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