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This is still an isolated case but it shows that our steadfastness will bear fruit and that, with your support, ultimately we will prevail. WebC

I can truly say that the response was overwhelming and will bear fruit for many years to come. WebC

Web-based design tools bear fruit for engineers. WebC

puzzle, think very hard in order to solve a problem

A contemporary coinage by the press, I suppose, beats my brains in establishing any possibility of a coherence in between the constituent words and the meaning. WebC

Though why the young should do so beats my brains. WebC

My 68 MGB beats my brains out driving at 70 mph. WebC

there is no absolute standard of beauty  

Art is supposed to be subjective, it's beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.  WebC

Let it never again be said that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, yet let it be said that beauty lies in the work of Jim Mountford.  WebC

While it is said that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, a flattering hairstyle and the right touch of makeup can play up your best features to draw attention to them. WebC

usual success at the start of learning to do something

podprůměrný, pod průměrem

Dominican Internet penetration rate is 9% below average for Latin America. (Google)

About 70 per cent of water supplies in the south come from underground sources and levels are currently well below average for almost all sources, particularly in Sussex and Kent. (Google)

Seasonal rains will be below average, says meteorological dept. (Google)

an excuse or apology for one´s lateness

It was better late than never for the 12 lucky winners of a tennis holiday at the Sport Hotel in Eilat, Israel. BNCI

She could have sent that message earlier, but better late than never.  BNCI

I meant to pop the enclosed in a drawer of the chest of drawers to thank you for its removal --; better late than never, and the card early to save a stamp.  BNCI

may you succeed on some future occasion

There was no question of saying to myself `;better luck next time'; --; there might not have been a next time.  BNCI

Better luck next time… but the doctor told me there would be no next time. BNCI

And if you didn't win, better luck next time.  BNCI

internátní škola

Most issues abound in stories of high interest to the stereotypical young girl - boarding schools, French lessons, ballet, etc. BNC

That´s really why Aleena, who´s only thirteen, goes to boarding school in Sandestown. BNC

I´d asked my mum and dad if I could go to a boarding school - the one in Edinburgh Andy was at. BNC

knihomol

1. Kathy’s not going to the beach with us. She's such a bookworm she'll probably be reading homework all afternoon! (google)

2. My sister is a bookworm and is always reading a book. (google)

3. Bookworm is a popular generalization for any insect which supposedly bore through books. (google)

born, reared and educated

A picture came to her of the shaggy wanderers huddling together in the bus shelter at the top of the road where she had been born and bred.  BNCI

Although born and bred in the country and reinstalled there for the past 30 years, I fear I am not a proper countryman; London has dished me.  BNCI

For a girl born and bred in the slums of Clerkenwell she showed surprising embarrassment at the discreet mention of his hopes.  BNCI

restrain oneself from speaking too frankly, too rudely

He who bridles his tongue will not give a licence to his hand. WebC

This man who guards or bridles his tongue also guards the actions of his whole body by keeping it in subjection to the Holy Ghost.  WebC

James apparently means
that the man who bridles his tongue does not stumble in speech
and is able also to control his whole body with all its passions. WebC
 

cause you to think of sb or sth

Recently, something happened that brought it to mind
and made me think I really should post it. Google

What brought it to mind was something my wife said this weekend.  Google

One of my favorite all-time books and the
scene you painted here brought it to mind. Google

osvětlit, přivést na světlo

Little known chapter in Irish history was brought to light. google

The restoration work has brought to light tricks of the Gibbons trade.  BNCI

Hoover concluded that consumer preferences must be met by providing models for national markets that incorporated the specific features market research had brought to light.  BNCI

introduce it for the first time

Loath as Nigel was to cut into the flow of praise, he felt he ought to broach the subject of going home. BNCI

Reasons against: There'll be an awful row if I broach the subject.  BNCI

Maybe he was sweating, or nervous, or wondering how to broach the subject.  BNCI

imperfect English, as spoken by sb to whom it is a foreign language not yet mastered

Then with an exchange of broken English and French, the Captain saw four large brandy barrels being handed over to Jake and his gang.  BNCI

Laughing and fighting him ineffectually, his grandmother roared pleasantries at him in a mixture of Ruthenian and broken English.  BNCI

We chatted in broken English while they were waiting at stances.  BNCI