Saturday, 18 May 2024, 6:18 PM
Site: OpenMoodle
Course: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Glossary: THE HUMAN BODY
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put one’s heart and soul into

dát do toho všechno, celé své srdce

It is very difficult, he said. You are imploring your team to put heart and soul into it, so it’s unrealistic not to expect some minor scare, however unattractive it might be.

It makes you feel weird about meaning what you do. You may put your heart and soul into something, but it doesn't matter because those people can't hear it.

He looked impatiently at Woolley, but Woolley was putting his heart and soul into the music.

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put someone’s nose out (of joint)

urazit koho, dotknout se koho, vyvést z míry koho

It appears that the nose of the lady correspondent of Handelsblatt in London was put badly out of joint when Bock refused her an interview on the grounds that it would be bad form prior to Lonrho’s results.

We need to tread carefully and emphasise that the idea is far from advanced in case a nose or two gets put out of joint. University sport is as steeped in political intrigue as any other human activity when two or more people happen to congregate.

THE ability of Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC) to put noses out of joint in the City has not dimmed, despite its L860m plan to take over SGWarburg, the investment bank.

He has behaved with charm and modesty and he even had the good grace to lose to Mark Petchey, a Brit with his nose put out of joint by Rusedski’s sudden arrival.

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put/ set somebody’s mind at rest

uklidnit koho

He was terrified that she might drop it in the corridor, and so, to put his mind at rest, she told him she was only three months on, whereas in fact she was six, but carried her offspring high, so that it didn't show too much.

Don't be bashful about telling folk how you feel for a loved one's advice and experience will soon put your mind at rest. It's business as normal Sunday.

Well, at least now you can put your mind at rest and leave the rest to us. Sister will be in shortly to get you ready.

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