high windsilný 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-frostjinovatka 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 airprázdná 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 competitiontvrdá 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 collarrozzuřený 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 sthbezprostředně 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 windmeluzína 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 |
ice capledová 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 conditionsvelmi 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 outkdyž 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 sweatbýt 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 flashbleskově, 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 daylightza 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 bloodchladnokrevně 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 waterv 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 |