neared Weem and saw it sheltering between the steep hills and the flood plain of the Tay. BNC

For example, there is a wide flood plain alongside the River Severn and a great embayment of flat land covered by drainage ditches south of Apperley in Deerhurst. BNC

What happened was that farmers, seeking more land, encroached into the flood plain where the river had split into a number of channels. BNC

zahalený mlhou

There are enough woods, marshes and fog-shrouded moors to hide a bloody army in this Godforsaken land! BNC

Blake continued to walk through the fog-shrouded streets.  BNC

As the film opens, a Surprise midshipman thinks he has spotted a distant object in the fog-shrouded sea, yet when he calls this to the attention of Captain Aubrey, he can’t find the object. WebCorp

rozvětvený blesk

Outside the rain had continued to torrent, the urgent rattling of the shutters interspersed by drumrolls of thunder and forked lightning. BNC

The overwhelming blackness, the cracking peals of thunder and the piercing flash and hiss of forked lightning; I've never since been in an alpine storm of such ferocity. BNC

He liked the forked lightning better than the zig-zag kind and now he was gratified by a second many-branched display that seemed to spring and grow from the river itself, blossoming in the sky above the Kingsbrook meadows. BNC

prudký náraz větru

Blown over in a freak gust outside the Metropole on 6 December 1940; car 50 was subsequently broken up. BNC

PASSENGERS waiting to board two 400-seater jumbo jets saw the planes lifted up and thrown across the tarmac by a freak gust of wind. BNC

A freak gust of wind, perhaps from a passing jet, and we lost the balloon envelope. WebCorp

zamrznout

One last word of warning, if your pond does freeze over at any stage, don't smash the ice as the shock waves created will also kill the fish. BNC

If the mud flats freeze over, it is impossible for them to find sufficient food. BNC

They don't know about cold so intense that rivers freeze over so you can drive a horse and cart across them. BNC

vyšachovat, vyřadit někoho

I felt I was being frozen out of/from the discussions. CIDI

He believed that organizations like theirs were being frozen   out.CIDI

mrzlo až praštělo

It was a freezing cold day and I'd been sitting there in nothing but these dungarees that I'd been working on the roof in. BNC

It was freezing cold outside and the boy wouldn't have survived the night. BNC

It was a freezing cold day and her feet were like blocks of ice after the session in the yard. BNC

bod mrazu

The solution is cooled, the temperature recorded every half minute and the new freezing point determined as before. BNC

You can get frost-bite only about ten degrees below freezing point. BNC

The temperature at which the solid and liquid are in equilibrium is called the freezing point. BNC

plnou parou vpřed

Now that problem is out of the way, it's full steam ahead to get the job finished. CALD

Good news, to the editor, was when house prices were going full steam ahead. BNC

If it is full steam ahead for next year, I'd predict that it won't be a marathon slog, although we'll probably try to do as many countries as possible. BCN

chytit druhý dech

After two hours we could hardly walk another step, but we got a second wind as we neared home. CIDI

Dad stamped back down, leaving Mum to get her second wind.  BNC

Like many other plants, asparagus seems to have got a second wind.  BNC

 rozčílit se, dostat se do varu

She got all steamed up about the books being left on the tables. CALD

This is why Peter gets so steamed up with the sales people from the software houses. BNC

It means thinking before you speak, trying hard not to get all steamed up and confrontational. BCN

dostat strach, ztratit odvahu

We're getting married next Saturday - that's if Trevor doesn't get cold feet!CIDI

I'm worried she may be getting cold feet about our trip to Patagonia.
CIDI

We are following the commitment that we gave in 1973 to ever closer union, so why are we now beginning to get cold feet? BNC

schovat se před deštěm

Then you've got the jokers who sleep under lorries to get out of the rain. BNC

No, I came to get a ticket for the literature festival but it was pouring down so I came to get out of the rain.  BNC

Open the door, let's get out of the rain. BCN

uváznout ve sněhu

However, when we all get snowed in this coming winter, what would you advise for a serious snow tyre?  BNC

"When people get snowed in, we get packed," she said. "Everybody comes in, and everybody knows everybody." WebCorp

We'd better get home now before we get snowed in! WebCorp

promoknout na kůži

I had no umbrella so I got soaked to the skin. CALD

When we are all shopped out I make a run for the van in the downpour and get soaked to the skin running 10 yards.WebCorp

Luckily come the evening the wind has gone North West and after some squalls and torrential downpours when I got soaked to the skin we are now able to make a South West course.  WebCorp

dozvědět se

I don't want my boss to get wind of the fact that I'm leaving so I'm not telling many people. CIDI

Right, let's get this done before the Press get wind of what's happened,'; said Inspector Drew. BNC

That caused a series of hiccups in the process, and the ripples allowed the Ardakkeans to get wind of the theft. BNC

ignorovat, přezírat, chovat se chladně

What have I done to him? He gave me the cold shoulder the whole evening at the party. CIDI

I'll just give him the cold shoulder next time I see him! WebCorp

The team will give him the cold shoulder, he won't enjoy it any more, and he'll leave. WebCorp

globální oteplování

These will all reduce emissions from fossil fuels and so help combat global warming and acid deposition. BNC

Carbon dioxide emissions The UN estimates that a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions of 20% by 2005 will be necessary to avoid potentially disastrous effects of global warming. BNC

There was some speculation during late 1989 that the rate of global warming might accelerate due to hitherto unforeseen circumstances. BNC

skončit bouchnutím, hromobitím

We put on a few and I knew I was finishing, so I thought I would try to go out with a bang by breaking the pavilion window in the Long Room. BNC

He had found it difficult to resist the temptation to tell Patricia, at least, of his intention to become a Dominican, to go out with a bang instead of a whimper. BNC

She would rather go out with a bang than a whimper. BNC

skleníkový efekt

The Prime Minister's latest ambition is to close the ozone gap and save the world from the greenhouse effect. BNC

Methane is one of the principal gases contributing to the greenhouse effect. BNC

From fridges to cars, we already have the technology we need to curb the greenhouse effect. BNC

zataženo

By Sunday morning the grey skies had cleared away. BNC

It was a chilly May day, with grey skies and a wind which seemed thirsty for another death. BNC

And even the drizzle and grey skies won't stop some putting on their new outfits, though others succumbed to the weather and brought out their brollies and even wellington boots. BNC

přízemní mráz

A touch of ground frost is not uncommon, irrespective of how blazing hot it has been during the day. BNC

Turning west to cross the freeway the ground frost got really thick in spots. WebCorp

However, a few clear intervals may develop, allowing some patchy mist and perhaps a touch of ground frost during the early hours.  BNC

pocházet

This musical duo hail from Manchester and take their name from vocalist Jan Johnston. BNC

Mary and David have travelled extensively and enjoy meeting their guests, who hail from all quarters of the world. BCN

I can tell, by the dialects, which part of Ireland the shoppers hail from; I have wilfully acquired a skill for accents. BCN

krupobití/sprška/déšt´ kulek

Sandra Mitchley, 35, died immediately in a hail of bullets. BNC

The man got within twenty yards of the tape before a hail of bullets finally brought him down. BNC

A man passerby caught in the same hail of bullets was wounded in the arm. BNC

oslavovat, chválit

She's being hailed as one of the best up-and-coming young dancers today. CALD

Maybe they would remake Anna Karenina when she was an actress, and everyone would be amazed that such a young girl could project such depths of emotion and hail her as the new Garbo. BNC

