have no parallelnemít 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 |
bone dryvyprahlý 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 |
barren effortmarná 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 |
trough of low pressurebrázda 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 |
sopping wetdurch 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 |
thunderstormhromobití 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 |
snowflakesněhová 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 |
ridge of high pressurehřeben 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 |
scorcherpařák, 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 |
precipitation gaugesrážkoměr 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 |
mackerel skyobloha 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 |
rainstormbouře 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 |
not to have the foggiest ideanemít 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 |
occluded frontokluzní 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 |
prolonged sunshinepřevážně 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 |