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Glossar: SHOPPING

pay for sth

platit za něco   blush 

After all, Pepsi distributors, for example, pay for placement in grocery stores. WebC

Find free money to help you pay for school. WebC

It means you'll be offered an opportunity to pay for a trip that may fit your idea of luxury. WebC

go broke

finančně zkrachovat    sad

He went broke several times, but ended up creating a company that is today part of one of the leading media conglomerates, responsible for hundreds of films. WebC

When he went broke, he tried working as a law clerk, but soon gave it up. WebC

He went broke several times and had a nervous breakdown before he became successful. WebC

pay day

den výplaty   big grin

Since it's my pay day today, I felt extra generous and donated a Gameboy Advance SP and a Pokemon game.  WebC

Yesterday was my pay day and I only got paid not even half of what i was supposed to get! WebC

Today was my pay-day and the amount was $3.00. WebC

pay dear

platit draze   surprise

Why pay dear when you can pay cheap ?  WebC

Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.  WebC

We have to pay dear for everything we get. WebC

pay sb a visit

krátce navštívit   smile

Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, paid me a visit. WebC

The shopping fairy was kind today and paid ME a visit! WebC

I departed highly pleased with the professor and his lecture, and paid him a visit the same evening. WebC

buying binge

nákupní horečka    wink

It's time for the annual back to school buying binge.  WebC

If your shopping has become out of control, experts say you must learn to simply walk away when you feel a buying binge coming on. WebC

This year's online holiday buying binge so far has shattered existing records. WebC

be in low water

být finančně na mizině   sad

It is general knowledge that the economy of Brazil is in low water and much more precarious than that of this country. WebC

If the country is in low water today, the blame attaches not to the government’s performance, but overwhelmingly to the destructive venom of the opposition ...  WebC

When you cannot afford to pay taxes, you are in low water. WebC

stony broke

na mizině    sad

I'm hungry, stony broke, I have to deal with French bankers and now I have to replace the bloody windscreen on my car. WebC

He's in trouble because he's stony broke and has lost his spell book. WebC

If you are stony broke and need to earn some cash then taking a year out could be the perfect solution. WebC 

bread line

fronta na potraviny rozdávané charitou; existenční minimum   dead

Right now I guess I'll focus on this life and finding something to keep me out of the bread line. WebC

Finally, I stood in the bread line in Twenty-fifth Street... WebC

It must be understood that about 80 per cent of the Indian people live below the bread line.  WebC

bread and butter

 živobytí, obživa    approve

I’ll keep my radio job for fun, but the Monkey knife fighting is my bread and butter, and my passion. WebC

The glamour industry of course, is my bread and butter. WebC

Because tennis is my bread and butter I would not stop playing. WebC

be out of bread

být bez peněz, bez výdělku   sad

If a man is out of bread he can hardly find a house ... WebC

Greg now wants to see Black Sabbath at Cobo H. next Sunday but he is out of "bread". WebC

He was out of bread and out of hope. WebC

dead broke

švorc, finančně zruinován    sad

The party is dead broke and deep in debt. BNC

He is dead broke, with more bills piling up every day. WebC

Unfortunately, that means finding rich investors who will finance him, because he is dead broke! WebC

flat broke

na mizině, švorc    sad

You can earn $20,000 per year and be flat broke, or you can choose to save $5,000 of that per year. WebC

I'm flat broke so I appreciate it if you bought me a shirt. WebC

However, he found himself hungry, homeless and flat broke in Queens, New York.  WebC

beat money out of sb

vyrazit z někoho peníze    tongueout

They should learn to quit trying to beat money out of a dead horse. WebC

They won't come to your house to beat money out of you, unless you've managed to do tons without paying for it. WebC

That issue dealt with the fact that the NEA is using legislation to beat money out of the taxpayers... WebC

without a bean

bez floka    thoughtful

It is said that treasures of the heart and soul are riches. That is not much use to a man who is without a bean.  WebC

Shula and Kenton would be left without a bean ... WebC

The worst thing in life is waking up clean without a bean. WebC