The film was hailed as a masterpiece in its day. CALD
 

krupobití

The quay was white and slippery with the granules of a recent hailstorm.  BNC

In 1985, its rooms in the Ancien Palais d'Expositions, which had been provided by the city, were damaged by a hailstorm and the Centre was evacuated. BNC

Whilst on a formation training flight on November 8, 1941, the pilot flew through a hailstorm and lost his reference to the horizon, crashing into the sea. BNC

silný vítr

By now the wind, supposedly prevailing from the west, was blowing half a gale directly from the east, straight into our faces. WebCorp

Can you start a fire when it's blowing half a gale and the rain is coming down in buckets? WebCorp

It's not more than three miles away, and it's only blowing about half a gale - there's a cutter to go ashore in. WebCorp

tvářit se jako kakabus

She stood there with hands on her hips, glaring with a face like thunder. BNC

I don't know what had happened but he had a face like thunder. CIDI

She went into the kitchen where Sarah was standing, hands on  hips, her face like thunder. BNC

nemít obdoby

All fish have one sense for which we have no parallel. BNC

The emancipation of the plebs and its progressive participation in the government seem to have no parallel in Etruria but are easily comprehensible in Greek terms. BNC

In addition more complex and diffuse forms of accountability hedge public managers in ways which have no parallel in the private sector. BNC

mít hlavu v oblacích

He's always got his head in the clouds or down a tunnel. BNC

He seemed to have his head in the clouds, to be living in a dream of gold. BNC

Then I remembered; today I would walk with my head in the clouds, it seemed. BNC

mlhavá vzpomínka

You see people out of context, years later, you try to judge by a hazy memory I'm just not sure. BNC

Another hazy memory floated tantalisingly at the edge of his mind. BNC

My hazy memory of your novel suggests that you were entirely too kind to Victor's betrothed, Elizabeth, and more than entirely too kind to his friend, Henry Clerval. BNC

protivítr

Again the weather was cool and wet, with a strong headwind against us. BNC

The small jet battled against a strong headwind and took nearly an hour and a half to cover the four hundred nautical miles from the Polish border to the Gagarin radio beacon. BNC

Sunny conditions in temperatures below zero can suddenly turn to biting conditions in a strong headwind. BNC

vlna veder

I remember we arrived during a heat wave and had to go into this refrigerator where they kept the furs. BNC

Soaring smog levels during a heat wave in Athens in late August resulted in hundreds of people being rushed to hospital. BNC

A record-breaking heat wave set the tone for negotiations on global warming in Washington this week. BNC

dusný vzduch

Constance and Nicky had walked for what seemed miles in the heavy air of the beechwood. BNC

Lee sank deeper into the bath, wisps of white steam rising lazily into the heavy air, and wondered where Patrick Lundy and the girl were. BNC

In the heavy air of that dark, dusty room, she was a ghostly figure in her yellow-white dress. BCN

rozsáhlé povodně

The storm caused widespread damage and heavy flooding, disrupting services and communications. BCN

The day after Oxfam was there, heavy flooding swept it away. BNC

Meanwhile, freak rain storms in the desert have resulted in heavy flooding in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. WebCorp

silný vítr

In his billowing white surplice he looked like a dishevelled old bird struggling to take off in a high wind. BNC

Earlier in the day it had been raining, now there was a high wind blowing. BNC

Inside, the blaze was already fierce, fanned by the high wind, the heat building up so that they could see the metal beginning to glow. BNC

jinovatka

Already the night air was laying hoar-frost on the rocks, and a gleam of thin ice was sparkling on the surfaces of the flatter stones. BNC

On the polar fringes warmer air brings in moisture and deposits it as hoar-frost, snow or rain. BNC

The frozen hoar frost from the summer fog delimits annual ice bands in the core. BNC

prázdná slova, tlachy, kecy

He felt a lot of hot air was talked by some of the purists. BNC

His promises turned out to be so much hot air. CALD

He said I should join to prove that my commitment to the ending of injustice wasn't all hot air. BNC

tvrdá konkurence

The motorbike industry is facing some hot competition from the Chinese. BNC

The domestic bottled tea market will experience the same hot competition that soda drinks and bottled water see. WebCorp

There is currently hot competition as to where those derivatives should be traded, whether Frankfurt, Paris or London. WebCorp

rozzuřený

The other customers were almost as hot under the collar as Phyllis, but for very different reasons! BNC

But they get hot under the collar about trips behind the old Iron Curtain. BNC

Two leading ice cream manufacturers are getting hot under the collar in a row over trade. BNC

bezprostředně následovat

A film contract came hard on the heels of the success of their first album. CIDI

Critique followed hot on the heels of this pioneering work. BNC

The trend follows hot on the heels of the phenomenal success of buying computers by direct mail, also pioneered in the US. BNC

meluzína

All I can do is lie in bed, listening to the howling wind and staring at the grey northern sky. BNC

He knew that the howling wind would be whipping up the downfall into deep drifts on the exposed high moor. BNC

Residents of midtown Memphis were rudely awakened by the howling wind and falling trees early Thursday. WebCorp

ledová čepička

Another idea was to allow the hot containers to melt gradually beneath the vast polar ice cap. BNC

Here in the lonely isolation of the Antarctic ice cap is Mt Early, the world's southern-most volcano. BNC

A huge hole has recently appeared in the layer above the Antarctic ice cap. BNC

velmi chladno, mrazivo

Additionally, cycles and motor cycles could pass either side of the table to avoid the potential skid risk in wet or icy conditions. BNC

Last night AA Roadwatch urged drivers to take care in the icy conditions and said it anticipated problems with heavy traffic during the holiday period. BNC

But the warning is that not every road is treated with salt; and even if it is, not every road is safe in icy conditions: and sometimes it's even hard going for the experts. BNC

když vydrží počasí

If the weather holds out, Rupert Bear and friends will take to the skies again tomorrow. BNC

 If the weather holds out, by Sunday the organizers hope the Show will have attracted a record sixty thousand visitors. BNC

If the weather holds out work could be completed in a short time. BNC

být politý studeným potem, velice vystrašený 

I dreamed I'd left the tickets at home and woke up in a cold sweat. CIDI

The thought of it brought him out in a cold sweat as he ran desperately on. BNC

This is 1990s Britain's worst nightmare, according to scientists who have launched a unique investigation of the terrors that wake us in a cold sweat. BNC

bleskově, jako na koni

I'm not a great fan, but I enjoyed the first one, The Tempest , enormously and the evening went in a flash. BNC

The bruiser bawled at her, but she was out of the door in a flash. BNC

Sometimes knowledge comes in a flash, sometimes one does not have to see someone for weeks at a time. BNC

za bílého dne

The man was shot at close range in broad daylight in front of his house. CIDI

Especially if you add that the incident in question took place in public, and in broad daylight. BNC

Astra estates have been disappearing from the car park outside the office in broad daylight. BNC

chladnokrevně

Four men were charged with the killing, in cold blood, of a French tourist last summer. CIDI

Who would kill four people in cold blood for a radio, a pair of binoculars, and $40 in cash? WebCorp

He was shot in cold blood because he knew too much and was about to blow the whistle. BNC

v potížích, nepříjemnostech

If he'd been in deep water he wouldn't have been damaged so much and neither would he have surfaced yet, perhaps not for several more days. BCN

Because of the huge up-front investment in production platforms, modestly-sized hydrocarbon discoveries in deep water are not economic. BNC

