save sb`s breath(informal) nenamáhat se, neunavovat se, šetřit s dechem (marnými radami atd.) No one is listening to your advice, so you might just as well save your breath. (English Idioms, Oxford) I don't know why I bother speaking to him - I might as well save my breath.(CALD) I don't know why I bother talking to you -- I might as well save my breath. (CDAE) |
sb/st`ll be the death of me!to (kdo) bude můj konec, to (kdo) mě přivede do hrobu That will be the death of me! (lingea) That boy is going to be the death of me! (LDCE) You'll be the death of me with all your questions. (BNC) |
see lifepoznat svět, těšit se ze života I want to see life a bit before I sattle down. (Lingea) He joined the army to see life, but he spent two years at a training camp near his home town. (English Idioms, Oxford) Service controller Joanne Edwards is also keen to see life on board, as are the other sixteen volunteer technicians. (BNC) |
sell sb`s life dearlyprodat svou kůži lacino He decided to sell his life dearly. (Lingea) Tyrion reeled to his feet, determined to sell his life dearly. (BNC) I picked up a dental chisel and resolved to sell my life dearly. (BNC) |
shoot up (a drug)píchnout si (drogu) She saw a girl shooting up in the toilets.(CALD) If the lives of gay men are undervalued, how about the lives of homeless black and Hispanic people who shoot up drugs? (BNC) Because I'd shoot up drugs or have parties and get drunk and sleep with boys? (BNC) |
sick noteneschopenka/omluvenka She's lucky to have a doctor who just says bed rest and signs a sick note. (BNC)You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor, but only if they have been away for more than seven days. (BNC) He said when Mr McKay's sick note was sent in it was not picked up that it had anything to do with the accident. (BNC) |
sick upzvracet (BrE informal) What happens when someone gets sick up in space? I think that's happened a few times. (WebCorp) Thumbelina was never sick, up until she was about 12.(WebCorp) One of them began to sick up at class at 1 pm. (WebCorp) |
sickness benefitnemocenské dávky, nemocenská In the case of insured persons who have attained the age of seventy, the right to sickness benefit and disablement benefit shall cease. (OED) Unemployment and sickness benefit were put on a new basis. (OED) The plaintiff`s sickness benefit was liable to immediate cessation. (OED) |
sign your/st`s death warrantodepsat se, podepsat si svůj ortel smrti The company signed its own death warrant by choosing to remain independent rather than going into partnership.(CIDI) The cancellation of the multi-million dollar order signed the company's death warrant.(CIDI) She signed her own death warrant by refusing to do what the boss demanded.(CALD) |
signs of lifeznámky života She soon fell victim, and ceased to show any signs of life. (BNC) He was looking at a completely empty street, so lacking in signs of life that it might be a convenient escape route. (BNC) Andy Lavender looks for signs of life in the Shaw corpus. (BNC) |
sleeping pillsprášky na spaní No doubt you take sleeping pills,'; said Mrs Clancy. (BNC) The sleeping pills had left her feeling groggy; she knew from experience that unless she rose immediately on waking, she would feel drugged throughout the day. (BNC) For sleep, she took sleeping pills. (BNC) |
snuff itzemřít (informal), natáhnout brka The old chap snuffed it before he had chance to make his will. (English Idioms, Oxford) I'm dreadfully sorry, Mr Holly, it's the most extraordinary thing but the chap's dead, snuffed it. (BNC) Even when he snuffed it on Mount Cavalry, he knew he would live again. (BNC) |
sound/toll the death knell (for st)být/znamenat konec čeho Plans to built a bridge across the river sounded the death knell for the ferry. (LDCE) The new superstore will sound the death knell for hundreds of small independent shops. (CIDI) The closure of the local car factory tolled the death knell of the town.(CIDI) |
start a new lifezačít znova, začít nový život She decided to start a new life in Australia.(CALD) Had he stayed in the East End, he may have drifted into delinquency; instead, his mother sent for him when he was 12 to start a new life in Canada. (BNC) Soon he would be going out to start a new life. (BNC) |
start lifespatřit světlo světa, zrodit se The Simpsons started life as animated shorts breaking up the sketches on The Tracey Ullman Show . (BNC) Malvern Mill started life as a corn mill and was converted to silk in around 1840. (BNC) The Cambridge Refugee Committee started life in the Quaker home of Hilda Sturge. (BNC) |