pohybovat se na hranici zákona 

We may have just enough fuel to get there, but we'll be sailing a bit close to the wind.  CIDI

You really do like to sail close to the wind, don't you? BNC

International: Russia and Ukraine sail close to the wind on Black Sea fleet. BNC  

schovat si něco na horší časy, myslet na zadní kolečka

Put it in a box in your guitar case and save it for a rainy day. BNC

Why save for a rainy day when you can spend now and spend on a rainy day? WebCorp

The government already encourages people to save for a rainy day and save for a pension. WebCorp

schovat si něco na horší časy

Put it in a box in your guitar case and save it for a rainy day. BNC

Luckily she had saved some money for a rainy day. CALD

She has a couple of thousand pounds kept aside which she's saving for a rainy day. CIDI

pařák, 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

hustá mlha, mrholení

It wasn't a very nice day again; this time there was a good old Scotch mist and it was damp and cold. BNC

We sailed into a murky, airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist, and I turned in for a few hours. BNC

You could have vanished into a Scotch mist and taken a boat to one of the Western Isles. BNC

mořské pobřeží

Offloading from a tanker on the Pacific seaboard into the pipeline system was last night suspended. BNC

California is the major industrial polluter of the eastern Pacific seaboard. BNC

Palestine remained a passionately felt issue by the Arab masses from the Atlantic seaboard to the Indian Ocean. BCN

jak se věci mají, co se bude dít

I think we ought to talk to other members of staff and see which way the wind's blowing before we make any firm decisions. CALD

The students will predict which way the wind is blowing by looking at the direction the arrow of their wind vane is pointing.  WebCorp

How can you tell which way the wind is blowing? WebCorp

poslat někoho pryč ze hry

Port had seen enough to send him to the showers by the end of the first two terms of yesterday's match of five 20-minute terms. WebCorp

If he said the Oslo agreement was a perfect document, I would have said it was time to send him to the showers. WebCorp

Did the coach yank Strahan from the game and scream at him, or, better, send him to the showers? WebCorp

tetelící se vzduch

She drew in a deep breath as its domes and spires appeared, floating serene and enchanted, insubstantial as any mirage in the shimmering air. BNC

The shimmering air evaporated away to reveal a tiny figure of a man dressed much like he was.WebCorp

The wagon disappears around a bend, a cloud of red dust settles in the shimmering air. WebCorp

bavit se, povídat si, kecat

If anyone would like to shoot the breeze, I sure would like to swap stories.WebCorp

We used to go there to shoot the breeze in the morning, and talk about each other. WebaCorp

Good or bad we want you to air your opinions about the Monitors and don't forget you can shoot the breeze by regular mail or e-mail. WebCorp

zahrnout, zasypat něčím

He showered her with flowers and jewellery. MED

The banks start promising to look after you much better than ever before, and to shower you with presents. BNC

I shall shower you with ravening kisses. BNC

břečka, rozbředlý sníh

After 45 minutes to an hour, the mixture will have frozen to the consistency of thick slush. BNC

Outside there was snow and slush along the streets and sidewalks. BNC

After 45 minutes to an hour, the mixture will have frozen to the consistency of thick slush. BNC

sněhové řetězy

Please note: carrying snow chains in your car is essential in mountain resorts ... whatever the weather. WebCorp

Despite arriving late we caught the tale end of the chaos with people trying to climb the roads withou snow chains or winter tyres.WebCorp

In winter, it is obligatory that all vehicles going to the ski resorts carry snow chains, even when the roads are clear. WebCorp

sněžná čára

The fields around Barnard Castle can be quite green and pleasant, but a few miles further on you meet the snow line. BNC

The family was found near the snow line on the 2,820ft Beinn Mhic Chasgaig and airlifted to safety by RAF helicopter. BNC

Cliffs, stony slopes and alpine meadows in the high Caucasus, up to the snow line, using its very stout bill for scraping in the ground to uproot plants. BNC

lavinový vzrůst

This was not true, but in a largely illiterate society the snowball effect of malicious rumours worried the Bolsheviks, as it had the Tsarist officials before them. BNC

By attracting famous names BPT hopes to create a snowball effect, boosting confidence and encouraging smaller retailers to take up space.

While he made no suggestion that news coverage at the time should have been restricted, Mr Justice Garland said the volume and intensity of publicity had a snowball effect. BNC

závěj

They usually manage to survive a day or so buried in a snowdrift. BNC

What she'd hit or, more accurately, ploughed into, was a thick snowdrift, piled across the road. BNC

If one of them had tunnelled into a snowdrift, his ski-sticks unfindable, another had slipped and was dangling over the edge of a snow-capped tunnel. BNC

sněhové přeháňky

The lack of snowfall in most European resorts over the last two winters has made all skiers aware of the advantages of artificial snow-making machinery. BNC

Temperatures would drop below freezing in many parts of the world and, even if the war occurred in summer, many areas would have snowfall for months. BNC

A heavy snowfall left the hills deliciously inviting and the sky was clear and bright. BNC

sněhová 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

chumelenice

Then I remember that time when the tent blew down in the snowstorm and his sleeping bag went in the slush. BNC

Two hours later, as they were hauling in their lines, a light drizzling snowstorm of ash began to fall. BNC

Fighting our way through a raging snowstorm, we arrived at the north end, by Costa Hill, and huddled in the car, astonished by the force of the blizzard. BNC

durch 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

zdravý na duchu i na těle, mít tuhý kořínek

Upon the whole, however, here is a mortality of about 50 per cent and this among negroes who are not bought unless quite healthy at first, and unless (as the phrase is with cattle) they are sound in wind and limb.