The oil company is in deep water for not taking part in a half-price fare offer; because they say people in Northern Ireland aren't interested. BNC

v plném proudu

He looked at the river which was now in full flood. BNC

Manningham was in full flood, downing his drink and pouring himself a fresh one. BNC

Sir Thomas was in full flood, though his performance seemed to lack its usual fortissimo, thought Oliver to himself. BNC

v plném proudu

The royal wedding preparations were now in full flow. CIDI

 It was not at all the response she wanted, but Mrs Browning was again in full flow. BNC

She listened intently to Myeloski, who was in full flow, as Duncan approached them. BNC

s chladnou hlavou

The next morning, in the cold light of day, Sarah realized what a complete idiot she had been.CIDI

The battle is waging, souls are being lost, and looking at the plain facts in the cold light of the day we, are loosing the battle. WebCorp

What if, in the cold light of the day, they discovered that they'd made a mistake, that what they'd thought was real was just a passing attraction, a little harmless fling of the moment? WebCorp

v zápalu boje, v rozčilení

But where people act in the heat of the moment, the likelihood of their being deterred by the size of the penalty or even their chances of getting caught would seem to be small.WebCorp

It's a real shame that both me and him will miss the next game but you can't control those sort of things in hte heat of hte moment. WebCorp

Will it make people stop coming to the races because two people lost their heads in the heat of the moment? WebCorp

v horkém křesle, mít zodpovědnost za důležitá rozhodnutí

He suddenly found himself in the hot seat, facing a hundred angry residents at a protest meeting. BNC

Among Mr Powell's successes in his five years in the hot seat were EastEnders and Birds Of A Feather. BNC

Always address the person in the hot seat by the name of the character you have chosen. BNC

v závětří

The unclothed, except when swimming, stayed in the background, secluded in the lee of a dune.  BNC

there was no natural cover, camouflage nets were slung over the trucks, while the men tended to disperse themselves some distance away, preferably in the lee of a rock. BNC

The preferred spot is in the lee of a tall hedge; it does a marvellous job of breaking up gale force winds. BNC

záplava

One of the most important of the island's defences is against erosion or inundation by the sea. BNC

However, the tilting process and inundation that accompanied it were so gradual that most existing forms of wildlife had ample time to escape from or adapt to the changes. BNC

Extensive areas of prime agricultural land, supporting tens of millions of people, will be lost through inundation and saltwater contamination of the soils. BNC

leje jako z konve

Better get your umbrella when it is raining cats and dogs out there. WebCorp

There is nothing that is more comforting that working away at a block, in a warm studio, when it is raining cats and dogs outside, or better yet, it is snowing! WebCorp

Today when it is raining cats and dogs, and so the outdoor meetings on the terrace and the al fresco lunch by the pool both have to be moved indoors. WebCorp

neštěstí nechodí nikdy samo

Finally, everyone knows that it never rains but it pours, that problems and difficulties always come together. WebCorp

But, as ever, it never rains but it pours and typically I had to say "no" to that in order to do Brian May's gig. BNC

But, wouldn't you know it, in never rains but it pours. I have had another windfall. WebCorp

držet místo

Good luck and keep a seat  for me will ya? WebCorp

Greece also says it wants to keep a seat at the negotiating table for neighbour and rival, Turkey. WebCorp

Percy and Nerfherder will keep a seat for you. WebCorp 

zachovat klid

It was imperative too to keep cool and not allow things to get out of proportion. BNC

There is nothing to hook your fingers over and allow you to relax, so keep cool and keep going. BCN

Little things will irritate you more than usual but try to keep cool, especially when dealing with personal issues. BNC

držet se ve stínu

He kept to the shadows, though the breeze blew freshly, and now and then stopped to wipe the chalky dust from his shined shoes with his handkerchief. BNC

We'll be all right, we'll keep to the shadows, no-one will see us.WebCorp

Moving along the quay-side, trying their best to keep to the shadows, were a very unlikely trio of walking wounded.WebCorp

klíčové prvky

It is another of the key elements of his social analysis. BNC

It is worth dwelling on that short text, for it contains in brief, almost coded, form many of the key elements of anti-Catholicism. BNC

Let us consider the key elements of any policy to combat age discrimination in employment. BNC

nedostatek srážek

Lack of rainfall means that they have survived intact for hundreds of years, though they are now being threatened by tourists. BNC

Our perception of the problem is that it comes and goes, according to the availability of the salmon and a lot of them have been trapped in the system because of the lack of rainfall recently. BNC

Already, prolonged droughts and lack of rainfall since the early eighties has diminished harvests. WebCorp

nechávat někoho chladným

Mary said the book had her in tears, but it left me cold. CIDI

In fact the contemplation of a Roman brick seems to leave me cold, quite cold. BNC

Even wins, such as those in the Colt Cars Classic in Jersey and the Olivetti at Moor Hall, would leave her cold.  BNC 

dostat do bezvýchodné situace, nechat na holičkách

I can't just leave him high and dry either. BNC

The stock market crash left us high and dry with debts of over £200 000. CALD

You have the gut to ask about him after you left him high and dry for Peter six months ago? WebCorp

nechat bez povšimnutí

Women's football teams feel they are left out in the cold as far as media coverage is concerned. CIDI

The government's transport policy leaves people who do not own cars out in the cold.
CIDI

Farmers were fed up with a political system that left them out in hte cold and they responded with steps into the political arena. WebCorp

závětrné pobřeží

At midday an unseasonal wind began gusting from the east, and our calm anchorage was transformed into a choppy lee shore. BNC

We closed the reef rapidly, approaching a dangerous lee shore with the wind and waves astern.BNC

A nasty cross sea seems to haunt its approach which nearly always brings you beam on to a lee shore and makes steering difficult. BNC

vybít se, odreagovat

It's just that he wants to let off steam, and you're the only person he can lose his temper with. BNC

After a long journey, the kids need to run around a bit and let off steam.CIDI

Meetings give people the chance to let off steam if something has been bothering them for a long time.CIDI

vyžvanit něco

General public was again locked out from the beta, but a posted direct link to the invitation acceptance page may have let the cat out of the bag again. (Google)

Neither of them is prepared to let the cat out of the bag. (Google)

The mayor’s visit was to be kept strictly confidential, but someone must have let the cat out of the bag, because the airport was swarming with reporters. (WebConc)

hromosvod

Glasgow's first lightning conductor drank the power of creation and waited for more. BNC

Two physicists at the University of Sydney in Australia had a piece of copper tubing, used as a lightning conductor, which had been crushed as the electrical current passed through it. BNC

Franklin had also been invited to advise Glasgow University in the matter of a lightning conductor. BNC

jako namydlený blesk

He leaped over the tailboard of the lorry like greased lightning. BNC

I mentioned work and he was out of the room like greased lightning. CIDI

I have seen created players such as the shortest, lightest player that can be created, who can run like greased lightning. WebCorp

dívat se na to z té lepší stránky

Hey, look on the bright side, at least it gives them a head start for their biology GCSEs. BNC

Look on the bright side, you're braver than I was. BNC

She should look on the bright side, she kept trying to tell herself.  BNC

hnusné počasí

What lousy weather!BCN

Then we can spend what's left of the night discussing the lousy weather with them, was the disagreeable reply to this nervous question. BCN

Mother Nature served up some pretty lousy weather during the eight-week break. BCN

obloha pokrytá beránky

The buzzard over Florida in the mackerel sky that stretched from west to east symbolized death in the trajectory of Columbia's return.  WebCorp

