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His actions are never excessive, he can sleep with a good conscience, he has purpose and never throws in his hand in adversity.

The only point the press reports missed was that Jim Prior was so unhappy that he almost threw in his hand and resigned.

His father died and he threw in his hand to set up as a GP in Falmouth . Any idea of the reason? A quirk of temperament apparently. Didn’t like hospital work - couldn’t stand colleagues - any colleagues; he’s a loner.

do sytosti, podle libosti

Windsor and I think Jack will go with the players who have done the job for him before, and once this trial is over and we have qualified he will experiment and experiment and experiment to his hearts content.

Now it was an established custom that we very often used to go out to a strip in the desert away from the camp where we could indulge in circuits and landings to our hearts content without being related to the hour by hour flying that went on at the Base camp.

Yes, I just want to have a look at, yes you can crawl under there to your hearts content! You can unplug that for the moment. I'm not really worried about it.

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přímo do obličeje komu

The English boy pointed to my face, unable to control his mirth. I must have looked like the mad ape that wandered the streets of our village with its gypsy owner. Their laughter so infuriated me that I began to have thoughts of revenge.

Kevin Brown took a private call in the embassy from one of his men. We may have hit paydirt, Chief, said the agent tersely. No more on an open line, boy. Get your ass in here fast. Tell me to my face.

I still get the comments. The only difference is that, now I’m somebody, they don’t say it to my face. But because they don’t say it to my face, it doesn’t mean to say I don’t still get them: now they say things behind my back.

do základů

Taylor was down to the bare bones today when only 14 of his England squad took part in his first Bisham training session.

Let Me In, the song for Cobain, is stripped down to the bare bones of voice and abrasive guitar, chilling and unsettling in its raw intensity.

Silhouettes are crisp and clean - cut and fabrics are plush, yet it is the determined way in which designers have stripped down the look to the bare bones which makes it appear quite so elementary. (BNC-B)

ironicky, poťouchle

The plot is more than faintly ludicrous but the music is Rossini at his most inspired - even when one suspects that he is writing with tongue in cheek.

In fact they did not speak French either, they spoke a sort of fractured German. But this was a great feeling of what we had been used to over the years in watching American movies and, with our tongue in cheek and a bit of a giggle, seeing the adventures of the cavalry arriving.

This way you don’t have to worry about ACUs, licences and doctors’ certificates. It’s tongue in cheek, we don’t take ourselves too seriously yet.

jazykolam

A local woman, Mary Anning, made a living selling fossils from these rocks to collectors, and was immortalized in the tongue-twister She sells sea-shells on the seashore.

Nevertheless, that Kensington Stone is a fake as old and crooked as a left - handed corkscrew with knobs on. Trapped by a tongue twister Caitlin Moran... or why the St Etienne lads may become Spud for a spell while Sarah goes solo.

Pausing only for a brief tongue-twister - she did that very well, Karen, where your tongues circle each other tantalizingly, barely touching - we gave chase along the footpath which runs through the meadows bordering the river.

zaražený

While some people become tongue-tied others cannot stop talking.

The schoolteacher realized that his guests were tongue-tied in this strange place and, after a few openings had brought no more than murmurs.

Writing or speaking tasks which do not clearly specify the receiver make even native-speaking students tongue-tied, and not surprisingly, for we simply do not talk or write into vacuums. (BNC-B)

tnout do živého

At the Royal Ballet, whose dressing rooms they will be using, mention of the Russians touches a raw nerve. It’s difficult for us to understand why everybody wants to talk about the Russians all the time, says ballerina Fiona Chadwick. Ballet isn’t only Russian.

Rhee issued a press statement raising publicly whether South Korea could rely on American assistance in the event of North Korean aggression. This touched a raw nerve and Muccio was instructed immediately to see Rhee and protest at this grave breach of ordinary diplomatic courtesy.

It’s none of your damned business! she snapped half-heartedly, yet his words struck a raw nerve and she almost winced in pain, because Ryan had only been ardent at first; after that, it had been she who had made the advances.

zkusit si něco

John had dreams of being a writer and had tried his hand at poetry, including an epic poem on the Battle of Largs.

Vincent went to him for drawing in the mornings, and in the evenings to try his hand at watercolours, as he had done before Christmas.

přivřít oči nad čím

Governments turn a blind eye to the thousands of poverty-stricken families that migrate to the forest every year.

Both his parents indulged him, particularly his mother. Whereas Nicolae preferred to turn a blind eye to his son's misdemeanors, which were so unlike his own abstemious and dedicated youth.

Gentleman is that he has been searching for a way to do nothing about this problem. He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylum seekers around the world.

nevyslyšet, ignorovat co

On these occasions the Chairman is wise to turn a deaf ear to the interruption.

At the end, between lengthy visits to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington and crippled with arthritis as a result of a youthful bicycle accident, he turned a deaf ear to opposition calls to resign after losing his majority.

The owners turned a deaf ear to such an expensive demand.

I can assure you that there are very great people at the bottom of the riot. Next day, when the mob was destroying the Catholic chapel in Moorfields, he apparently turned a deaf ear to requests for orders from the soldiers and the fire officers in attendance; and when the rioters’ work was done he uttered the mildest of rebukes.

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upoutat velkou pozornost

MacMillan does concede that the alienation of working class people from classical music is one that concerns him. He knows he is more likely to turn heads in Covent Garden than he is popping out for the papers in Jordanhill.

These days, we pamper promising young sportsmen with premature praise, often with the best of intentions, and discover that an unearned reputation can be no less fatal. It can turn heads and destroy careers.

If a dress turned heads in the 1960s, it will still turn heads today.

(BNC-B)

ohrnovat nos nad

The models too have a better attitude. They don't turn their nose up at a job for a lesser mag if their last assignment was for Elle or something.

The shops here are very good, but Dana is inclined to turn her nose up at anything outside London or Paris .

přesvědčovat, přemlouvat koho

I think we must twist his arm to see if he can repeat the trick in the longer time available in one of our winter talks.

Who twisted his arm to make him admit that? she demanded incredulously.

I did not have to be persuaded to come and see you. No one twisted my arm. (BNC-B)

omotat si kolem prstu

Was it perhaps partly that Mr Mandela, did she get the feeling, was pulling strings, leading the government along? Nelson Mandela is twisting them around his little finger.

Spencer had been spoiled, treated for far too long as a baby and he had grown up knowing how to twist his mother around his little finger.

This situation would be one humdinger of a funny story to tell his city friends over a drink or two - and perhaps to boast to Corosini that he’d wrapped her around his little finger with a few husky phrases and a glimpse of his superlative body.