Communication

mlieť hubou

Did you shoot off your mouth and challenge Darren to a game? (Google)

Marco is always shooting off his mouth about how many languages he speaks. (Google)

Don't pay any attention to Bob. He's always shooting his mouth off. (Google)

někoho zahltit, bombardovat otázkami

It is the norm for reporters to shoot questions at ministers to seek answers for their reports but the reverse happened at a press conference Sunday. Energy, Water and Communications Minister fired questions at reporters instead. (Google)

When I buy my cars, I like to shoot questions at them they are not prepared for. It's fun to see them sweat! (Google)

He proceeded to shoot questions at me with a blistering speed, and not a word in English. After roughly 10 minutes he asked me to step into the examination room, where he proceeded to take my temperature and check my blood pressure. (Google)

Kdo mlčí, souhlasí.

It occurs to me that one source of this phenomenon is the fact that in the blogosphere we assume that silence gives consent, while we do not assume this in the same way when we are talking face to face. (Google)

If “silence gives consent”, then let my voice be heard loud and clear by these various governments: I am a sovereign individual and your presidents, senators, congresspeople, and other functionaries do not represent me. (Google)

Silence gives consent. Scream and be heard! (Google)

chyba v psaném projevu, přepsání se

Instead of correcting Keynes’s mathematics (which is right), the paper concludes that there has been a “slip of the pen” in his own description of these concepts. (Google)

Therefore, it is very inconvenient to use the conventional ballpoint pen if there is a slip of the pen which needs to be corrected or deleted. (Google)

According to Freud, there is a "psychology of errors"; that slip of the tongue or that slip of the pen become for Freud the clues to the secret functioning of the unconscious. (Google)

prerieknutie

If you are going away, tell only those who need to know -- a slip of the tongue in the street, pub or corner shop could be overheard by the wrong sort. (BNC)

Don't remember that. Long time ago. Slip of the tongue. (BNC)

Much of the humour derives from slips of the tongue, an occupational hazard. (BNC)

všedný rozhovor

Henry cast his mind back to the small talk of a small town. (BNC)

A keen and powerful debater, he was not amused at the dreariness of the Executive's meetings, the small talk and the administration (never his strong point). (BNC)

She could not provide him with small talk, or prod him to abandon his silences. (BNC)

drobnotlač, drobné písmo

However, legal expenses insurance generally tends to be full of small print and exclusions. (BNC)

Other ITV stations will closely scrutinise the small print when further details are released in a few weeks. (BNC)

For their part, consumes should take reasonable care when making purchases; where there is small print it should be read carefully or, if it seems complex and the purchase involves a large sum of money, professional advice may be required. (BNC)

listovní pošta (oproti elektronické)

One of the challenges we have to deal with in a virtual office environment is how to handle incoming snail mail. (Google)

Yet, for some reason, you still need regular snail mail for all kinds of pesky reasons that just don’t seem to go away. Among them is the fact that everyone seems to need a real address for real mail. (Google)

Many of the techniques and strategies used in post card or “snail mail” marketing are similar to e-mail marketing. (Google)

hovoriť o niekom nepekne

Hey, you two. Don't speak ill of Evelyn. Especially when she's not here to defend herself. (Google)

I refuse to speak ill of any of my friends. (Google)

Max speaks ill of no one and refuses to repeat gossip. (Google)

mluvit vážně, upřímně

"Hear me, and be assured that I speak in earnest. If you, and I mean all of you, do not come to the services tomorrow morning, and instruct your men to do likewise, then I shall leave you." (webcorp)

Well, to speak in earnest I cannot decide whether to blame marriage or age, but the fact is that I have grown a lot lazier. (webcorp)

After the waitress brought our coffee we began to speak in earnest. (webcorp)