bear fruitshow results 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 |
beat one´s brainspuzzle, 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 |
beauty lies in the eye of the beholderthere 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 |
beginner´s luckusual success at the start of learning to do something |
below averagepodprůměrný, 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) |
better late than neveran 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 |
better luck next timemay 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 |
boarding schoolinternátní 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 |
bookwormknihomol 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 and bred (in/to sth)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 |
bridle one´s tonguerestrain 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 |
bring sb/sth to memorycause you to think of sb or sth Recently, something happened that brought it to mind What brought it to mind was something my wife said this weekend. Google One of my favorite all-time books and the |
bring to lightosvětlit, 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 |
broach the subjectintroduce 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 |
broken/fractured Englishimperfect 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 |