Communication

objednať, zadať objednávku

The sales staff show these new releases to retailers who decide whether to place an order. (BNC)

To find out more or to place an order, return the coupon or ring the number below. (BNC)

Can I send you a sample now, or would you like to place an order straight away? (BNC)

dať/položiť otázku, vzniesť námietku

Member from an English constituency to raise a question on defence or any other matter -- And they do. (BNC)

Under Article 65 the party which invokes a ground for invalidity or termination must notify the other parties of its claim; each other party has the right to raise an objection and to invoke the measures for the peaceful settlement of disputes in Article 33 of the Charter. (BNC)

They may prefer to say nothing because to raise an objection may cause offence or may prolong the sales interaction. (BNC)

do písmene, úplně, zcela

When such instructions were laid down, they were to be carried out to the letter. (Google)

I’m sure you are pressed for time, but if you can spare seven minutes please watch Chapter 3, which lays out how copyright law, if it were followed to the letter, would categorically outlaw a large category of artistic endeavours, namely those that involve a collage or remix of existing culture. (Google)

What I'm saying happens always and is repeated to the letter every time. All similar stories have this same ending. (Google)

jazykolam

If you're familiar with the basic Chinese numbers and the numbers, you're ready to try your first Chinese tongue twister. (Google)

Here is a tongue twister
I know that you'll like.
You can say it while walking
Or riding your bike.

See silly Shrek sulk sadly.
Shrek sang same silly songs softly. (Google)

Many tongue-twisters have two or three sequences of sounds, then the same sequences of sounds with some sounds exchanged, e.g. "she sells / sea shells". (Google)

Do you have a number I can reach you at? Pat Not yet. I'll call to touch base with you this evening.(Google)

I'll try to touch base with you when I'm in Ohio. (Google)

Grayson favour between holidays with the club to Majorca, the girlfriend to Greece we also touched base with Simon Grayson. (BNC)

překroutit něčí slova

The next time you try to twist someones' words to score scholastic points instead of to advance a coherent fact based argument I'll remind you that you cannot misrepresent yourself like that. (Google)

You do lie when you twist someones words or you tell only the part of the story you want everyone to hear. (Google)

Leaving parts of the conversation off can even twist someones words. So even if you show that "proof", it is highly questionable information. (Google)

šeptem, potichu

He whispered under his breath. “I am sorry, I can´t go on with this anymore.” (Google)

He lifted his head to look around the office, and cursed under his breath at his own arrogance and stupidity. (Google)

Uncle Len said something under his breath. I could not hear what it was but I knew it was something bad about his sister. (Google)

podpora v nezamestnanosti

They stopped my unemployment benefit. (BNC)

Anybody who earns between £12 and £43 in a given week may still be able to qualify for unemployment benefit on the days they are not working. (BNC)

However, they will have to satisfy unemployment benefit officers that part-time work is not their usual pattern, and they are just doing it while looking for full-time employment. (BNC)

Zdi mají uši.

Even the walls have ears, and that lady standing next to you tapping on her Blackberry might just be a reporter. (Google)

Do your walls have ears? It's a scary world out there, with a threat round every corner – and not just for characters in spy movies. (Google)

It is not good to speak of such things ... stone walls have ears. (Googlebooks)

Právě jsme se o tobě bavili. (My o vlku..)

„Wow, funny you should come by just now, Charles, we were just talking about you. No, it was all good: we were just discussing the talk you gave." (Google)

In fact we were just talking about you the other day. Your ears were probably burning! (Google)

A Friend: "Hey! We were just talking about you!"
Me: "Oh...haha great. Do I want to know?"
Friend: "Oh we were just talking about how sweet you are and how anyone who doesn't get along with you must be pretty werid, because you're so easy to be around". (Google)