středa, 26. června 2024, 13.45
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: THE HUMAN BODY

keep an eye open/out for somebody/something

mít oči otevřené, pozorně sledovat koho, co

But part of the NCS programme is devoted to new materials, and Wood acknowledged that it would have to keep an eye open for new discoveries like the superconducting buckminsterfullerenes: synthetic chemists are almost certainly going to find new materials.

There was a secret list of useful persons who could be relied on to keep an eye open for promising young men.

We were conscious of the insecurity of our situation. I felt that hidden eyes must be observing us from behind bushes and tree-trunks. And we had to keep an eye open for police patrols.

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keep one’s eyes peeled/ skinned for something

dávat si pozor na co, pozorně sledovat co

The village was in complete wilderness, our toilet a local bush - keeping our eyes peeled for lions!

Learn a little about the likely finds and you can add a valuable second income to your usual treasure hunting activities. As well as keeping their eyes peeled for surface coins and jewellery, beachcombers also look for non-metal items on their foreshore hunting grounds.

Keep your eyes peeled for bandits, there might be a few up tonight.

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look someone in the eye

podívat se komu do očí (nebojácně)

Stealing, cheating and lying become the only way to pay. It’s always on your mind You can’t look your family in the eye. Your friends begin to wonder what is wrong. You begin to hate yourself for what you’re doing.

Mr. Mandela, for his part, according to Mr. Ramaphosa, had a unique greatness, a magnetism which he felt in his presence on Tuesday before he had even looked him in the eye.

Look, could you grab hold of this box before my arms drop off? She took hold of it and put it down on the floor. Then she looked me in the eye and smiled. You seem to think you know what you’re doing, she said.

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sheep’s eyes

zamilované oči

Sheep’s eyes are not the eyes of one particular sheep but a kind of glance or look; a busman’s holiday is a holiday spent doing one’s normal paid work.

It has always had about the same amount of appeal to me as sheep’s eyes. As a confirmed haggis lover, that just proves how irrational we humans can be!

Oglers cast sheep’s eyes. Oh, how I love you.

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more than meets the eye

je to složitější, než se zdá, než to vypadá

There is no doubt that attentive, active listening is hard work (we will be thinking about this in the next chapter) but how much one learns through it! Certainly more than meets the eye. Have you noticed that you are becoming increasingly aware of people and of the message they are conveying?

But did you know Miele also make kitchens? The same principles of design, quality and attention to detail ensure that Miele kitchens offer much more than meets the eye.

And before the letters flood in from feminists, neither is this meant as a slur on womankind. Research confirms, however, that in the case of Caribbean cricket folklore there is more than meets the eye. West Indian parents have brought a touch of ingenuity to their adversity. Cricket represented a better life for their children.

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lend an ear

naslouchat, dopřát sluchu komu

Welcome Endill and take a seat, And please be kind enough not to eat. English is the lesson here, So open your book and lend an ear.

Take a look at the audio book Or maybe lend an ear.

But he still cannot resist listening to ideas. He says: I would always lend an ear to somebody and if I was able to help I would.

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fall on deaf ears

vyznít na prázdno, zůstat bez vyslyšení

The only government response so far has been another round of interrogations and detentions. The petition will fall on deaf ears because any admission that the government might have made a big mistake would seriously undermine its legitimacy.

The Secretary of State, Sir Patrick Mayhew, urges caution until the document is finally agreed, but his words may fall on deaf ears.

But their calls for a return to the old days fall on deaf ears.

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an eye for an eye

oko za oko

There was the same mission to conquer land with gold replacing milk and honey, a wagon-train exodus, a plethora of heroes with a policy of taking an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Above all, God was on their side. This Old Testament of the West has been up-dated.

Richard took her to a friend’s party and afterwards, when they were driving home, he said, You know what’s happened, don’t you? It’s been killed by that old mad woman. An eye for an eye. A cat for a cat.

