cakes and aleveselost, radost; veselý život, radost ze života;veselka So supposing you never marry, and if you go on being so fussy you probably never will -- are there to be no cakes and ale? BNC |
sponge cakepiškotový dort, piškotová bábovka Such an ambitious Tuscan confection surely deserves a cakestand, assembled as it is on a noble pedestal of rock, its buildings (mixed plain and fancy) composed of that porous tufa which looks much like sponge cake and which comes in all the golds, pinks, browns and mauves of the best Battenberg. BNC From our list we would choose to put a cross against sugar, chocolate, biscuits, sponge cake, and mints. BNC For example, you might choose to bake a low-sugar sponge cake. BNC |
layer cakedort s krémem, též přeneseně Miss Pinkney's was a chocolate layer cake with cherries, angelica leaves, and pink sugar roses on it. BNC For a party, a layer cake can be iced and decorated to fit the occasion, or according to your political persuasion. BNC In place of the "layer cake" of eight allied army corps lined up along what used to be West Germany's eastern border, there will be maybe half as many. BNC |
free-range eggsvajíčka od slepic z volného výběhu A perfect way to serve them is in a tart of shortcrust pastry, mixed with three or four free-range eggs and plenty of sugar, and baked for half an hour or so in a medium-hot oven. BNC The whole notion of quality food production is an interesting one; most British food, however it is produced, is of good quality, but the discussion was really about supplying minority, specialist middle-class markets with farm-smoked ham, semi-organic milling wheat, free-range eggs, and so on. BNC There is a growing premium market for free-range eggs and table birds which can provide a profitable enterprise for an expert small-scale poultry man. BNC |
the fat is in the fireje oheň na steše, teď půjde do tuhého, to bude mela The fat's in the fire now. Jim has just told his wife that he has taken a job in another town without mentioning it to her first. (Oxford Idioms) |
cut up fatumřít jako boháč, nechat po sobě majlant |
a fat lot of good/help/usek ničemu, houby to pomůže A fat lot of use that would be! What a stupid idea. Oxford Idioms The only thing he could think of was he was a good swimmer--and a fat lot of good that was to him. BNC Frederick Bissett was a member of the Institute of Professional Scientists, and a fat lot of good that did him. BNC |
milk/suck sb/sth dryněkoho úplně vysát It was only later that we found out he'd milked his grandmother dry of all her money before she died. (Oxford Idioms) |
(a) fat chance (of sth/doing sth)nulová šance, prakticky žádná naděje He said he'd give me a job if I passed my exam with a grade A. A fat chance I have of that! Oxford Idioms Fat chance of us running into any crumpet out here! BNC Right now, though, these fine sentiments have got a fat chance of being put into practice where I'm standing, boiling the milk for yet more midnight cocoa: with a baby of six weeks in the family, the philosophy of parental detachment is a far cry from reality. BNC |
milk floatmlékárenský vůz At the gatehouse the milk float arrives with the daily delivery and Tim Tyier, the milkman who has served the Centre for many years, starts his rounds. BNC Yesterday, French farmers were joined by others from Spain, Belgium and Germany marching through Strasbourg behind a milk float loaded with vegetables, milk and wine to a football stadium rally. BNC The aggressive promotion of milk sales by the supermarket giants such as Sainsbury, Tesco, Asda and Safeway, has already rocked the milk float, traditionally the most profitable side of the business for both farmers and dairy groups. BNC |
certified milkpasterizované mléko |
whole milkplnotučné mléko Pastries, puddings cakes and sauces made with whole milk. BNC If you sell farm butter and cheese instead of whole milk you can do well if you have the right market. BNC Cottage or other low-fat cheese can be substituted for full-fat cheese; skimmed and semi-skimmed milk for whole milk. BNC |
breast milkmateřské mléko It is at Labour conferences that you get the sweet nuttiness of Baby Milk Action, which proclaims, "Breast Milk: a World Resource," and tells you, as a fact, that it would take 114 million lactating cows to replace the milk of the women of India. BNC Her organisation is preparing a complaint about a Boots advertisement for Ostermilk featuring a bra with two Ostermilk tins inside, which claims: "Any closer to breast milk and we would have to change the packaging." BNC A mother supplies her baby with the purest of all food, i.e. her breast milk. BNC |
milk the audiencehrát na aplaus, přehrávat |
milk the ram/the bull/the pigeonmámit tele z jalové krávy Gazing down from his plinth in Lichfield, you could almost hear Dr Johnson muttering: "Socialism, Sir, is a cow, which will yield such people no more milk--and so they are gone to milk the bull". BNC |