And Jane stood there, sound in wind and limb, and with the
exhilarating sense, always helpful to the mind, of a bodily feat
accomplished. WebCorp

He must start young and be thoroughly sound in wind and limb. WebCorp

ztrácet čas, zbytečně se namáhat

It's about the futility of standing in the way of emotion, with sober advice not to spit in the wind or to get in the way.

When you spit in the wind it comes right back at you. WebCorp

jarní tání

However, concentrations were low in April 2001, following the spring melt period. WebCorp

Concentrations increased with the rise in the hydrography during spring melt, reaching the highest concentration as the hydrography began to fall.WebCorp

In some rivers, such as those around here, the maximum flow comes with the spring melt.WebCorp

jarní obleva

Surprisingly, before the spring thaw finally sets in, April can provide excellent rock climbing. BNC

Impassable potholes rapidly developed in the iron-hard, frosted road once the spring thaw set in. BNC

The tops of the wedges are often covered with gravel and may be awash during the spring thaw. BNC

vytrvalý déšť

This is followed by much thicker nimbostratus and steady rain or drizzle. WebCorp

It's still not perfect weather, but it beats the steady rain of early this morning. WebCorp

As a steady rain began to fall, however, the initial excitement of the day quickly dampened.
WebCorp

předejít  něčí záměr, ukrást nápad, předběhnout

Your most startling, persuasive or important points should not go in the introduction; do not let the introduction steal your thunder. BNC

I kept quiet about my pregnancy because Cathy was getting married, and I didn't want to steal her thunder. CIDI

Senator Johnson accused the President of stealing his thunder on the tax issue. MED

konzervativec

Only cynics would have called him stick-in-the-mud or sneered at him being `worthy'. BNC

I was always called stick-in-the-mud by one of my masters. BNC.

'Anyway, I'm not interested in married men.' 'Oh, don't be such a stick-in-the-mud.' CALD

ledový

It was a cellar, stone-floored and stone-walled, and stone cold. BNC

They were , they were for grabbing stuff out for and stone cold general cargo, anything. BNC

Come and drink your tea, lass, it'll be stone cold. BNC

hrozivá, černá mračna ( nebezpečí, špatná událost)

Economic storm clouds are gathering over India. CALD

The storm clouds of war seem to be looming over the east. CALD

The storm clouds gathering over Leeds City broke almost a year after the end of the First World War. BNC

bouřlivé ovace

But to hear the storm of applause with which his BUF followers greeted it was more terrifying still. BNC

Patrick heard the roar and the storm of applause and guessed that his curiosity had made him miss the shot not only of the tournament but probably of the golfing year. BNC

Fortunately, though, he saw his son dancing in the first theatre of the country and was proud to see the audience's storm of applause for him. WebCorp

rozbouřené moře

He seemed to regard the New Testament as a stormy sea in which he was tossed about in a little boat as he explored. BNC

Others have told me that it shows an old woman sitting looking out on a stormy sea from a tranquil cottage garden. BNC

They rose unchallenged, like black rocks in a stormy sea. BNC

zasažen bleskem

In the past it was thought that the chance of having a glider struck by lightning in cloud was negligible. BNC

An eloquent man called Marcus fretted about bombs, turbulence, being struck by lightning and ageing planes. BNC

Travelling home one night in a violent storm, Polly was struck by lightning and had to be destroyed. BNC

dusná místnost

Although both dogs had grown quiet and drowsy in the stuffy room, they immediately struggled to their feet with a rattle of chains and a whined greeting. BNC

Rather than stay in a stuffy room we decided to carry on with our lessons out of sight of the road in the back garden, which was more distracting but more pleasant. BNC

She seemed to be pushing her enormous frame closer to his, as he tried to extricate himself from the small stuffy room which had begun to give him claustrophobia. BNC

parné počasí

In deep darkness and sultry weather numerous yellow flames were observed which were about as large as a match. WebCorp

Hot and sultry weather continued today over most of Texas with record high and record high minimum temperatures being set in seven Texas cities. WerbCorp

Moist, easterly flow from the Coral Sea onto the Queensland coast causes very warm, humid and sultry weather east of the Great Dividing Range. WebCorp

zalitý sluncem

We spent the entire holiday lying on the sun-drenched beaches at the south end of the island.CALD

Tenerife has an excellent all year round climate, especially on its sun-drenched southern coast, where many of the island's superb, modern resorts are situated. BNC

You can take a cruise down the Nile, fly off to sun-drenched Barbados or choose any holiday you wish. BNC

sluneční paprsek

A thistledown floated into the bright phallus of the sunbeam and hovered over his face. BNC

 Little flecks of gold whirled around him in the air, like motes in a sunbeam.  BNC

And the hump-backed blueness behind her spread a flat sheet of flesh as the first sunbeam touched it in the valley of shadow. BNC

úžeh, úpal

Someone who is suffering from sunstroke feels dizzy and has a high temperature, but does not sweat.CALD

At first doctors believed he was suffering from little more than sunstroke. BNC

Midday temperatures can be high and the major causes of chick mortality are sunstroke and overheating. BNC