His determination and stubbornest to carry out the bond is also regarded as immoral. However, in the Old Testament, it states an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

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private eye

soukromý detektiv

This was the pilot for the Harry O detective series. Janssen plays a private eye who, while investigating a murder, gets emotionally involved with the prime suspect.

Emilianow is an American private eye who tests the fidelity of potential marriage partners usually men, surprise, surprise by offering them irresistible temptation.

He said the PR man detailed a series of allegations he wished the private eye to investigate. The allegations were that illicit payments had been made by Boeing, or possibly General Electric... to secure the contract.

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be all eyes

pozorně sledovat

And there was too much evidence of the view that one more heave for power will do. It won’t. With all eyes having been on the Government, Labour can get away with one conference like this one.

Such are the changes infiltrating society that now long-serving criminals are helping supply the soundtrack to the big throwdown. But while all eyes are on the hot-spots of Eastern Europe the real action is taking place in clubland. You don’t have to get stuck into Sky to hear the cry Burn Hollywood Burn.

The FT-SE 100 Index shed around 4 points at 2717.9 at the close but over the next few weeks all eyes will be on the pound.

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glad eye

přívětivý pohled, zamilované oči

In the past Hillsdown has been a bit free with shareholders’ funds but the agreed bid for Hobson, announced yesterday, looks a good one. Hillsdown did not always have a glad eye for Hobson.

Whatever else happens, I am not about to let Rainbow back out of this encounter. I worked too hard to set it up. And I won’t have the Apostate scupper all my efforts by giving Rainbow the glad eye.

There was a jarring of brakes and a cacophony of horn blasts as he squeezed into the gap between the Vauxhall and a black Ford. Smile at them, Patrick told Chris. Give them the glad eye.

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face-off

utkání, konfrontace; buly, vhazování

Confronting Billy with his unworthy behaviour towards her husband, she exposes this legend as a cheap fake. When Sorella recounts this face-off, it’s also intended as a moment of recognition, an anagnorisis, for the narrator.

That could start tonight as Chelmsford go to Medway in the Essex Radio Midweek League. Tomorrow they entertain Stevenage (face-off 8pm) with a crowd likely to be boosted by employees of potential sponsors, Midland Bank.

The Chinese vessels blocked the path of the Philippine naval vessel as journalists were lifted off in helicopters to inspect Mischief Reef, which China has seized and fortified. The face‑off was the clearest illustration since China fought Vietnam, in a naval battle in 1988, of Peking’s determination to claim all the Spratlys as its own.

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cast one’s eye over something

přelétnout očima co

Haverford, his head cocked on one side, was casting an eye over blonde girls from Sweden, Guildford or Saskatoon, quite undiscouraged when they didn’t return his smile but merely quickened their pace towards the souvenir stalls.

The professor shrugged, casting an eye over Davide’s good jacket, to inform him that his information was unnecessary.

In these circumstances investors are continuing to cast an eye over convertibles - the yield can be considerably higher than on the underlying equity and yet the premium on the conversion price need not be too large.

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fly in the face of something

zcela protiřečit, naprosto odporovat čemu

Once again we’ve had to witness the horrifying sight of Christmas carnage on the roads because a few stupid people fly in the face of common sense and drive like lunatics whatever the conditions.

Labour will give people more say in drawing up plans for their area and create a new right of appeal for residents against developments which fly in the face of their local plan. Beneficial development will be speeded up, damaging development checked and the green belt safeguarded.

What is more, Cox suggests that support in the South is at best lukewarm. Nonetheless, the characterization of catholic - nationalist ideology I have just documented would seem to fly in the face of this sort of evidence.

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show one’s face

ukázat se, objevit se

And I thought I’m not going to be able to show my face, now I can. But I can’t I find it hard to explain why the after such a good performance against West Ham. But you know, it’s just all over.

I’ve been walking up and down Fleet Street, if you want to know, he said, to see whether I could still show my face in public.

I think if I can show my face at these meetings it might er I mean I think whether or not it’s because of the increase in burglaries or whether it’s because of the publicity via David.

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