The white glare of the bay in summer was heightened by a mackerel sky. WebCorp

There was a mackerel sky, with the clouds dropping on the mountain-tops till you could hardly say which was which. WebCorp

dělat blbce z

 Don't let other ales make a monkey of you, drink Dregs! (BNCB)

A CHIMPANZEE financial whizzkid that has beaten stock market experts could not make a monkey of British share analysts yesterday. (BNCB)

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. (Google)

kout železo, dokud je žhavé

I've got a few hours to finish the housework before the kids come home so I might as well make hay while the sun shines. CIDI

It's not enough to enjoy yourself, you must make hay while the sun shines.  BNC

Make hay while the sun shines, you know. BNC

dělat zbytečnou vědu, nadělat s něčím

He's making heavy weather of writing his report, Ingrid finished hers days ago. CIDI

It's the people with easy lives who make heavy weather. BNC

So it is not surprising that adolescents sometimes make heavy weather of the whole process. BNC

střílet do vzduchu, plácat do větru

Even then you have to make wild guesses as to what is going on till everything is explicitly told.WebCorp

The idea with this list is to give answers if you know them, not to make wild guesses -especially when a few seconds of testing would show you that your guess was wrong. WebCorp

Officials stated they can only make wild guesses, as the equipment is essentially still in development. WebCorp

roztavit

They melted down the gold rings and bracelets. CALD

Most importantly, when a metal artefact is damaged or becomes redundant, the metal can easily be melted down and recycled into another artefact. BCN

Any large bronze objects will have been taken and melted down long ago, probably in the fourteenth century BC. BNC

bod tání

It is also more suitable for casting because its melting point is lower and the tin reacts with gases dissolved in the molten alloy, preventing porosity. BNC

The high melting point of carbon may also be significant. BCN

It shows that as pressure increases the melting point decreases slightly. BNC

tavící kotel ( místo, kde dochází k míchání kultur)

Rules of mutual tolerance must be agreed in an area which is a melting pot of such diverse cultures. CIDI

New Orleans is one of the great melting pots of America. CALD

In a period when, as recent events in Los Angeles and elsewhere have shown, the ethnic melting pot has dissolved into a racial meltdown, the clemency of clear understanding is as sought-after as ever. BNC

zamlžit, orosit se

Open the window when you have a shower to stop the mirror misting over.CALD

Just then the scene began to mist over. BNC

Her eyes mist over as she says: Kurt and I have four children between us. BNC

ani jedno oko nezůstalo suché

There wasn't a dry eye on the set when Toby, 27, and Sara, 26, announced they were going to get married. BCN

And as he struggled to make himself understood, there wasn't a dry eye to be seen. BNC

There won't be a dry eye in the place by the time you've finished,'; she murmured. BNC

nemít tušení

Do you know where Kate's gone? I haven't the foggiest. CIDI

The photocopier's broken down again, and nobody has the foggiest idea how to fix it.  CIDI

The insurance is due for renewal at the beginning of March, and I haven't the foggiest idea what they're worth now. BNC

nemít ani nejmenší tušení

Most members of Parliament seem not to have the foggiest idea about the bills they voted for or against. WebCorp

A person like Judge Mitchel, seems not to have the foggiest idea of what the law is! WebCorp

They sound so much like TV Anchors who frequently seem not to have the foggiest idea about the text they are reading so beautifully and with so much charm. WebCorp

okluzní fronta

An occluded front from the Low at 52°N 23°W running eastwards to Northern Ireland. WebCorp

This cold front joined to an occluded front which runs northwards to eastern Finland and then westwards across central Sweden and central Norway.WebCorp

In the case of an occluded front, the warm air mass will be forced aloft. WebCorp

na návětrné straně

Although Viking was lying quietly enough at the moment we could tell by the sudden gusts which hissed down from the high southern cliff that it was blowing quite hard on the weather side. BNC

In calm, clear weather these are all thrown open; but if it blows, those on the weather side are closed, whilst those away from the wind can remain open without any inconvenience. WebCorp

I, therefore, set to work at once to tranship them -- a most difficult operation, the ship being on the weather side of the island and the sand alongside very heavy. WebCorp

pohybovat se na tenkém ledě

It had been granted grudgingly and she knew she was on thin ice as far as her superiors were concerned. BNC

She felt as though she were treading on thin ice and any false move might plunge her once more into the dark depths of despair. BNC

Even for a lifelong friend this is skating on thin ice! BNC

otevřené moře 

But in open, or partially open waters, where a wind is capable of creating a choppy surface and influencing the below-surface conditions, it is wise to fish into the wind. BNC

Breeds on well vegetated fresh or brackish water or marshes; in winter on more open waters, even temporary pools in desert. BNC

Gairloch Bay comes into sight with the open waters of the North Minch beyond, as the road descends to the village beautifully situated along the shore. BNC

z čista jasna, z nenadále

Out of a clear sky, or so it seemed to them. BNC

Only a slight chill in the air gave any indication that it was autumn, and even that was beginning to fade away as the sun blazed down again out of a clear blue sky. BNC

Over the past year, many a fund manager has had his confidence shattered as supposedly reliable shares that were the solid core of his portfolio ; IBM, Merck, Kellogg, Philip Morris ; crashed out of a clear blue sky. BNC

z ničeho nic, z čista jasna

It must have seemed to Bragad's minions that we were falling on them out of thin air. BNC

They only saw him: it was very sudden, just as if he had materialized out of thin air. BNC

She seemed to appear out of thin air. CALD

předpověd´na ...

Outlook for tomorrow and Sunday: Mainly dry and mild, with sunny intervals after clearance of any early mist or fog. BNC

Outlook for tomorrow and Thursday: Continuing unsettled with rain or showers in most areas. BNC

Tomorrow should brighten up with sunny intervals and the outlook for Friday is mainly dry with sunny spells. BNC

chmurné nebe

Laura sighed, leaning back on the hard bench and gazing up at the overcast sky. BNC

The air struck dank and chill, and the overcast sky pre-empted the onset of dusk. BNC

In fact the weather had not smiled on Miss Switham's wedding day, and the overcast sky did not invite a walk. BNC

přetečení, vylití

We put our litter back into our rucksacks as all the bins were full to overflowing, and Elinor and Otley set off in the direction of Fair Hill where all the caravans were resting. BNC

He tossed the empty packet onto the overflowing bin in the corner of the room and sat down at the table. BNC

Crushing the cigarette stub in an overflowing ashtray, the officer pushed his chair back and stood up. BNC

něčím zaplaven, ohromen

Then they see the size of the crowd or the famous VIP arriving and they are overwhelmed with terror. BNC 

Before long if we are not careful we shall be overwhelmed with things that are tenth-rate. BNC

But as I listened to the stories of these prisoners it was difficult not to be overwhelmed with feelings of hate and revenge. BNC

ozonová vrstva

The ozone layer still prevents any lethal UVC radiation reaching the earth.

