středa, 26. června 2024, 13.46
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: THE HUMAN BODY

hand in glove

ruku v ruce, spolu

He was bent with arthritis but was the master spirit, the source of garden wisdom. She did the bending and the kneeling, and they worked together hand in glove.

Most of the councillors seem to be hand in glove with each other; you can’t make any one of them speak to you, let alone give an interview. I know. It’s some sort of fraud all right.

Fran sat up straighter, feeling the flurry of unease that ran along her spine as once again she wondered what Luke had overheard of that conversation. All night long the thought of his being hand in glove with Harry Martin had lingered at the back of her mind.

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hand and foot

v jednom kuse, neustále

For all his altruism, he is intrinsically self-centred. Having been waited on hand and foot for most of his life and had people jump whenever he called, he has never really had the opportunity to be anything else.

He was refighting the Battle of Prestonpans, marching to Derby , advising General George Murray on tactics and encouraging the troops; in his mind’s eye, waiting hand and foot upon his hero, Prince Charles Edward Stewart.

Sometimes, with strangers, excessive expectations of and need for support arise from these earlier relationships (my husband waited on me hand and foot). However, we are in a shadowy area unless we have some secondary verification of how those relationships worked.

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(live) from hand to mouth

protloukat se, žít velmi chudě

I can’t afford to take you out properly or buy you a proper Christmas present, or be able to tell you not to worry - I’m twenty-eight years old and I’m still living from hand to mouth like a bloody tramp.

There was nothing between rhetoric and imperative. He had no policies. He lived from hand to mouth making instant resolves every time he opened his mail.

A few years ago Glen Robins was unemployed and living from hand to mouth. Now he’s a computer operator with a firm of designers.

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from hand to hand

z ruky do ruky

Coins are dropped in proportion to the amount of times they are handled or passed from hand to hand.

At Magdalen Bridge , Dennis went ashore for more champagne, which passed from hand to hand as we negotiated the lower reaches of the river.

Cambridge , says a contemporary, who made not himself a disciple of Mr. Andrewes by resorting to his lectures and transcribing his notes, and ever since they have in many hundreds of copies passed from hand to hand and have been esteemed a very library to young divines.

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force someone’s hand

postrčit koho, dotlačit koho k předčasnému jednání

The great imperial Zanuck was not amused at Boyo Burton’s refusal and tried to force his hand. On occasions like these, friends of Burton reported, he would counter-attack by releasing his temper, tearing up the room.

His alternative is to call in the army, as he did in 1986 when low-paid police rioted in Cairo. The Islamic militants, by hitting Egypt ’s tourist revenues, would dearly love to force his hand. Military intervention would raise serious questions about the stability of the regime.

The reason for approaching the Archbishop in such a manner was essentially to force his hand as, according to Mrs Whitehouse, he had frequently seemed unwilling to become involved in public debates on questions of morals.

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hand over fist

raz dva, rychle, šmahem

Etna is tired and must be thirsty, he said in a bitter, parting comment as he left his land. But a bar owner said: Since this all began the town has been making money hand over fist. It has become a tourist trap.

And within a few months we’d got the thing going till they were blowing out, and we were making it hand over fist you see? And What sort of money were you making on that then? Oh were making twenty five bob a day then.

But once he’s resigned himself to that, he’s then gotta look at that operation next door and he must be losing money hand over fist for the amount of space it is. That’s right. He to take out all these walls out, right the way back.

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in hand

v době, kdy je to aktuální, právě, aktuálně

We have had early notification from Sam Morley of Aedificamus Press that plans are in hand to publish this excellent book, the autobiography of Perla Seidle Gibson, as a Talking Book.

As such, they involve a high degree of trust, good will, confidence and faith in all parties ability to do the job in hand. Musicians must seek legal advice if they are offered any of these agreements, and their legal adviser should be a specialist in the music business.

Maloney said. Lewis certainly possesses the physical attributes for the task in hand. He turned 23 last month, and his 6ft 5in, 16st 11lb frame carries no excess weight.

