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high wind

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

hoar-frost

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

hot air

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

hot competition

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

hot under the collar

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

hot/hard on the heels of sth

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

howling wind

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

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ice cap

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

icy conditions

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

if the weather holds out

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

in a cold sweat

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

in a flash

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

in broad daylight

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

in cold blood

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

in deep water

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