cítit se velmi unavený, nemocný

I wish I'd got to bed earlier last night - I feel like death warmed up.(CIDI)

The poor guy looked like death warmed over.(CIDI)

He shouldn't be working when he's so ill - he looks like death warmed up!(CALD)

zemřít, natáhnout brka; přestat fungovat/existovat

Three hundred more people lost their jobs in the same region when another firm bit the dust.(CIDI)

Two Hollywood stars of the thirties have recently bitten the dust.(CIDI)

Pete was 98 when he bit the dust. He lived for nearly a century.(W.Magnuson, Eng.Idioms)

mor

The cause of this devastation was the Black Death. (BNC)

It will make the Black Death look like a mild dose of flu. (BNC)

The disease was not actually known as the Black Death during the fourteenth century. (BNC)

vysmrkat se

To avoid nosebleeds happening, try not to blow your nose too hard. (BNC)

Can you get a tissue and blow your nose cos you have such a runny cold. (BNC)

Will you blow your nose you're going to give yourself a real bad chest! (BNC)

mít větry, upšouknout si

At a wedding that I attended last summer, one of the guests broke wind very loudly during the groom's speech.(CIDI)

Most dogs break wind occasionally but Cedric was different; he did it all the time. (BNC)

The boy might break wind or say a naughty word and forfeit the protection of that great white spirit. (BNC)

I want to break wind .(BNC)

vdechnout život, projasnit (např. místnost vymalováním)

I`ll try to breathe new life into our old bedroom. (Lingea)

We need some new people to breathe life into this project.(CALD)

Breathe new life into a tired old bathroom with a coat of brightly coloured paint in this season's exciting colours.(CIDI)

dýchat někomu za krk, šlapat na paty, být v závěsu

I shall be so glad to get out of this office and not have Mason breathing down my neck any more. (English Idioms, Oxford)

It's awful having to work with a boss who's breathing down your neck the whole time.(CIDI)

It's awful having a boss who breathes down your neck all the time.(CALD)

oživit, přivést k životu, vnést oživení (př.do knihy)

In fairy-tales it is possible to bring the statue to life. (Lingea)

She brought he story to life with some details. (Lingea)

It's always been an interesting period in history and this film really brought it to life.(CALD)

čistit si zuby

How often were you expected to brush your teeth? (BNC)

You may see traces of blood when you brush your teeth. (BNC)

Henry did not wash his face or brush his teeth. (BNC)

telefonicky se omluvit kvůli nemoci

You have to call in sick before 9:30. (LDCE)

Samantha called in sick.(CDAE)

Rachaela had called in sick and sat at her window and watched it, her back packed with cushions and pillows. (BNC)

chytit příšernou rýmu

Don`t go out without a coat! You`ll catch your death of cold! (LDCE)

You can't go out dressed like that in this weather - you'll catch your death of cold!(CIDI)

You'll be catching your death of cold out here in the hall wearing nothing but that little scrapof lace. (BNC)

chytit/popadnout dech, zalapat po dechu

I had to sit down and catch my breath.(CALD)

Squatting behind an embankment, I paused to catch my breath and let my pounding heart settle down. (BNC)

I slowed down to catch my breath, and stepped into the blackness. (BNC)

onemocnět čím, dostat jakou nemoc

I caught a cold while we were in Vancouver. (W.Magnuson,Eng.Idioms)

He caught malaria when he was in the tropics. (English Idioms, Oxford)

He caught a cold on his way to Tangiers which affected his left lung, but this was merely the prelude to what became an unfortunate trip. (BNC)

zkolabovat, úplně skončit, zastavit se

You will probably not succeed in being word-perfect, and there is danger in reciting a memorised speech either of appearing unnatural or of forgetting a complete section or even coming to a dead halt. (BNC)

The lorry came to a dead halt in front of the fallen child. (English Idioms, Oxford)

oživnout, ožít, probudit se k životu

After the first goal the match finally came to life. (Lingea)

Etna came to life again. (Lingea)

Everything came to life in the summer with the warm weather and long days. (BNC)