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hold someone’s hand

vést komu ruku, držet koho za ruku, stát po boku komu

A girl of seventeen should be able to go to the doctor’s without someone to hold her hand.

When she’s crying with pain for something like a migraine headache, I just sit in the dark with her and hold her hand.

However, he continued to hold her hand on the walk back to the main track, where he again drew her close to his side while taking her arm.

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lend one a hand

pomoci komu, podat pomocnou ruku komu

Well I knew someone in and I thought to myself I, perhaps he might lend me a hand?

He was sophisticated, speaking at least three languages, enough to get him out of trouble in most countries, and with a select if scattered network of friends and colleagues all across the Middle East , to lend him a hand if required.

If it’s a problem, Charlie was saying, get the kid to lend you a hand.

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(get) out of hand

vymknout se z rukou, přestat být kontrolován

Things were getting a little out of hand by 1981, when Lorna, the last Miss Keating, died, and the Trust began a programme of gentle restoration.

It can get a bit out of hand but it’s up to the officers to keep discipline

And how long have you been homeless? About six months. Why are you homeless? Well I used to share a, share this flat with my mate and erm you know, she got a bit out of hand, she kept bringing all these people home and she kept having these parties and it was really difficult for me to study.

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on hand

po ruce, k dispozici

That packet of cherries was the only decoration I had on hand. I haven’t been doing much baking lately.

Events are being organised at venues throughout London and the south-east aimed at beginners of all ages and levels of fitness. Members of orienteering clubs in the region will be on hand to help you get started.

They’ll also be on hand to arrange car hire, and give any other advice you need.

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set one’s hand to something

uchopit co, vzít co do ruky, začít co

She didn’t know if he wanted a wife and children, but she knew that, having set his hand to any task, he would carry it through to the end.

We wanted to make it simpler for people to understand. We wanted to make it easier for people to get the money to which they were entitled, and I set my hand to introducing the reforms in a way that would enable people to do so.

Theodora was torn between curiosity and irritation. She wanted a holiday. She wanted a rest from the likes of Amy. On the other hand she had set her hand to the plough.

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show one’s hand

vyložit karty na stůl

That could be remedied, he could acquire a transcript of the proceedings or simply a copy of the pathologist’s findings, but he did not dare, he was not prepared to show his hand to that extent. Instead he tried to guess what might have been said. He put himself into the pathologist’s shoes and stood in the witness box.

But if Gloucester chose to act against Hastings , rather than being stampeded into it by his discovery of a conspiracy, why did he choose to show his hand before his troops reached London and before he had control of the other possible claimants to the throne?

The Minister has told us today that he does not want to let us know what his proposals will be when he goes into negotiations. No poker player will sit with a man at his back or show his hand, but nor will a poker player have a cocky attitude to the game.

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take something in hand

vzít si co na starost

Their sense of tradition is also very strong and instead of dying out in 1951 when enthusiasm was beginning to wane a little, it was revitalised when Stanley Robshaw took it in hand and set it firmly on its feet again. He had always been involved to some extent.

I conceive many People would be happy with an Art of this kind or at least it would be useful to those who die abroad and are brought back home: I often used to talk of embalming but never seriously took it in hand till the year before last, which to this time is well preserved.

The local policeman took it in hand, and nobody grumbled, if he gave them a good clout.

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hand it to someone

uznat, muset nechat

Though I say it myself, your mother and I knew how to throw a party. I remember old Johnny Redburn saying, I’ve got to hand it to you, Ralph, you know how to make things go with a swing.

It would be in your own best interests, believe me. You have to hand it to him, he’s never short of a new idea.

He owns us, the studios from which we broadcast and the building they’re in, although by now he must have recovered whatever his original investment was several times over. You have to hand it to the man. He’s only thirty-four, and he’s done the same thing all over the Far East , taking over struggling and usually amateur or pirate radio stations like this one once was.

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