sobota, 4. května 2024, 20.40
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: FOOD
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any amount/number of sth

množství něčeho, počet něčeho

There was any amount of food and drink at the party. Oxford Idioms

 A computer can store a vast amount of information. Macmillan Dictionary

This brings the total number of children to 12. Macmillan Dictionary

apple of one's eye

něčí drahoušek, zlatíčko

He was the apple of her eye, the salt of her earth, the source of her strength--her everything. BNC

Peter is the apple of his mother's eye. Longman Dictionary of English Idioms

But anyway, saying to Father that you, who are the apple of his eye, and in whom he considers he's bred a lady, telling him that you hope to marry one of the Feltons, the quay Feltons. BNC

apple-pie order

dokonalý, vzorný pořádek; jako v klícce

Becky turned out to be as good as her word, keeping the accounts in what she described as `;apple-pie order'; and even opening a set of books for Trumper's barrow. BNC

Arkansas wedding cake

kukuřičný chléb

Arkansas wedding cake n: cornbread WebCorp

as cold as a cucumber

studený jako psí čumák

Works was informed by NATO/US sources that no signs of heat were detected by the satellites. Works was told that Trepcha was as "cold as a cucumber". NATO never released this information to the public. WebCorp

as fat as butter

mastný jako máslo

They need grooming, I know, but they're fat as butter. BNC

as round as an apple

kulatý jako svět

ask sbdy to dinner

pozvat někoho na večeři

It was during the second week that Carol asked him to dinner at her parents' place. BNC

at full lick

velmi rychle, velikou rychlostí

He came round the corner on his bicycle at full lick and knocked the old woman over. Longman Dictionary of English Idioms

A relatively short day today thanks to making sudden contact with a flat section of ice at full lick and subsequently feeling as if I had just spent 2 hours on a roller coaster. WebCorp

Breaking free, the dog charged around him at full lick, yapping in an unnaturally high pitched yelp. WebCorp

Attic salt

jemný vtip

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bad egg

špatný člověk, lump, neřád

He's a bad egg - don't believe anything he says. (Free Dictionary)

Emily is a real bad egg -- she's always starting fights and causing trouble. (Google)

That Saddam is a bad egg! (Urban Dictionary)

bag of bones

kostroun, člověk kost a kůže

She refused to eat until eventually she was a bag of bones. (Oxford Dictionary)

baker's dozen

13

Mrs. Joe has been out a dozen times, looking for you, Pip. And she’s out now, making it a baker’s dozen. Longman

A regular dozen is twelve, but a baker's dozen is 13. WebCorp

bar of chocolate

čokoládová tyčinka

At tea breaks and lunchtime I never saw him eat more than a bar of chocolate or a biscuit. BNC

be fed up with

mít něčeho po krk

I'm sure you've heard it thousands of times before but I am fed up with the way I look. BNC

I’m fed up with this job. Macmillan Dictionary