úterý, 30. dubna 2024, 09.22
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: FAMILY

blood line

pokrevní linie

The palace arranged the marriages of the children to seal a political alliance, or to shore up the family's blood line. WebC

They appear to be in only one family blood line. WebC

He could trace back his blood line all the way to Abraham and know just exactly whether he was of the tribe of Levi or the tribe of Ruben, or whatever it is. WebC

love of one's life

životní láska

She felt humiliated, sexually worthless and incapable of holding the man she still believes is 'the love of my life'. BNC

The young man then died an unheroic death, riding his motorcycle underneath a lorry in Hammersmith and Vanessa's emotions fed on the tragedy until she was convinced he had been the love of her life. BNC

A smooth, Manhattan music publicist, Ollie has just married the love of his life and has a child on the way. WebC

puppy love

pubertální zamilovanost

She is the first to admit that she was bitten by the Puppy Love bug from quite an early age - which stood her in good stead when it came to dealing with the opposite sex in later years. BNC

It's very possible they'll end up together. It was a puppy-love kind of thing and it never really did go back to normal friendship. WebC

Back in 1952 when I was a puppy-love sick boy of 12 and felt I needed to talk to a priest because the girl I liked gave me the gate. WebC

All is fair in love and war.

V lásce a válce je vše povoleno.

All is fair in love and war is not a statement about love, war, or justice. it is a simple statement about the human heart. WebC

An old saying goes: "All is fair in love and war". Indeed love sometimes seems like a battle. WebC

If all is fair in love and war, then according to a recent nationwide poll, when it comes to romance, men are leading the charge. WebC

old wife's tale

povídačka

I know it sounds like an old wife's tale but it really does work. WebC

Still, I have to wonder if this isn'ta lapidary "old wife's tale" because most people I know need to turn inventory back into revenue as quickly as possible. WebC

Let us suppose that instead there had been a rumor - an old wife's tale - that there existed a miraculous unknown element which could be used in the transmutation of elements, and which had miraculous healing powers and other exotic properties. WebC

umbillical cord

pupeční šňůra (také přeneseně)

My wife went in for her 20 wk sonogram and the doctor said that the umbillical cord only had one vein and one artery. WebC

It is to the mother that a developing unborn child is literally bonded or connected by an umbillical cord, creating a degree of intimacy. WebC

Something that really helped us was what I like to call the umbillical cord method. WebC

have a quiet wedding

mít neokázalou svatbu, oslavit svatbu v úzkém rodinné kruhu

In a month's time we'll have a quiet wedding in the local church, and after a few days in London we'll travel through all the countries of Europe. BNC

I would have preferred to have a quiet wedding, and wear what I am comfortable in. WebC

We had a quiet wedding at the end of March. BNC

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Nouze naučila Dalibora housti.

If necessity is the mother of invention, originality is its father. A great invention will do something that could be not be achieved without it. WebC

Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Advances in technology and clever inventions have changed the face of office work. WebC

Necessity is the mother of Invention, and, as everybody knows, a skinny woman named Poverty is the mother of Necessity. WebC

hook a husband

ulovit si manžela

How to hook a husband when time is of the essence? WebC

Her gold-digging plan was to use a pregnancy to hook a husband. WebC

Somehow I managed to hook a husband and have two kids as part of the deal. WebC

expectant mother

nastávající matka

The expectant mother is treated with care and indulgence. BNC

The policy can be taken out by or on behalf of any expectant mother aged between 18 and 42. BNC

If you're a mother or expectant mother you can get free vitamins for yourself while you are pregnant or breast-feeding, and for your children aged under five. BNC

be mothered by sb

být rozmazlován kým

Being mothered by a grandparent was certainly not always a happily remembered experience, and for one illegitimate Scots girl it generated a lifetime of mutual bitterness. BNC

Such worthy clients as the Lords Hanson and White, the John McEnroes, the Roger Moores, Richard Branson, Jack Nicholson and the entire chorus of supermodels, all enjoy being mothered by Mara. BNC

During Sonya’s long absence, Kelithe is largely mothered by her grandmother. WebC

Love me, love my dog.

Musíš mě milovat takovou, jaká jsem/takového, jaký jsem.

They're also cliquey in a "love me, love my dog" kind of way. WebC

When I met Brad, it was a clear case of love me, love my dog. WebC

"Love me, love my dog," you'll find the poem of its origin in this book. WebC

nursing mother

kojící matka

A nursing mother sees her reflection in the eyes of the infant in her arms. BNC

And then there are special times; when planning a family: as an expectant or nursing mother; when it's that time of the month; or simply when you run out of time to eat properly. BNC

Disabled persons and nursing mothers are provided with special facilities, including a lift, and there are pay phones, public toilets and a baggage handling hall. . WebC

love match

sňatek z lásky

In your letter you made it quite clear it would be no love match. BNC

Everyone tried to dress it up as a love match but it wasn't. BNC

The whole matter was not so much solved as channelled in another direction by the sudden love match between Mary and her first cousin Henry, whom she described as the "properest and best proportioned long man" she had ever seen. BNC

old love never dies

stará láska nerezaví

Old love never dies, I heard my mother often say. WebC

There still is a place in my heart for him - old love never dies, it merely changes form. I don't worry about him taking his own life - it's just not his way. WebC

When he saw her getting off the bus It seemed to wipe away the years. Ahh, old love never dies. WebC