think, concentrate one´s attention on sth specific

"Take thought in translating ‘tongues’."
 Google

Take thought of them; that good may come to them take thought. google

You either accept it, or take thought about
it. If you take thought about it - nothing but frustration happens.  google

have or affect the type of speech that is used the upper class

So a posh restaurant, hotel, car etc is expensive and looks as if it’s used or owned by rich people; while to “talk posh” is to talk in an upper class manner. Google

"They make fun of me because of the way I talk. They say I 'talk posh'.". Then she did start to cry. google

We don't talk posh that's only the Royal family (we don't talk to them anyway). google

talk sensibly

It's time to talk sense about outsourcing. google

Talk Sense to Yourself is the kind of book you read with a highlighter, enthusiastically. Google

German manufacturers talk sense.  google

talk seriously (originally US), the reference being to the main dish of a celebratory dinner on Christmas or Thanksgiving)

Believe it or not, all of this talking and turkey has nothing to do with the phrase
"let's talk turkey. Google

If the owner really wants to sell, he'll talk turkey. google

Bush talks Turkey and is given the bird. google

dát/udělit někomu lekci

The next time she's late, go without her. That should teach her a lesson. (Cambridge International Dict. of Id.)

Oh, I won´t do him any harm. Teach him a usefull lesson, I hope. (Longman Dict. of English Id.)

I decided to teach my young brother a lesson after I cought him hurting our cat. (Longman D.o.E.I.)

přimět někoho, aby akceptoval své sociální postavení ve společnosti nebo obecně svou pozici

As for the odd one who stands out from the pack and refuses to back down to wayward politicians, he can always be told to defer to Parliament or some such crap that is supposed to teach him his place in our great democracy. WebC

So they decided the best way to teach him his place was to show his foul acts on public TV. WebC

He promised himself that some day he would teach him his place and give him a lesson, for life at home was becoming very painful as a result of these constant scenes. WebC

to show someone how to do a job or activity

Lynn spent an afternoon showing the new girl the ropes. (Cambridge International Dict. of Id.)

I tried to talk the guy into hiring me to work for &GREATER; him the first week to teach him the ropes but he didn't take me up on it. WebC

He goes so far as to pay a suburban family to take him and teach him the ropes of being a "normal kid." WebC

punish sb so that he doesn´t do sth again

Your child might need augmentative devices - just be sure they will work to teach
him to do the best is is capable of and not just toss a device at him.  Google

Do not give in to the tantrum as this will teach him to do it more. google

 Teach him to do something besides bark, reward the quiet
moments.  google

poučovat někoho o něčem, o čem on už ví více než já

You're teaching your grandmother to suck eggs, Ted. I've been playing this game since before you were born! (Cambridge International Dict. of Idioms)

He´s always telling the director how to run the business; that´s like teaching his garndmother to suck eggs. (Longman Dict. of English Id.)

Don´t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. (Longman Dict. of English Id.)

oblíbený žák, mazánek, oblíbenec, patolízal

All the kids in school think he is a teacher's pet and begin to make fun of him.

Everyone thinks Jake is a teacher's pet.

When there is a "teacher's pet," other students may refuse to ask questions lest they be similarly branded by their peers.

(Google)

key test

The acid test for art criticism is the solo exhibition.  BNCI

Positive test results and favourable feedback might be sufficient evaluation criteria outside of the Criminal Justice System but reconviction rates for probation practice must remain the acid test.  BNCI

This, however, is to evade the acid test, as I have already implied, which is the ability even of these talented enthusiasts to perform with similar confidence and panache in the designated area of the curriculum with which they are less familiar.  BNCI

only the very best that can be bought

A good mother, many women feel, is able to give her children everything they need in life, including the best education that money can buy. WebC

They have indicated that they do not intend to have any further children and would prefer Emma to have the best education that money can buy. WebC

By denying children advantages such as health care and the best education that money can buy, we are denying our state -- and its economy -- a prosperous future. WebC

when people without adequate knowledge or experience attempt to direct or guide others like themselves

It could be argued that it is the blind leading the blind--; with one of the partners having a more experienced guide dog tutored by on-the-job training!  BNCI

Not only that, the purveyors of doctrine now have become "the blind leading the blind," to borrow from another Bible quote. WebC