Without the Ozone Layer, life on Earth would be quite different. BNC

The ozone layer (spread out between 12 and 50km above the Earth), has always existed and, left to its own devices, will regenerate and interact with other airborne gases to create a perfect balance. BNC

ztvrdlý sníh

We move on next day over hard packed snow that has been wind-blown into flutes and columns. BCN

Packed snow would become a firm, stable, even slightly sticky surface. BNC

And it was going downhill over the hard packed snow which was the worst bit, with me acting as a brake, hauling on a rope to keep the sledge from running forward into the horse's heels. BNC

liják

From the balcony I watched the stream of figures in white pyjamas rushing through the pelting rain to the shelter of the mosque. BNC

He lay on the goose feathers, looking at the beams, feeling the soft pelting rain massage away the binding layers of ambition, lust, wickedness, pain, revenge… BNC

Not even the crackle of the fire and the pelting rain could disguise Isabel's quick gasp. BNC

zachovat si klidnou hlavu, hrát kliďase

Play it cool - don't let them know how much you need the money. CIDI

The band had wanted a major deal for at least two years previously, but were determined to play it cool. BNC

The best advice I can offer is to play it cool - very cool - until at least six months after you graduate.  WebCorp

vysypat z rukávu, vycucat z prstu

That figure of eighty thousand pounds isn't something we've just plucked out of the air. We've done a detailed costing of the project.CIDI

The figure of £620 million was reported in the newspapers and the Minister has told us that it did not come directly from him but I am sure the newspapers did not pluck it out of the air either. WebCorp

He didn't just pluck it out of the air, it was the name of a Pedigree name of a cat of a friend of his. WebCorp

zápal plic

Acute conditions include strokes, heart attacks, broken bones, and infections such as pneumonia. BNC

Four years later he spent a week in hospital with viral pneumonia. BNC

I knew that they had not given you enough time to recover from the pneumonia. BNC

zpochybňovat

I don't want to pour cold water, Folly, but what if they didn't believe you? BNC

Arsenal were in the final, but Chapman poured cold water on hopes for the Double. BNC

Sadly the beloved eldest brother, Beverley, who had poured cold water on the whole idea of Eva going to Africa, was never to hear of her success. BCN

lít jako z konve

The rain continued to pour down as substitute Mark Carter scrambled Barnet back into the match with a 56th minute goal. BNC

The first distant crash of thunder shook the air, and the rain began to pour down heavily. BNC

The rain, which had been coming and going, began to pour down again, spattering in big gobs all over the glass around them. BCN

srážkoměr

It is not common for such historic data to be routinely available for precipitation gauge locations worldwide. WebCorp

The new precipitation gauge systems should feed into data collection and communications equipment, as well as having manual readout capability. WebCorp

It is also not a comprehensive solution, because today's precipitation gauge technology does not permit complete automation. WebCorp

převládající vítr

Trees on the English southern coasts usually lean to the north east, obedient to the prevailing wind. BCN

They should be sited on bare earth (not concrete) and protected from the prevailing wind. BNC

It is now a grand little farmhouse forming part of a courtyard together with its outbuildings and set against the prevailing wind from the northwest. BNC

převážně slunečno

But then prolonged sunshine in Britain is reason enough to shout!WebCorp

With prolonged sunshine, the temperature rose to 33.3 degrees on 19 June, the highest in the month. WebCorp

Up to 80 per cent of these crops are reported to have ben scorched by prolonged sunshine. WebCorp

chovat se povýšeně, afektovaně

Bella never put on airs and graces, remaining a real Blackpool girl. BNC

It's no good putting on airs and graces with me. I knew you when you were working in a shop! CALD

In his day a College of Advanced Technology, it has since grown in size and been raised to the status of a university, but without putting on any airs and graces. BNC

šlamastyka, brynda

Like Mr Segni, Mr Orlando says electoral reform is essential if Italy is to escape from its `political quagmire'. BNC

This would enable the men on the bank to keep her head up and give more time to spend on the attempts to raise her from the quagmire. BNC

One Labour peer admits that, if the abolition of the life and hereditary peerage removes the independent crossbencher, you enter a `constitutional quagmire'. BNC

plískanice

After days of heavy rain and snow the going on the grass track at Laurel Park was soft, conditions very much against Sir Ivor. BNC

His journey began with a six-hour walk in the rain and snow across the heath to Hoovegeen. BNC

It was believed that the accident happened as an indirect result of heavy rain and snow storms in the city. BNC

překazit někomu plány

I'm sorry to rain on your parade, but you're not allowed to have alcohol on the premises. CIDI

I usually root hard against the Jets, just because Scott Miller likes them so much, and I like to rain on his parade anytime I can. WebCorp

Russian President Vladimir Putin had some important engagements coming up in Moscow and he didn't want it to rain on his parade. WebCorp

srážkový stín

Soon we are out on the savannah leaving behind the rain shadow of the mountain. BCN

Mixed-grass prairies are found in the central Great Plains, and shortgrass prairie towards the rainshadow of the Rocky Mountains.WebCorp

Two things can create the rain shadow: Mountains and continental location. WebCorp

sprška, přeháňka

However, it is not unusual to see pilots take off towards a heavy rain shower on a good soaring day instead of waiting until it has passed. BNC

The sun went behind clouds, and particularly after a rain shower when the undergrowth was moist, they travelled during much of the day. BNC

The rain shower had hurried the last of the rubber-neck tourists off the streets and the restaurants and sex shows (mostly on video these days) were switching off their come-hither lights. BNC

pláštěnka

Her indecision made her sweat; her armpits felt clammy under her raincoat and the palms of her hands were moist. BNC

In the bank, stood a small man, dressed in a stained old raincoat, wearing a flat cap, fishing tackle packed in an ex-army gas-mask carrier. BNC

He always wore an old felt hat (probably his late father's) and an old worn-out beige raincoat, and his boots were ever unlaced. BNC

bouře doprovázená lijákem

The day came, and with it a forty days, forty nights style rainstorm. BNC

Although they may get flattened by a rainstorm, they quickly recover once the sun comes out. BNC

In minutes the sky had darkened and a heavy rainstorm was lacing the fields before me. BNC

záblesk naděje

Another ray of hope is the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) which was established in 1986. BNC

Do you think it holds out a ray of hope among the problems which perplex us all so sorely today? BNC

Finally in eighteen thirty, there was yet another revolution in France, and that brought him a a ray of hope. BNC

hřeben vysokého tlaku

A ridge of high pressure over the center of the country will move westward and weaken as it is squeezed by the two lows to either side of it. WebCorp

Meanwhile a broad ridge of high pressure  had become established over New Zealand, effectively blocking the storm's southerly movement.  WebCorp

And the ridge of high pressure  is not predicted to move away or break down. WebCorp

vstávat a s chutí do nového dne

Wakey wakey, rise and shine.CALD

Rise and shine, sleepy head - you have to leave for school in twenty minutes. CIDI

We all know there are mornings when "rise and shine” just isn’t enough. WebCorp

stoupající hladina moří

Meanwhile many studies of potential local effects of rising sea level are under way. BNC

A rising sea level will erode shorelines, increase coastal flooding, encourage saltwater intrusion into coastal soils, aquifers and along estuaries, damage coastal marshes and swamps, induce higher storm surges and alter ocean currents. BNC

The quality of paintings in the cave, whose tunnel entrance was submerged by the rising sea level as the last Ice Age ended, are of such exceptional quality that their authenticity was originally doubted. BNC 

hlasitý smích, výbuchy smíchu

I rose to answer there was a roar of laughter from the Labour benches. BNC 

In the roar of laughter it provoked, he felt himself falling swiftly towards the ground. BNC

The roar of laughter that burst out was something he never forgot. BNC

vyčerpat, dojít

And, somehow, my savings, carefully built up over the years, were starting to run dry. BNC

Presumably the well of fast bowlers will one day run dry and then West Indies will have to devise a new strategy; after all, India did not fare too badly in the 1960s and '70s with a quartet of spinners. BCN

