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

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

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

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

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 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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