It will be a case of the blind leading the blind . WebC

a question whose answer is hotly debated or on which a great deal depends

And the burning question: did he and the other comedians have a couple of drinks or healthy snorts before the shows?  BNCI

The burning question for the poverty lobby is from where and how, particularly given the Fowler reviews in 1986 which made wide-ranging cuts and changes to the social security system.  BNCI

It only leaves the burning question --; what time today will Turnip resign.  BNCI

educated people who like to discuss and give their opinions about political and social matters

So, I imagine a new dinner party game for the chatterin' classes...  Google

Rock isn't the art form of the chattering classes and only a minority of its practitioners have any expertise in elucidating a rigorous conceptual rationale for their work.  BNCI

On the other hand, Wringe's suspicions gain some credence in the light of the well-publicised hostility of the Thatcherite Right to `;the chattering classes';.  Google

(sb or sth has some chracteristic) because it is na essential aspect of sb´s or sth´s identity, function, name or description

definition, based on the definition under the Rehabilitation Act, reflects the specific types of discrimination experienced by people with disabilities. WebC

Films like this are the definition of "critic proof"; if the casting, synopsis and very concept don't deter you, you'll probably find it very funny.  WebC

The dictionaries will sooner or later remove the concept of "mind" completely from the definition following the lead of "official" psychology as taught in western universities and colleges. WebC

To je neuvěřitelné!/při překvapení nebo zmatení

Also quickness can be ascribed as in "quick as the dickens," cleverness of speech as in "the dickens you say." WebC

Let's focus in on "dickens" as the important word here, since there are lots of different expressions with it in, such as "what the dickens", "where the dickens", "the dickens you are!", and "the dickens you say!".

He will also use the phrase, "the dickens you say!" and it will crack me up.

the mistakes, sins, omissions that arise from the way one/sb lives, that are present in sb´s thoughts

He chuckled, `;Perhaps I can make him see the error of his ways.';  BNCI

May he enjoy happy bachelor days, but not too many, before he realizes the error of his ways and is claimed by one of the angels on Earth.  BNCI

Only as Darwin began to form his theories did he realise the error of his ways on board the Beagle.  BNCI

some single thing taht exists or occurs contradicts or diverges from an established theory or belief

Most societies, most western societies at least, generally go on the
principle that "the exception proves the rule".  WebC

“The familiar saying that the exception proves the rule contains a good deal of wisdom, though from the standpoint of formal logic it became an absurdity as soon as “prove” no longer meant “put on trial.”  WebC

In each case, though, it seems like the exception proves the rule. WebC

the result(s) of one´s work, seen as giving profit or satisfaciton

At the end of the garden, in the shed of his own making, stood the fruit of his labour.  BNCI

If each individual can act, then he is also free to keep the fruit of his labour. WebC

A good harvest would not only represent the fruit of his labour, but that of his father and possibly his grandfather before him as well, who planted the tree in the first place and nurtured it carefully in his lifetime. WebC

the customary way of doing sth

It is the general rule that the patient's own doctor will only be informed of the results of tests if the patient specifically requests it.  BNCI

Unless you have to hold down one key (ie Shift, Ctrl or Alt) while you tap another, the general rule is to tap the keys lightly, as you would on an electronic typewriter.  BNCI

Weigh, rather than guess, is the general rule to follow in this situation.  BNCI

the best, most useful course to adopt

The Golden Rule. HINDU: This is the sum of duty; do naught unto others
which if done to thee would cause thee pain.  Google

" The Golden Rule not the Rule of Gold ".  Google

They learnt the golden rule, which is ‘Do for others what you want them to do
to you.’  Google

standard English as contrasted with regional dialects, slang, substandard or foreign English

There will also be a discussion of what Katie Wales (1994) refers to as the "Queen’s"
English and where this fits into the continuum of British accents. Google

When you come to work you’re going to practice the Queen’s English. Google

However, we didn’t speak ‘broken’ English
because we lacked the ability to speak the Queen’s English. Google

a lunatic asylum and institution for the care, education... of mentally handicaped or mentally ill people

Not one of the PCers ever suggested that Turner or Cox was a candidate for the laughing
academy.  Google

Poor Dr Nash winds up at the laughing academy in a jacket that
does up at the back, with electrodes attached to his temples. Google