Clearly the native resources of scientific talent and ingenuity had not run dry, for all the disappointment caused by the failures of the;science and government'; campaigns of the early 1960s. BCN

běžet s větrem o závod

She's very slight in build and she can run like the wind. CIDI

When that happens, you must bash hard and then run like the wind. BNC

The antelope are not dumb: when the lions attack, they run like the wind. WebCorp

pohybovat se na hranici zákona 

We may have just enough fuel to get there, but we'll be sailing a bit close to the wind.  CIDI

You really do like to sail close to the wind, don't you? BNC

International: Russia and Ukraine sail close to the wind on Black Sea fleet. BNC  

schovat si něco na horší časy, myslet na zadní kolečka

Put it in a box in your guitar case and save it for a rainy day. BNC

Why save for a rainy day when you can spend now and spend on a rainy day? WebCorp

The government already encourages people to save for a rainy day and save for a pension. WebCorp

schovat si něco na horší časy

Put it in a box in your guitar case and save it for a rainy day. BNC

Luckily she had saved some money for a rainy day. CALD

She has a couple of thousand pounds kept aside which she's saving for a rainy day. CIDI

pařák, hic

And the sporting Volcane version, while hot, is not the scorcher one might expect at the top of so accomplished a line-up. BNC

The Monday had been a proper scorcher. BNC

Summer isn't over yet and next week could well be a real scorcher. BNC

hustá mlha, mrholení

It wasn't a very nice day again; this time there was a good old Scotch mist and it was damp and cold. BNC

We sailed into a murky, airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist, and I turned in for a few hours. BNC

You could have vanished into a Scotch mist and taken a boat to one of the Western Isles. BNC

mořské pobřeží

Offloading from a tanker on the Pacific seaboard into the pipeline system was last night suspended. BNC

California is the major industrial polluter of the eastern Pacific seaboard. BNC

Palestine remained a passionately felt issue by the Arab masses from the Atlantic seaboard to the Indian Ocean. BCN

jak se věci mají, co se bude dít

I think we ought to talk to other members of staff and see which way the wind's blowing before we make any firm decisions. CALD

The students will predict which way the wind is blowing by looking at the direction the arrow of their wind vane is pointing.  WebCorp

How can you tell which way the wind is blowing? WebCorp

poslat někoho pryč ze hry

Port had seen enough to send him to the showers by the end of the first two terms of yesterday's match of five 20-minute terms. WebCorp

If he said the Oslo agreement was a perfect document, I would have said it was time to send him to the showers. WebCorp

Did the coach yank Strahan from the game and scream at him, or, better, send him to the showers? WebCorp

tetelící se vzduch

She drew in a deep breath as its domes and spires appeared, floating serene and enchanted, insubstantial as any mirage in the shimmering air. BNC

The shimmering air evaporated away to reveal a tiny figure of a man dressed much like he was.WebCorp

The wagon disappears around a bend, a cloud of red dust settles in the shimmering air. WebCorp

bavit se, povídat si, kecat

If anyone would like to shoot the breeze, I sure would like to swap stories.WebCorp

We used to go there to shoot the breeze in the morning, and talk about each other. WebaCorp

Good or bad we want you to air your opinions about the Monitors and don't forget you can shoot the breeze by regular mail or e-mail. WebCorp

zahrnout, zasypat něčím

He showered her with flowers and jewellery. MED

The banks start promising to look after you much better than ever before, and to shower you with presents. BNC

I shall shower you with ravening kisses. BNC

břečka, rozbředlý sníh

After 45 minutes to an hour, the mixture will have frozen to the consistency of thick slush. BNC

Outside there was snow and slush along the streets and sidewalks. BNC

After 45 minutes to an hour, the mixture will have frozen to the consistency of thick slush. BNC

sněhové řetězy

Please note: carrying snow chains in your car is essential in mountain resorts ... whatever the weather. WebCorp

Despite arriving late we caught the tale end of the chaos with people trying to climb the roads withou snow chains or winter tyres.WebCorp

In winter, it is obligatory that all vehicles going to the ski resorts carry snow chains, even when the roads are clear. WebCorp

sněžná čára

The fields around Barnard Castle can be quite green and pleasant, but a few miles further on you meet the snow line. BNC

The family was found near the snow line on the 2,820ft Beinn Mhic Chasgaig and airlifted to safety by RAF helicopter. BNC

Cliffs, stony slopes and alpine meadows in the high Caucasus, up to the snow line, using its very stout bill for scraping in the ground to uproot plants. BNC

lavinový vzrůst

This was not true, but in a largely illiterate society the snowball effect of malicious rumours worried the Bolsheviks, as it had the Tsarist officials before them. BNC

By attracting famous names BPT hopes to create a snowball effect, boosting confidence and encouraging smaller retailers to take up space.

While he made no suggestion that news coverage at the time should have been restricted, Mr Justice Garland said the volume and intensity of publicity had a snowball effect. BNC

závěj

They usually manage to survive a day or so buried in a snowdrift. BNC

What she'd hit or, more accurately, ploughed into, was a thick snowdrift, piled across the road. BNC

If one of them had tunnelled into a snowdrift, his ski-sticks unfindable, another had slipped and was dangling over the edge of a snow-capped tunnel. BNC

sněhové přeháňky

The lack of snowfall in most European resorts over the last two winters has made all skiers aware of the advantages of artificial snow-making machinery. BNC

Temperatures would drop below freezing in many parts of the world and, even if the war occurred in summer, many areas would have snowfall for months. BNC

A heavy snowfall left the hills deliciously inviting and the sky was clear and bright. BNC

sněhová vločka

A snowflake landed on his lower lip and immediately dissolved. BNC

The keys crashed to the floor next to Gedanken; the piece of paper followed, slowly fluttering from side to side like a snowflake. BNC

A snowflake touched the glass, stuck there for a moment then melted. BNC

chumelenice

Then I remember that time when the tent blew down in the snowstorm and his sleeping bag went in the slush. BNC

Two hours later, as they were hauling in their lines, a light drizzling snowstorm of ash began to fall. BNC

Fighting our way through a raging snowstorm, we arrived at the north end, by Costa Hill, and huddled in the car, astonished by the force of the blizzard. BNC

durch promáčený

The handkerchief was torn now, sopping wet and useless as an absorbent. BNC

Whether gathering after the scythe, or the reaper, or stoking the sheaves, clothes could become sopping wet. BNC

He escaped in his pyjamas, and the plaster of Paris on his leg was sopping wet where he had fallen in a ditch, but he was in good spirits. BNC

zdravý na duchu i na těle, mít tuhý kořínek

Upon the whole, however, here is a mortality of about 50 per cent and this among negroes who are not bought unless quite healthy at first, and unless (as the phrase is with cattle) they are sound in wind and limb.

And Jane stood there, sound in wind and limb, and with the
exhilarating sense, always helpful to the mind, of a bodily feat
accomplished. WebCorp

He must start young and be thoroughly sound in wind and limb. WebCorp

ztrácet čas, zbytečně se namáhat

It's about the futility of standing in the way of emotion, with sober advice not to spit in the wind or to get in the way.

