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Course: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Glossary: FAMILY
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bed and board

manželský stav

Most petitions were for divorce from bed and board, perhaps because cruelty and desertion were the most common complaints. WebC

Proposed law requires marital counseling in a proceeding for a judgment for divorce and reinstitutes the cause of action for separation from bed and board.WebC

The proposed law shall apply to actions for separation from bed and board or divorce commenced after Jan. 1, 2004. WebC

best man

ženichův svědek

Pete fulfilled the best man role and, during the wedding (in July, 1987), Pete wore all the gear and carried the rings in a little pouch on his harness. BNC

Marilyn Thompson was Charlie's wife's best friend; Charlie was to be Jack's best man and one day he thought he would be godfather to Jack's first child. BNC

Medallion silk waistcoat and bow tie from Oxford and Swan, perfect for your groom or best man. BNC 

big with child

v pokročilém stadiu těhotenství

And his daughter in law the wife of Phinees, was big with child, and near her time. WebC

She said seeing me big with child reminded her of when she gave birth to me. WebC 

There is no one here who cares for me or will look out for me and I must shift for myself in everything which is not easy now I am big with child and not well as I was with my first-born. BNC

biracial child

míšenec

What it is like raising a biracial child in a world that still sees people by race and color, not individuality. WebC

What should a biracial child be taught about his black ancestry? WebC

A biracial child with white parents will face the same challenges as a black child with white parents. WebC

birth certificate

rodný list

Forenames should be printed in full exactly as they appear on your birth certificate and/or passport. BNC

If the account is for a child under seven, you must identify yourself and produce the child's birth certificate. BNC

Mother's occupation is not routinely recorded on the birth certificate. BNC

birth control

kontrola porodnosti, antikoncepce

There are several birth control methods to choose from. BNC

Your partner is also welcome, so why not go along together to discuss the different methods of birth control? BNC

Sterilisation may be the ideal method of birth control for couples who are sure they have completed their family. BNC

birth pangs

porodní bolesti (také přeneseně)

Some Protestants argue that, because the woman had birth pangs, she was a woman with sin. WebC

Her anger brings on an attack which in turn brings on the birth pangs. BNC

It was the beginning of the birth pangs of quantum theory, whose characteristic it is to replace the continuous by the discrete, the smoothly varying by the fitful. BNC

birth rate

porodnost

The concern about population trends emerged as it became evident that population growth was declining and that the birth rate, in particular, was falling rapidly. BNC

By the late 1930s, the birth rate was about three-quarters of what it had been at the end of the First World War. BNC

It is clearly birth rate which is central to any explanation of population trends during the inter-war years. BNC

blind date

schůzka naslepo

Diving into the pool is like a blind date, he laughed. BNC

They chose their high-flying ceremony after a blind date and party brought them together. BNC

Once seated, Denice tells us she's only been on a blind date once before, and that was years ago. BNC

blood is thicker than water

krev není voda

I know there wasn't much love lost between them but, as they say, blood is thicker than water; even doctors know that. BNC

Are you trying to hint that blood is thicker than water? BNC

There still remained, however, some examples of blood-sharing among unrelated bats, cases where the `;blood is thicker than water'; explanation would not fit the facts. BNC

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

blood relation

pokrevní příbuzný

Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief. WebC

What is an in-law? It means they are not a blood relation - there is no common ancestor. WebC

They consider their membership in the community as a birthright, and are proud of their blood relation. WebC

bottle baby

dítě odkojené lahví

Whether you bottlefeed your baby right from the start or after a few weeks,you will discover a bottle baby needs a fairly well-organized mother. WebC

One was dam raised, the other was a bottle baby. WebC

When a bottle baby needs a little extra boost I use the following special formula. WebC

boys will be boys

kluci jsou kluci (pro chování, které bývá považováno za typicky mužské)

However, boys will be boys and they enjoyed the fresh air and the sport of fishing... BNC

Boys will be boys and in spite of warnings at least one fatal accident occurred involving local lads, and several were injured. BNC

Isabelle shrugs amiably as though to say `boys will be boys' and shoots Perry up easily in the top of his hand. BNC

break off the engagement

zrušit zasnoubení

Are you going to tell them about your decision to break off the engagement?'; he asked suddenly, interrupting her thoughts. BNC

You knew that I was going to break off the engagement anyway, so it's not exactly the end of the world for me. BNC

Telephoning Jonathan to break off the engagement had almost been a high point of comic relief. BNC