pátek, 17. května 2024, 21.31
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: FAMILY

keep mum

mlčet před kým o čem, o tom ani muk

So, darling, keep mum about where we are. BNC

I was told to keep mum about it. BNC

And so Ed and Kath decide to keep mum about Mr Sloane's murder of their father. BNC

set up home

založit si rodinu

He hit the roof when the pair left to set up home in a bedsit.  BNC

These nests will shortly be visited by the female in whose larger territory the various males have set up home. BNC

He set up home with his wife Kerry at RAF Lyneham and they would have celebrated their second wedding anniversary later this month. BNC

yoke of marriage

manželský chomout

Unless adultery has broken the yoke of marriage, a divorce would not be proper or would not really take effect before God. WebC

Neither law nor the world's opinion compelled her to do this--only her husband's nature and her own compassion, only the ideal and not the real yoke of marriage. WebC

If this is enough to break the bonds of matrimony, how little weight is there on the yoke of marriage. WebC

only child

jedináček

As I was the only child, the animals were my playmates. BNC

It must be terrible to lose an only child; to lose any child. BNC

Sometimes I think I was intended to be an only child, and got born into a large family by a mistake. BNC

child abuse

zneužívání dětí 

There is a high rate of wife battering and child abuse on the estate, and a concentration of problems such as drug addiction and alcoholism. BNC

Media reports of child abuse cases often express this sense of moral outrage. BNC

Clearly, the effective training of teachers to deal with child abuse issues is crucial. BNC

baby boomer

člověk narozený v USA nebo GB v době poválečné populační exploze

The punk generation now spend half their time whining about the smothering blanket of baby boomer nostalgia. BNC

Bill Clinton, on the other hand, is a "baby boomer" born after the terrible war which Bush still has such vivid memories of. BNC

The current fad in Hollywood is for TV remakes which will tape the baby boomer nostalgia market in the style of The Addams Family. BNC

unborn child

nenarozené dítě, plod

German Measles can damage your unborn child. BNC

Every member of the family looks after her safety as she carries the much welcome unborn child. BNC

So, we could be sure the unborn child was given a full and more than adequate food and oxygen supply throughout. BNC

baby carriage

dětský kočárek

Annie disregarded the remark and as she walked out of the side door pushing the baby carriage Bessie turned to her employer. BNC

Dianne raced downstairs and out the front door to look in the baby carriage under the cherry tree. BNC

Two women tore the nylons I was wearing, really good ones, another dragged a baby carriage across my ninety-dollar shoes. BNC

labour pains

porodní bolesti

Their first baby, who was to cause far more than labour pains, arrived in mid-May 1939. BNC

The nurses topped it up again as soon as they realised but it took time to go through and have any effect so I had about twenty minutes of real labour pains. BNC

As luck would have it, she had no time to build up her fears again, for her labour pains started that very night. BNC

baby boom

populační exploze

This is caused by the baby boom generation of the 1960s settling down and having families of their own. BNC

Thereafter, the ageing of the post-war baby boom generation becomes apparent, and by 2031 over one fifth of the population is expected to be aged 65+. BNC

The great increase in the popularity of marriage and the baby boom which it partly caused accompanied the post-war economic growth of the 1950s. BNC

baby blues

poporodní smutek matky

The high occurrence of so-called `baby blues' and feelings of isolation alone shows us that the birth of a child is a very stressful event. BNC 

Dads suffer from the baby blues, too -- often because they feel left out. WebC

The mild depression that affects women soon after giving birth is often referred to as "the baby blues". WebC

baby blue

světle modrý

When she fluttered the long lashes of her baby blue eyes she had the timeless charm of Olive Oyl or Betty Boop. BNC

Then there was blonde and bubbly Joan Pyman, who always wore baby blue to match her eyes. BNC

When I saw her last time she was wearing this really sweet baby blue dress. BNC 

baby face

dětská tvářička, člověk s dětskou tváří

Yeah but he it's not a baby face any more. BNC

She sat down on the bench opposite to him and looked at his fat baby face, which was now showing some concern. BNC

People sometimes said he had a baby face. BNC

baby buggy

dětský kočárek

He was in a baby buggy and beside him was holdall containing clothes, bottles and baby wipes. BNC

But first, would your baby buggy pass an MOT test? BNC

She grabbed her children, leaving her baby buggy behind, and ran into the store. BNC

baby grand

malé křídlo (piano)

His parents had no piano, but his grandmother had a baby grand and he taught himself to play that whenever he visited her. BNC

In addition to twenty-five cabins it had three bars, a dining room, a lounge with a baby grand piano, a writing room, library and sick bay. BNC

A baby grand piano stands in the drawing room and is often played by guests. BNC