When you spit in the wind it comes right back at you. WebCorp

jarní tání

However, concentrations were low in April 2001, following the spring melt period. WebCorp

Concentrations increased with the rise in the hydrography during spring melt, reaching the highest concentration as the hydrography began to fall.WebCorp

In some rivers, such as those around here, the maximum flow comes with the spring melt.WebCorp

jarní obleva

Surprisingly, before the spring thaw finally sets in, April can provide excellent rock climbing. BNC

Impassable potholes rapidly developed in the iron-hard, frosted road once the spring thaw set in. BNC

The tops of the wedges are often covered with gravel and may be awash during the spring thaw. BNC

vytrvalý déšť

This is followed by much thicker nimbostratus and steady rain or drizzle. WebCorp

It's still not perfect weather, but it beats the steady rain of early this morning. WebCorp

As a steady rain began to fall, however, the initial excitement of the day quickly dampened.
WebCorp

předejít  něčí záměr, ukrást nápad, předběhnout

Your most startling, persuasive or important points should not go in the introduction; do not let the introduction steal your thunder. BNC

I kept quiet about my pregnancy because Cathy was getting married, and I didn't want to steal her thunder. CIDI

Senator Johnson accused the President of stealing his thunder on the tax issue. MED

konzervativec

Only cynics would have called him stick-in-the-mud or sneered at him being `worthy'. BNC

I was always called stick-in-the-mud by one of my masters. BNC.

'Anyway, I'm not interested in married men.' 'Oh, don't be such a stick-in-the-mud.' CALD

ledový

It was a cellar, stone-floored and stone-walled, and stone cold. BNC

They were , they were for grabbing stuff out for and stone cold general cargo, anything. BNC

Come and drink your tea, lass, it'll be stone cold. BNC

hrozivá, černá mračna ( nebezpečí, špatná událost)

Economic storm clouds are gathering over India. CALD

The storm clouds of war seem to be looming over the east. CALD

The storm clouds gathering over Leeds City broke almost a year after the end of the First World War. BNC

bouřlivé ovace

But to hear the storm of applause with which his BUF followers greeted it was more terrifying still. BNC

Patrick heard the roar and the storm of applause and guessed that his curiosity had made him miss the shot not only of the tournament but probably of the golfing year. BNC

Fortunately, though, he saw his son dancing in the first theatre of the country and was proud to see the audience's storm of applause for him. WebCorp

rozbouřené moře

He seemed to regard the New Testament as a stormy sea in which he was tossed about in a little boat as he explored. BNC

Others have told me that it shows an old woman sitting looking out on a stormy sea from a tranquil cottage garden. BNC

They rose unchallenged, like black rocks in a stormy sea. BNC

zasažen bleskem

In the past it was thought that the chance of having a glider struck by lightning in cloud was negligible. BNC

An eloquent man called Marcus fretted about bombs, turbulence, being struck by lightning and ageing planes. BNC

Travelling home one night in a violent storm, Polly was struck by lightning and had to be destroyed. BNC

dusná místnost

Although both dogs had grown quiet and drowsy in the stuffy room, they immediately struggled to their feet with a rattle of chains and a whined greeting. BNC

Rather than stay in a stuffy room we decided to carry on with our lessons out of sight of the road in the back garden, which was more distracting but more pleasant. BNC

She seemed to be pushing her enormous frame closer to his, as he tried to extricate himself from the small stuffy room which had begun to give him claustrophobia. BNC

parné počasí

In deep darkness and sultry weather numerous yellow flames were observed which were about as large as a match. WebCorp

Hot and sultry weather continued today over most of Texas with record high and record high minimum temperatures being set in seven Texas cities. WerbCorp

Moist, easterly flow from the Coral Sea onto the Queensland coast causes very warm, humid and sultry weather east of the Great Dividing Range. WebCorp

zalitý sluncem

We spent the entire holiday lying on the sun-drenched beaches at the south end of the island.CALD

Tenerife has an excellent all year round climate, especially on its sun-drenched southern coast, where many of the island's superb, modern resorts are situated. BNC

You can take a cruise down the Nile, fly off to sun-drenched Barbados or choose any holiday you wish. BNC

sluneční paprsek

A thistledown floated into the bright phallus of the sunbeam and hovered over his face. BNC

 Little flecks of gold whirled around him in the air, like motes in a sunbeam.  BNC

And the hump-backed blueness behind her spread a flat sheet of flesh as the first sunbeam touched it in the valley of shadow. BNC

úžeh, úpal

Someone who is suffering from sunstroke feels dizzy and has a high temperature, but does not sweat.CALD

At first doctors believed he was suffering from little more than sunstroke. BNC

Midday temperatures can be high and the major causes of chick mortality are sunstroke and overheating. BNC

nechat na jindy

I'll take a rain check on that drink tonight, if that's all right. CIDI

The warning voice could go take a rain check, she thought. BNC

I had to take a rain check because I was busy with writing," he told Hinduism Today.WebCorp

vzít někomu vítr z plachet, srazit sebevědomí

I was all ready to tell him that the relationship was over when he greeted me with a big bunch of flowers - it rather took the wind out of my sails. CALD

Wouldn't it take the wind out of his sails more thoroughly if she seemed indifferent rather than angry? BNC

But do not let me take wind out of his sails if I am brief in maintaining the fact that education is the motor of growth, like develop is for a nation that would like to move forward. WebCorp

teritoriální, výsostné vody

United States wanted the treaty to apply only outside the 12-mile limit of territorial waters, but it was overruled. BNC

There is strong evidence suggesting the Vincennes was inside Iranian territorial waters at the time. BNC

 I was also concerned at this time that if an aircraft registered in a particular State crashed in the sea outside territorial waters, it was open to anyone to salvage it. BNC

předem si okouknout situaci

Perhaps you should go to a couple of meetings to test the waters before you decide whether to join the club. CIDI

To test the water, John McElroy, an American official, is visiting Europe for two weeks from 14 April. BNC

Why do so many of us feel the need to test the water first?  BNC

rozmrznout

I'm only just beginning to thaw out after taking the dogs out this morning. CALD

That night it freezes hard and next morning after a brief breakfast we thaw out the boat and set off again. BCN

Sit down there, Myles, and thaw out.  BNC

nejsou žádné hranice

Now the sky is the limit, it appears, for Arazi, who heads next for the Kentucky Derby, at Churchill Downs. BNC

The sky is the limit now for interest rates, warned top City broker Paul Turnbull. BNC

Five months before the appeal reaches its climax, Alex have already topped the £1,000 mark, and organisers say the sky is the limit. BNC

hodit opatrnost za hlavu, jednat neopatrně

You could always throw caution to the wind and have another  glass of wine. CIDI

You may even throw caution to the wind and try one of our Mystery Trips. BNC

Most of the time, nurses throw caution to the wind in their excitement to work abroad. WebCorp

házet špínu na někoho

When she tried talking to kids on the street about Jesus, they would trow mud at her and yell at her. WebCorp

Sometimes it would be funny to throw mud at people.WebCorp

Tamani being the man of God that he is did not even throw mud at any presidential candidate as some religious organisations have been doing. WebCorp

házet na někoho špínu

Companies should think carefully before slinging mud at someone who may respond with a libel action costing millions of dollars. CIDI

They are trying to sling mud at me to cover up the defeat by Peru, he said, rising to his own defence and pointing a brave if belated finger back at the SFA. BNC

They're going to  throw mud at everybody. BNC 

hromobití

One June day, my sister was caught in a thunderstorm, and the deluge completely ruined her hat. BNC

There was a thunderstorm and I struggled from a deep sleep. BNC

There had been a thunderstorm the night before but it had swept over and the lake was calm. BNC

slapová vlna

Thousands of inhabitants reeled from a double disaster as tremors from the quake also created a Tsunami tidal wave that destroyed whole areas of land and villages. BNC