Wain went to the laughing academy while middle-class legions, ignorant
of his way loco motion, continued to coo over the cat scans. Google

statesmen, writers,..., direct and control world and human affairs

 "The pen is mightier than the sword" - English novelist and dramatist
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873). Google

It's true that the pen is mightier than the sword. Google

The phrase 'The pen is mightier than the sword', has
become a universal expression of the power of the written word. Google

sth specified must be considered and discussed

The question arises, however, how students will interpret the process.
 Google

Since the question arises so often, we've assembled the
following report on radon for your interest. Google

Now the question arises, "Could the sixth day of creation
be longer then what we call a day? Google

the question, matter of debate

The question of the hour is: What kind of church? Google

It was the question of the hour in the toy department at Elder Beerman's department store in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Google

This was the question of the hour for much of January 1991 and thoroughly documented by Platt's.  BNCI

the rules, restrictions, conditions which are often written in very small letters

Unfortunately, the small print is different,
as could be expected from an administration run by oilmen. Google

How to read the small print? Google

BUPA warns people to check the small print. Google

volný proud vědomí, nekontrolovaný tok myšlenek

The writer attempts by the stream of consciousness to reflect all the forces, external and internal, influencing the psychology of a character at a single moment. Google

One valuable way for breaking through a block or getting ideas for
writing is the stream of consciousness method, or free writing.  Google

The permanent self is rendered
useless for the unity and continuity of the stream of consciousness.  google

survival by natural selection, sb who´s able to adapt well will survive

Unfortunately, he regarded the "survival of the fittest" as a sort of guide for governmental
policy, which often led him to oppose programs to assist the poor.  Google

What in the devil did Darwin mean when he popularized the “survival of
the fittest” phrase? What he did not say is, perhaps, revealing. google

As though by common assent they fought, as though to determine once and for all their
right to live, in accordance with the law of the survival of the fittest.  Google

how one tends to think, learn or reason

 The way his mind works makes it hard for Asano to express himself to others in
a spoken fashion, but emotionally he is able to touch those who let him in. Google

  I have a schizophrenic friend
and I love the way his mind works. google

This is one of the many times when you can make sense of
the way your toddler behaves only if you understand the way his mind works. Google

it is easy to recognize sb/sth

There's no mistaking the gleam of stainless steel. google

There's no mistaking who the birthday girl or boy is when they
wear our new and exclusive "It's Party Time!"  Google

There's no mistaking the prestige of owning an authentic Milton H. Greene fine art print. Google

the most talented in a skill or art will prectise it, so the task of instruction is left to the less talented

Those who can, do. Those who cannot, teach. Those who cannot teach, HACK! To be, or not to be, those are the parameters. google

Of course, Shaw was also the man who coined the immortal line, "Those who can, do;
those who cannot, teach". google

"Those who can, do; those who cannot, teach.". —Not many. —Those who can, do; those who can't, bully.  Google

become very confused when sb tries to explain sth

I tied myself in knots in the days before that meeting. Google

Trying to work out the bandwidth I need - and where, I've tied
myself in knots trying to visualize what's travelling where. google

I've tied myself in knots trying rationalise the use of 'Duel of the Fates' and the
'Emperors Theme'. google

too; excessively/honest, tidy, frank, obliging

 But if so, he is generous to a fault. Google

"John is neat to a fault".  Google

Krall show is eclectic to a fault. google

it is the nature of mankind to sin and to make mistakes

To Err Is Human breaks the silence that has surrounded medical errors and their consequence--but not by pointing fingers at caring health care professionals who make honest mistakes.  WebC

Remember, to err is human, to forgive is divine. Webc

Finally, we need to realize that, as the IOM report states, "to err is human."  WebC

according to what one knows

Socrates brings forward the god of Delphi as a witness to his knowledge. Google

Senor said that to his knowledge Berg "was at no time under
the jurisdiction or detention of coalition forces.".  Google

His shoeing customers and students will witness to his knowledge and ability
with a horse involving training , shoeing and lameness work. Google

dostat (jedničku) za snahu

He admitted that several initiativesshould receive A for effort even though they did not end in success. (Google)

If travel retail websites were to be given report cards, Cochin Duty Free would receive an A for effort, though it still has some work to do on. (Google)

Since I audited the class, I was not too concerned about the grade, but did receive an A (for effort, I'm sure) and increased my comfort level in speaking. (Google)