pátek, 3. května 2024, 04.39
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: THE HUMAN BODY
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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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catch somebody’s eye

upoutat něčí pozornost

Prime Minister is normally here a couple of times a week to answer questions maybe the honorable gentleman will catch my eye one time very soon, he can put that to the Prime Minister himself.

Small monkeys catch your eye with spooky recognition.

She poured tea. Passing Peter to take a cup to Daniel, she tried to catch his eye, to give him a little loving glance, but his expression was withdrawn.

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change hands

změnit majitele

Accordingly, most of these companies will change hands by way of private contract between the shareholders and the buyer.

The contracts are the written agreements between you and the seller - setting the price, terms and date for the property to change hands (completion date).

Paintings and old prints of Madeira are always sought after and sometimes change hands for high prices. (BNC-B)

clench your fists

zatnout pěsti

Stand with the feet shoulder-width apart and clench your fists, holding your arms by your sides.

Clench your fists and bring them up to shoulder height, knuckles upward, elbows at your sides. Open your fists.

Time it so the breath runs out as the arms reach full stretch, then breathe in through your nose and at the same time, start to clench your fists and bend your elbows so that they are again near your shoulders, elbows down.

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come to hand

přijít pod ruku

You’re trying for something that’s funky, something that sounds good, and you just grab whatever comes to hand.

The property is completed some time before completion of the sale, have received the standard notice of insurance cover to hand over, in which case you will give an undertaking to do so as soon as it comes to hand.

Research shows that as many as a third of all break-ins happen after entry has been gained through glass - often simply smashed with the nearest thing that comes to hand. GE Plastics has introduced a strong new alternative to glass for home use.

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cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face

snažit se uškodit jinému a přitom ublížit sám sobě

For his part, Bernard is firm that he has already quit. However, he seems aware (Maybe I’m cutting off my nose to spite my face) that the market for idiosyncratic columns combining aspects of the upbeat worldviews of Samuel Beckett, Serge Gainsbourg and Victor Meldrew could not be described as bullish.

A social charter for the world may sound a good idea but it would have the opposite effect to what is intended, one British government source said yesterday. We would be cutting off our nose to spite our face.

Wimbledon were outclassed and, more surprisingly, outfought. Not even a typically robust return from Squadron Leader Jones whose three - match suspension was a case of trying to bite off a nose to spite your face, could inspire Joe Kinnear’s desperately depleted ranks. Having four centre-halves out injured doesn't help.

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cut one’s throat

podříznout komu krk

How would you feel about imprisonment? I’d rather cut my throat than go into an institution.

And in sickness, say - and wounded, as he was - how if a prisoner hampered their movements too much? They might be forced to discard him - and a stray company working at large would not scruple to cut his throat, though Owen would.

The moneylenders then looked to Sim for the cash and threatened him and his family. On one occasion heavies approached him in the street and cut his throat, near to the jugular vein.

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cut the ground from under the feet of somebody

vzít komu vítr z plachet

What is everyone going to start thinking when they see how you've cut the ground from under my feet like this? What are my students going to think for goodness' sake?

In the process, soul has been installed as something that bolsters your life, rather than knocks the ground from under your feet. The extremism I once heard in soul has been evened out.

When delegates from various provincial committees came to St Petersburg for consultations in August 1859, Nikolai Miliutin cut the ground from under their feet by presenting them with an outline of the Commission's views which went far beyond what they had in mind.

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cut-throat

bezohledný, vražedný

That is the chief reason that the search for native talent has become so cut -throat a competition and why transfer fees have soared way over the goalpost.

Getting Diana on the masthead of her magazine would be the ultimate coup for Tilberis in the cut -throat world of fashion journalism.

Yesterday’s mortgage price promise contained all the hallmarks of Mr. Longhurst’s undoubted marketing ability. But the C&G has always been a price leader in the highly cut-throat mortgage market.

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