Steadily it rolled, the onrushing wave of sound leading the storm, like a tidal wave echoes some distant catastrophe. BNC

The Vets were not evacuated when the hurricane struck and Hemingway reports on the wind and the tidal wave that killed hundreds of them. BNC

mít jasno

Be clear about your expectations and needs,clear about person's assignment, and clear about the effect, both of performance and non-performance. WebCorp

Let us be clear about what we mean by pro-social (altruistic) behaviour? BNC

Be very clear about what you want to cover in a lecture. WebCorp

průtrž mračen

My mum and dad drove us to the airport in the torrential rain and wind. BNC

Britain was facing its worst flooding crisis for 22 years as torrential rain and gale-force winds swept the country last night. BNC

Large parts of Africa, India and Australia were ravished by drought while the west coast of the Americas was lashed by storms and torrential rain. BNC

jedovatý odpad

Indeed, they see incineration as a solution to toxic waste whose usefulness should be employed on a greater range of materials. BNC

Ocean has lodged planning applications for a waste-to-energy facility in south London and a toxic waste incinerator near Middlesbrough. BNC

He said the government should export technology so countries could deal with their own toxic waste. BNC

složitá životní situace

I believe we are sailing out of troubled waters now. BNC

This particular fish was very shortly going to find itself in exceedingly troubled waters. BNC

After just half an hour in the pool, it was back to the troubled waters of the Foreign Office. BNC

brázda nízkého tlaku

Cold fronts will generally start from areas of low pressure and follow the trough of low pressure south and to the west of the low. WebCorp

A trough of low pressure extended northwards across the Bay of Biscay, bringing the cloud and rain that occurred over Brittany. WebCorp

We are, unfortunately, in a stable weather pattern with a large trough of low pressure in the middle levels of the atmosphere parked directly overhead. WebCorp

vyjasnit se

I’m also going to plant the peonies I bought on Saturday next weekend, which is also a little early, but will probably turn out fine. WebCorp

It's not about sitting back passively and believing that things will turn out fine on their own. WebCorp

From the pope's display of determination, Heikkila found a new inspiration that his life ahead will turn out fine as long as he keeps his faith and practises it. WebCorp

bezstarostný, nerušený

I'm kind, honest, unclouded, passion to friends, faithful to family and loyal to love. WebCorp

Based on my reading of ancient Jewish texts--including the New Testament, I am optimistic that a fresh, unclouded vision for God's kingdom can be regained. WebCorp

Neither in what it gives, nor in what it does not give, nor in the mode of presentation, must the unclouded face of truth suffer wrong. WebCorp

ostošest, naplno

They were sitting in a corner, talking up a storm. CIDI

BRITAIN'S big banks stirred up a storm last night after threatening to charge customers for using their own money. BNC

The leases have brewed up a storm in Darlington as landlords say they could mean the end of many traditional pubs. BNC

vřelé uvítání

I would like to extend a warm welcome to the two South Africans who are attending tod today's meeting of Council. BNC

We'll be seeing the E F T A T colleagues on Thursday, I hope you'll give them a very very warm welcome. BNC

On this occasion I can, without any distortion, offer you a very warm welcome . BNC

zvětrat, rozpadnout se

No doubt the ice sheet preserves specimens that would weather away more quickly in other regions. BNC

Because the bricks will only be fired two-thirds of the way through, the top one-third will weather away with time, leaving a piece which will be truly sculpted by the outside forces.WebCorp

The softer mudstones weather away faster, leaving the more resistant sandstones jutting out. WebCorp

hydrometeorolog

The local weather forecaster had told me we'd get rain and we did. BCN

Ted, what's it like to be a weather forecaster, are you a popular man as such? BNC

English hearts sank even further than they already were, for it would not have needed a weather forecaster to predict that Hurricane Viv was about to strike. BNC

předpověd´počasí

The weather outlook is just as gloomy for today. BNC

They have timed the deal pretty well, and not just from a weather outlook. BNC

The weather forecast was not too bad, either, except that the heavy recent downpours might lead to the cracking of some water, or even gas, mains. BNC

za příznivého počasí

Weather permitting, this is surely the sort of event of which Philippa would approve. BNC

This is where, weather permitting, the sing still takes place. BNC

Weather permitting, there are frequent painting and sketching expeditions available to all members. BNC

přečkat bez úhony, přestát bouři

We shall see if the ambassador can weather the political storm caused by his ill-advised remarks. CALD

According to the board, Ocean Ranger was structurally sound and should have been able to weather the storm. BNC

So, with luck, they hoped to weather the storm. BNC

větrná korouhev

The Hungarian news agency MTI said yesterday that the 1.6 tonne steel star would be replaced by a weather vane. BNC

We reached St Paul's, the great copper eagle on its weather vane dazzling in the weak sunlight. BNC

A strange, fixed weather vane that stands in the lee of the vicarage at Rennes-le-Chateau. BNC

ošlehaný větrem, poškozený vlivem povětrnosti

There he stood in the college chapel, grizzled and weather-beaten by harsh Canadian winters. BNC

He wore battle-dress green, slacks and sweater and his weather-beaten face glowed with satisfaction and well-being. BNC

Here the lane ended, and she found herself by the Green, facing the tiny weather-beaten church. BNC

morous, otrava, suchar

I don't want to be a wet blanket, but you really must play your music more quietly or you'll disturb the people next door. CIDI

They thought he was a middle aged wet blanket. BNC

Most of the older boys agreed with Jack and believed that Piggy was a middle-aged wet blanket because he always thought he knew best about everything. BNC

blesková událost, akce, smršť

Well we need you to write, direct or act in this whirlwind event, and the best bit is you only need to give up 24 hours of your time. WebCorp

The first trip was in college and it was a whirlwind event of which I have not much recall.WebCorp

Parents Weekend can feel like a whirlwind event, but it is one that is rewarding for all. WebCorp 

náhlé milostné vzplanutí

It was a whirlwind romance, all right, and nobody could talk any sense into Freda. BNC

In 1966 she married German playboy Gunther Sachs, following a whirlwind romance. BNC

They had a whirlwind romance, and after a few months she'd started hinting for a ring. BNC

náhlé rozsáhlé změny

Agriculture, too, felt the wind of change, with an agronomist, Rafael Cavestany, taking the ministerial place of the Falangist Carlos Reín. BCN

What made this work possible at this particular time was the wind of change that was sweeping across Europe. BNC

When the volume of work increased, as it did throughout central government, the wind of change hit the Lord Chancellor's Office with particular force because it started from such a tiny base. BNC

neočekávané peníze

I am confident that Eagle Star will use the windfall to build a sound and profitable future, he said. BNC 

Added to a £149 million windfall from a shares sale, that pushed profits up 27 per cent to £113 million last year. BNC

In Australia, where the rewards of publishing are even less, windfall gains to victims are highly unlikely. BNC

se zatajeným dechem

We were waiting with bated breath for the prizes to be announced.CIDI

'His name wasn't by any chance, Max Peters?' Helena asked with  bated breath.CIDI

Nutty waited with bated breath, not daring to look at Nails, trying to look bored and world-weary. BNC

mokrý, že by se dal ždímat

We got wringing wet that week and on the Sunday after the Spurs match, I just felt ill. BNC

My three-piece was wringing wet, but eventually I dried it out, and the rest I just bagged together. BNC

The lenses of my binocs were rain-smeared and blurry, but the cloth; actually a clean handkerchief ; was already wringing wet. BNC