přibrat (na váze), ztloustnout

In the weeks that followed, he found that the food supplements seemed to be making him put on weight, which was slightly worrying. (BNC)

Paula Yates, for instance, admits in an interview in Woman magazine that she is so thin that she had to put on weight before she could become pregnant. (BNC)

People who don't put on weight take it for granted that the rest of us are greedy and lacking in will power. (BNC)

lapat po dechu

He kissed the damp pulse at her throat as she gasped for breath, exhausted with pleasure. (BNC)

He gasped for breath but managed to finish a scathing indictment that wasn't as effective as he might have wished. (BNC)

The dumbfounded girl gasped for breath. (BNC)

všeobecná nemocnice

In the average district general hospital a significant proportion of medical admissions are emergencies.(BNC)

 I am advised that there were no serious repercussions for any patient at Sunderland general hospital last year. (BNC)

domov důchodců

She was doing all right as a nursing orderly in a geriatric hospital; one of her favourite; legitimate; jobs as it gave her easy access to sleeping pills and downers. (BNC)

For those who expressed interest in institutional care there was no clear statement in favour of either public or private care, although the geriatric hospital was unambiguously the least favoured option. (BNC)

Trochu víc žiovota (do toho umírání)!

You're surely not going to stay in and clean the house on a Saturday night - oh, come on, get a life! (CIDI)

I hear him talking about his stamp collection and I feel like saying, 'You sad man, get a life!'(CIDI)

I've just one more thing to say --; Simon, get a life and some new cliches!! (BNC)

nevystačit s dechem, docházet (někomu) dech

Because I'm getting a bit old I have a tendency to get out of breath. (BNC)

I'm happy if I can go up several flights of stairs and not get out of breath. (BNC)

Oh, you may notice that you get out of breath when you have been running or that you hold your breath when frightened. (BNC)

(znovu) popadnout/chytit dech, vzapamatovat se, vzchopit se

Let her get her breath back first. (BNC)

When I got my breath back I pushed between them. (BNC)

You've hardly got your breath back, and we're already talking about `;next time';? (BNC)

onemocnět (AmE)

At the last minute I got sick and could not go. (LDCE)

She was so nervous she got sick.(CDAE)

We all get sick, but we do not live in fear of catching every known disease.(BNC)

spálit se (od sluníčka)

 So even if you are under an umbrella, for example, you could still get sunburnt.(BNC)

We got tired, and sunburnt as we ran over the beach stones without shoes. (BNC)

If you do get sunburnt, try using a soothing, cooling product such as Aloe Vera Burn Relief Gel, £2.95, from Nectar Beauty Shops. (BNC)

porodit

She gave birth to twins.(CALD)

Two weeks later she was due to give birth to their first child. (BNC)

It was a Militant councillor who found her alternative accommodation where she was later to give birth to her daughter, Claire. (BNC)

dát/poskytnout první pomoc

 The latest edition of the manual of the St John Ambulance, St Andrew's Ambulance Association and the British Red Cross contains the latest information on how to give first aid in such emergencies. (BNC)

I had to give first aid treatment when needed and issued simple medicines, which included `;Miss Alba';, a white elixir effective in the eradication of constipation. (BNC)

Amanda, who's a psychiatric nurse gave first aid, but there was nothing she could do. (BNC)

oplatit někomu něco

Anthony has been plotting to ruin Michael`s good reputation in the company. It`s time someone gave him a dose of his own medicine! (English Idioms, Oxfrord)

She's always turning up late for me so I thought I'd give her a taste of her own medicine and see how she likes it.(CIDI)

If Jim is sarcastic, give him a taste of his own medicine. (W.Magnuson, Eng.Idioms)

zemřít, zatřebat bačkorama, natáhnout brka;

přestat fungovat

We've had the same television for fifteen years and I think it's finally about to give up the ghost.(CIDI)

His head slumped forward as he gave up the ghost. (BNC)

Unfortunately one was having its innards repaired at the time and another gave up the ghost after operating for all of a second. (BNC)

It proved the last straw for John Titford; ill enough, no doubt, without the need to struggle against a winter to end all winters, his weary body gave up the ghost. (BNC)

přestat, skončit (nebrat dál drogy apod.)

The addict himself must make the decision that he wants to go cold turkey.(CIDI)

Six years ago she went cold turkey on a three-pack-a-day smoking habit.(CALD)

You, Aurora Jennings Blake, have made me understand a little of what addicts must have to face when they're made to go cold turkey,'; he said. (BNC)

dostat porodní bolesti

During the storm itself, people already ill often become worse, women nearing the end of their pregnancy may go into labour and unbalanced individuals have a tendency to become violent. (BNC)

She will go to hospital and go into labour. (BNC)

She went into labour on a bitter November day when snow was falling. (BNC)